Ten year old Alexandra gets a cute black poodle as a birthday gift from her parents and decides to name him "Donny". Donny soon reveals himself to be a most unusual animal who behaves in many crazy ways giving his human family much amusement and, sometimes, lots of worry. Despite his often dopey behaviour, he soon establishes himself as a happy, much loved pet. Author: Henry James is pen name of a school teacher form Sydney, Australia. After 45 years in the classroom and having authored a number of science text books, Henry has now retired from face to face teaching and has taken writing rhyme stories describing real-life events occurring in his family circle." Poco the Perky Pussycat" is the third of these stories to be published commercially, "Alexandra's Accident" and "Possum Panic" being his earlier story books.