Alfie celebrates his 30th birthday in 2011 and "All About Alfie" is the perfect gift for the occasion! Alfie and his best friend Bernard have a day out full of surprises when they go to meet a very great person indeed. What's more there are secret dens to explore, snowy skies, birthday fun and a very unexpected visitor on a special night-time trip! Join our little hero and his friends and family in a celebration of all things Alfie.

Nia loves Alfie, her pet turtle. But he’s not very soft, he doesn’t do tricks, and he’s pretty quiet. Sometimes she forgets he’s even there! That is until the night before Nia’s seventh birthday, when nAlfie disappears! Then, in an innovative switch in point of view, we hear Alfie’s side of the story. He didn’t leave Nia—he’s actually searching for the perfect birthday present for his dear friend. Can he find a gift and make it back in time for the big birthday party? From the author-illustrator of Fraidyzoo and The Bear Report comes a warm and funny ode to friendship—even when the friends see the relationship, and the world, very differently.

Alfie is not quite sure how the birthday party he's been invited to is going to turn out, and wishes his mother could be there. In the end, he has a marvellous time, but not quite in the way he anticipated.

Evie is overjoyed when she is given her very own puppy, Alfie. Alfie adores Evie-he loves to be cuddled, sleeps on her bed and welcomes her home from school every day with a wag of his tail. But it's not long before another new member of the family arrives: Evie's baby brother, Sam. Suddenly no-one has much time to look after Alfie, let alone play with him and take him for walks, and soon he finds himself unwanted and all alone . . .

Meet Alfie, an ordinary little boy, and his family, friends, neighbours and pets.

Alfie the Apostrophe is nervous. Can he make it into the punctuation-mark talent show?

Originally published: London: Bodley Head, 1997.