A Dog to Keep: Billie B Brown #28

by Sally Rippin, Aki Fukuoka (Illustrator)

Overview

Billie meets a playful foster pup in this brilliant chapter book from the beloved hit series Billie B Brown, by Australian Children's Laureate, Sally Rippin!

In A Dog to Keep, Billie meets an adorable foster dog called Otto. Everyone in the neighbourhood loves him, but no-one can adopt him. Can Billie find Otto his forever home?

Billie B Brown is the perfect first chapter-book series for young readers. Every down-to-earth story follows bold, brilliant Billie as she uses her imagination to tackle a new challenge, whether it's about friends, family or feelings. With her best friend, Jack, by her side, there's nothing Billie can't do!

With more than ten million books in print around the world, Billie B Brown has helped a generation of readers love learning to read. Each book is carefully designed with short chapters, decodable vocabulary and lots of illustrations, and there are no mountains of text or super-tricky words to intimidate the early reader. And there's plenty of books in the Billie B Brown series to explore!

For more wonderful series by Sally Rippin, check out the Hey Jack! and School of Monsters series.

Readers will love other books in the Billie B Brown series:

• The Bad Butterfly
• The Soccer Star
• The Midnight Feast
• The Best Day Ever
• The Snow Day
• The Baby Bird
• and many more!

• BESTSELLING AND BELOVED SERIES: With more than ten million books in print and over a dozen languages in translation, Billie B Brown has fans all over the world, and there are plenty of titles in the series for hungry new readers!
• STAR AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR DUO: Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin and much-loved illustrator Aki Fukuoka have created a realistic and relatable series that readers will love.
• DECODABLE TEXT: Each story is carefully written to assist early readers to decode the text, with no 'big' words and plenty of illustrations to enjoy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781761443398
Publisher:	Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Publication date:	07/29/2025
Series:	Billie B Brown , #28
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	10 MB
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin is a best-selling and beloved author for children. Her most popular series include Billie B Brown, Hey Jack! and School of Monsters, and she has over 10 million books in print worldwide. She is also the author of one book for adults, Wild Things: How We Learn to Read and What Can Happen If We Don't.

Sally loves to write stories with heart featuring characters that resonate with children and is passionate about literacy and access to stories. She travels across the world speaking with parents, teachers and librarians about how to engage struggling readers.

In 2024, Sally was named the eighth Australian Children's Laureate, a two-year appointment to promote the importance and transformational power of reading, creativity and story in the lives of young Australians.

Sally Rippin is a best-selling and beloved author for children, and the eighth Australian Children's Laureate. Her most popular series include Billie B Brown, Hey Jack! and School of Monsters, and she has over 10 million books in print worldwide. She has also written one book for adults: Wild Things: How We Learn to Read and What Can Happen If We Don’t. 

As the Australian Children’s Laureate, Sally is the national ambassador for reading and Australian children’s literature. Appointed every two years to promote the importance and transformational power of reading, creativity and story in the lives of young Australians, the Children’s Laureate spends extensive time speaking directly with children, education specialists, government ministers and librarians, in both metropolitan and regional communities across the country. They speak on behalf of all creators and for the entire industry representing reading advocates, educators, librarians, booksellers and publishers.

Every Laureate has a mission for their two-year term. For Sally, it is: All kids can be readers. Through this mission, she works towards creating public awareness around learning difficulties as well as the most effective practice in teaching children to read. Sally's work spotlights the reading challenges faced by millions of Australian children – including but not limited to discussions around neurodiversity, disability, mental health, access to books and language barriers. 
 
Currently, as well as working on new books and her Laureate duties, Sally is working with an Australian production house to adapt her work for screen.

Aki Fukuoka always tries to find the magic around her. Born in Japan, Aki moved to Auckland at eight, where she has lived ever since. Aki graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts and has illustrated over 80 books, including award winning children's picture books, chapter books and educational itles. Her work has also featured in magazines, t-shirt designs, stationary, posters and murals.