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The Puppy Place #36
Stella
See below for English description. Guimauve est un petit bichon maltais qui n'ob?it pas aux ordres. Heureusement, Charles d?couvre vite que la petite chienne est sourde et prend aussit't des mesures pour qu'elle soit jumel?e ? la personne id?ale.
Meet Guimauve, the cutest thing ever, a little Maltese. But why won't she follow any commands? It's Charles who figures out that the little pup is deaf, and learns how to help her become the perfect puppy for someone special! Original Stella
Meet Guimauve, the cutest thing ever, a little Maltese. But why won't she follow any commands? It's Charles who figures out that the little pup is deaf, and learns how to help her become the perfect puppy for someone special! Original Stella
96 pages, Paperback
Published January 27, 2015
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February 20, 2024
The foster family doesn't seem to remember adventures of fostering various puppies - which is not really a bad thing, given the huge amount of the books in this series (more than 60 I think).
But makes you wander if this is OK, even if, from time to time, they do recall certain puppy they had with them, when they compare some thing with that one.
I wonder if the description was based on something true: the initial name of this puppy was Guimauve ?!? Urghh ! Stella it's much more easy to grasp, and remember.
The story does not really meet, though, the general line: the family, on their way to some vacation, camping at a paid location, does meet Stella, this adorable puppy that turns to be deaf (like her "people"/owners); but they do not really foster her, and in the end Stella ends up back with the old couple that "owned" her in the first place.
But makes you wander if this is OK, even if, from time to time, they do recall certain puppy they had with them, when they compare some thing with that one.
I wonder if the description was based on something true: the initial name of this puppy was Guimauve ?!? Urghh ! Stella it's much more easy to grasp, and remember.
The story does not really meet, though, the general line: the family, on their way to some vacation, camping at a paid location, does meet Stella, this adorable puppy that turns to be deaf (like her "people"/owners); but they do not really foster her, and in the end Stella ends up back with the old couple that "owned" her in the first place.
February 5, 2017
The only reason that I finished this drivel is because my children wanted me to. Horrible writing, bogged down with extraneous details, and a deep overuse of the word croaked instead of said (old people evidently only croak out words rather than say them) made this the worst book I've ever finished. I know it's for a young audience, but there is a lot of wonderful children's lit out there. I'd rather read a "choose your own adventure" book in paginated order than ever read another Puppy Place novel.
October 16, 2016
Good choice for a read aloud for 1st-3rd grade. Lots of opportunities for class discussions and social insight.
April 10, 2023
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.
Charles, his dad and younger brother go camping with Buddy for the weekend. The owners of the campground are an elderly couple with a Maltese puppy named Stella. They love Stella but get frustrated when she doesn't listen to them. After spending some time with Stella, Charles thinks she may be deaf. When it's confirmed by her vet, her owners are heartbroken and think they are too old to learn how to deal with a deaf dog and ask the Petersons to find her a new home.
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 Stella's point of view. It is the thirty-sixth in the Puppy Place series, which currently has 66 books in the series, and works as a stand alone.
Blog review post: http://www.teenaintoronto.com/2023/04...
Charles, his dad and younger brother go camping with Buddy for the weekend. The owners of the campground are an elderly couple with a Maltese puppy named Stella. They love Stella but get frustrated when she doesn't listen to them. After spending some time with Stella, Charles thinks she may be deaf. When it's confirmed by her vet, her owners are heartbroken and think they are too old to learn how to deal with a deaf dog and ask the Petersons to find her a new home.
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 Stella's point of view. It is the thirty-sixth in the Puppy Place series, which currently has 66 books in the series, and works as a stand alone.
Blog review post: http://www.teenaintoronto.com/2023/04...
April 26, 2019
good very good
September 15, 2022
I read this book for 4th grade Reading Advisory. Cute. Teaches children that deaf dogs can have a full and happy life.
April 24, 2015
Nice little story, 89 pages, additional one page of 'puppy tips' which may just pertain to the dog's situation in the story. Stella was a deaf puppy, so that was topic in this book.
Many in series, so puppy lovers have more to read.
Short, no illustrations. Reading level 'grade 3' [Scholastic]
Many in series, so puppy lovers have more to read.
Short, no illustrations. Reading level 'grade 3' [Scholastic]
January 30, 2017
You don't have a pose you don't look beautiful
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