A Winter's Tale

Puppy Patrol #15

by Jenny Dale, Mick Reid (Illustrator)

Will he be lost in the snow forever? Find out in the newest Puppy Patrol Adventure!

Christmas is coming, and the Parkers are working extra hard. They've got a kennel full of dogs, they're running out of dog food, and a blizzard is on the way. It looks like the Parkers will be snowed in!

And then the worst happens. One icy day, Neil's new puppy Jake disappears - and nothing can bring holiday cheer to King Street Kennels until he's found….

Genres: Childrens, Animals, Fiction, Christmas

112 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

Prolific author of animals stories for younger children, in particular dog and cat stories. As well as a Puppy Tales and Kitten Tales series she has written the Pony Tales series of pony books.

There is some speculation that the author does not actually exist but is a psuedonym for another author or authors. One author mentioned as writing under the name of Jenny Dale is Liss Norton, who incidentally is also said to be one of the ghostwriters for the Lucy Daniels Animal Ark series.

Reviews

[Hayduke]

Unnecessary jabs at animal-rights activists: “The man backed away in fear. Only Denny stayed calm. He got up and waddled over to the man, who patted him with a warm smile. Neil suddenly realised this wasn’t some animal-rights crusader trying to prove a point. Someone who treated animals with such gentle kindness couldn’t be bad.” So... if someone isn’t an animal-rights activist, that means they’re good and have no agenda?

The dog-hotel staff in this book give dogs warm milk instead of water. Real experts. Oddly, the same author had written The Great Escape the year before (from the same series), portraying activists very positively. Strange.

[Sanjana]

It's a page flipper and a really cute book. Wakes up the child inside 😅 Should read children's books every now and then.

[Ciera Legue]

I liked reading how they handle a huge snow storm at the kennel during christmas time and love the ending and the mischief the little puppy gets into

[Josephine]

Slay

[Mr]

In this book a family called th Parkers, run a dog kennel.The season is winter, and Christmas is coming very fast. There is a blizzard and the kennel is rapidly running out of food! Will the kennel make it through the winter?
Review by:Martin Mitchell
Pages:106