Cocoa

The Puppy Place #25

by Ellen Miles

Welcome to the Puppy Place--where every puppy finds a home!

When Cocoa, a large chocolate Lab puppy, accidentally knocks over her elderly owner, Charles convinces his parents to foster this excitable dog. But can the Peterson household survive Cocoa's high energy behavior? Charles is confident that this intelligent pup will learn to calm down so they can find her a perfect forever home.

Genres: Animals, Childrens, Fiction, Dogs

Reviews

[Gideon]

this is the first puppy place book where the dog is fostered near x-mas time that I HAVE EVER SEEN.

[Emily]

This was a cute kid book prefect for 3rd-4th grade readers. There is some higher level vocabulary, but it has great context clues and there is some use of foreshadowing to work on inferencing skills! My third grader enjoyed it and is recommending it to classmates!

[Teena in Toronto]

Charles and his older sister, Lizzie, are in elementary school. The Peterson family have a puppy named Buddy plus they foster dogs and help them find homes.

Cocoa is a chocolate Lab puppy who is owned by an elderly couple. Cocoa has more energy than they can handle. One day she accidentally knocks the husband down and he needs to go to rehab. The wife can't handle Cocoa on her own so the Petersons offer to take care of Cocoa while the husband recovers. But Charles realizes until Cocoa gets older and settles down, she'll always be too much for the couple.

Though this book is a quick read and directed at elementary-aged children, I found it entertaining. There is a learning experience and a puppy tip at the end. It is written in third person perspective and first person from Cocoa's point of view. It is the twenty-fifth in the Puppy Place series, which currently has 64 books in the series, and works as a stand alone.

Blog review post:

[Marlee]

We have not done this series in order and RBI’s is the game the first book we’ve found that is more focused on Charles than Lizzie. I really liked the different characters in this book. I also liked how much of a handful the puppy cocoa was through most of the book. My daughter often gets the impression from these books that dogs are easy to train and little work to own. This made her really think about how difficult a puppy can be.

[Cecilia]

This book was pretty interesting. However, I think Ellen Miles over-exaggerated the enthusiasm of Labradors.The one thing that disappointed me was that Charles had a very poor vocabulary. He didn't know what "boughs of holly","rehab", or "frail" meant. He's supposed to be, like, eight and he doesn't know what any of that stuff means. Very,very sad.
All in all, I'd rate Cocoa (The Puppy Place, #25) by Ellen Miles 3 stars!

[Railey]

I like this book very much because I love hearing about crazy dogs and how they train them to be better dogs.

[Emily Dudek]

I knew it was Dawna!

[Gabi]

It was cute and sad that coco family didn’t care about her and Lizzie and Charles found her roaming around with no family and they saved her.

[Sue Ann Dashnaw]

Such a cute story
love it
love the way they find the pups a forever home
highly recommend

[Ellee Nichols]

Copyright date: 2011
Star rating: 4
Award: N/A
Genre: chapter book
Summary w/ themes: This book is about a dog named Cocoa who is too rambunctious for her owners so the main character and his family decide to foster her until they can find the right fit for her.
Use for future classroom: Good series to have
Thoughts of book: I thought this was a sweet and simple book

[Daniel]

He all start as a energy filled dog but ends as a not so energy dog.

[Megan]

Perfect for second or third grade readers who like puppies and Christmas. So like pretty much every second and third grader...

[Ali]

I think that Cocoa is really crazy in the book. You know when I read this book I feel like going crazy! I really like reading these puppy place books. The puppy place books are the best!

[Twyla]

cocoa parents buddy lizzie charles bean owners dawna harry dee
lizzies house outside at school

[Alexandra Lindner]

Loved it!!

[Jeanette]

Good as always and my daughter loves all the Puppy Place books.