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Children's Fiction Dogs

The Puppy Collection #3: Murphy Helps Out

by (author) Susan Hughes

illustrated by Leanne Franson

Publisher
Scholastic Canada Ltd
Initial publish date
May 2014
Category
Dogs, Friendship, Values & Virtues
Recommended Age
6 to 9
Recommended Grade
1 to 4
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781443124119
    Publish Date
    May 2014
    List Price
    $5.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781443146951
    Publish Date
    Jul 2015
    List Price
    $5.99

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Description

Meet all kinds of puppies in this sweet illustrated series, perfect for newly independent readers!

Maya, Kat, and her new friend Grace are all set to help Aunt Jenn with a new puppy. Murphy is a shy little sheltie pup with lots of energy, so the girls agree to walk him and help him get used to being around people.

While on their walk in the park, the girls find an older cocker spaniel named Tawny that seems to be lost. They manage to reunite Tawny with her owner, but when they later find Tawny wandering the streets once more, the girls wonder if her owner deserves the responsibility of caring for the lovely little dog.

Maya, Kat, and Grace can't agree on what's best for Tawny. Can Murphy help them sort it all out?

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.

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Awards

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

Editorial Reviews

Praise for The Puppy Collection #3: Murphy Helps Out:

"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: Canadian Review of Materials

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