Leo All Alone

by Holly Webb, Sophy Williams (Illustrator)

Overview

Evie is overjoyed when she is given her very own puppy, Leo. Leo 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 time to take care of Leo, let alone play with him and take him for walks. Soon he finds himself unwanted and all alone.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589254824
Publisher:	Tiger Tales.
Publication date:	03/01/2016
Series:	Pet Rescue Adventures Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	690L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Holly Webb started out as a children's book editor and wrote her first series for the publisher she worked for. She has been writing ever since, with over one hundred books to her name. Holly lives in Berkshire, with her husband and three children. Holly's pet cats are always nosing around when she is trying to type on her laptop.

Editorial Reviews

01/11/2016
In one of four additions to the Pet Rescue Adventures series, eight-year-old Evie gains a Westie puppy named Leo and a baby brother, Sam, whose arrival means that Leo is soon being neglected by the whole family. Williams’s intermittent pencil sketches strike some unsettling notes, with the characters’ blackened eyes making them look oddly sinister at times. Webb’s narration, though, gives voice to lonely Leo’s thoughts (“Everyone else had eaten, and he was starving”), helping readers recognize, alongside Evie’s family, the substantial responsibility involved in caring for a pet. Simultaneously available: Sky the Unwanted Kitten, The Secret Puppy, and The Brave Kitten. Ages 6–10. (Mar.)

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