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Children's Fiction Dogs

The Puppy Collection #8: Nutmeg All Alone

by (author) Susan Hughes

illustrated by Leanne Franson

Publisher
Scholastic Canada Ltd
Initial publish date
May 2016
Category
Dogs, Friendship, Values & Virtues
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781443146524
    Publish Date
    May 2016
    List Price
    $5.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781443148054
    Publish Date
    Jun 2016
    List Price
    $5.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 6 to 9
  • Grade: 1 to 4

Description

Can Kat, Maya and Grace cheer up a sad, lonely pup?

Kat, Maya, and Grace are thrilled to be helping Aunt Jenn care for another puppy boarder at Tails Up. This time it is a 3-month-old cavalier King Charles spaniel named Nutmeg. The girls show up on several afternoons to play with the puppy, but she seems so sad most of the time. When Nutmeg stops eating altogether, the girls become quite worried. Aunt Jenn tries to call Nutmeg’s owner but she is out of town and can’t be reached.

Eventually, the girls realize that the puppy only seems to perk up when she sees Marmalade, the elderly cat who belongs to Tony, the receptionist at Tails Up. They begin to suspect that Nutmeg has a cat pal back home whom she is missing.

But what to do with the lonely pup who won’t eat? Can crotchety Marmalade be persuaded to be a stand-in for Nutmeg’s cat buddy? Or is there another solution?

About the authors

 

Susan Hughes
a étudié la littérature anglaise à l'Université de Toronto. Depuis, elle
écrit et publie des livres pour enfants, à la fois des fictions et des
documentaires. Elle habite avec sa famille à Toronto.

 

Susan Hughes studied English literature at the University of Toronto. She writes both fiction and non-fiction children's books. She lives with her family in Toronto.

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Leanne Franson spent her childhood winters in Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, building snow forts while her dad watched hockey games on TV. She was a really bad skater -- but she could draw really well! In 1991, after she finished her BFA in Montreal, she started illustrating books. Leanne is fluently bilingual and has worked on books in English and French, illustrating in total over 100 picture books, chapter books, and textbooks. In 2012, she and her teenage son Benn returned to Saskatchewan, where she draws and makes ceramics in her acreage studio.

Leanne Franson's profile page

Awards

  • Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre

Editorial Reviews

“Written in a simple, accessible style and illustrated with plenty of cute puppy pictures, Murphy Helps Out is certain to appeal to animal-crazy young readers.”-CM Magazine, June 13, 2014

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