The Secret Puppy

Animal Stories #22

by Holly Webb

When Daisy arrives at the farm campsite where her family are spending her summer holiday, she knows she’s going to have the best time ever. Especially when she finds out that the farm dog has just had puppies!

Daisy can’t help falling in love with Barney, the smallest of the litter of German shepherd pups. Barney takes to the friendly new girl who sneaks her food and smuggles him into her sleeping bag at night, and soon the pair are inseparable. Daisy longs to take Barney home with her and can’t bear the thought of leaving the puppy behind. Will she find a way to persuade Mum and Dad to let her keep him?

Genres: Animals, Childrens, Fiction

117 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 4, 2012

About the author

Holly Webb is one of Britain's best-loved children's writers. She has written over a hundred books for children, and her work has been translated into over thirty languages. Holly lives in Tilehurst, just outside of Reading, Berkshire, with her husband, three children and several cats.

Reviews

[Suzy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 9 year old son loved this book, he is an animal lover, and loves animal books.

[Puszkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Realy cool!

[Maria Hanganu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super dragut

[Charley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book . Just why did mum not understand?

[Clare O'Beara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good story about a girl and the pup she wishes she could own. The family is going on a camping holiday with a nice big tent provided for them on the camp site. They have two weeks and as luck would have it, just across the river is a German Shepherd breeder with a litter of pups. We see quite a lot of this setup to show us what a good, responsible breeder should be doing, how the pups should be reared and socialised, how good homes are ready to take the pups so they will not be going to a pet shop or anything.

The disadvantage of playing with pups is that of course you will want to adopt one and take it home. Especially the one with the floppy ear who just loves attention. But the family has a small house, a shepherd is a big dog, and all these pups are taken anyway, as soon as they are old enough. Secretly wanting one just doesn't work... or does it?

Parents and young people alike will learn lots from this read and there are cute pictures. Good for ages five up to eight I would think.

[Alana Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a sad cute story it even made me want the dog that was in there.Edit: The puppy is also very realistic and might have a German Shepherd as my next dog! And I loved how the puppy, Baxter, leaped and jumped threw the water, it was so cute. Edit: I LOVE BAXTER THE GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPY! He's just so cute and if I ever get a German Shepherd I'm going to name him Baxter.

[Kelsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

good

[Ada · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tää oli hyvä ja tässä oli tosi söpö kansi ja siks halusin lukea sen😊

[D_CK · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMAZING. A MUST READ THAT KICKSTARTED MY CONTINUED LOVE OF READING. CANNOT RECOMMEND MORE.

[Kallina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute!! When a girl and her family go to a campsite for 2 weeks, she starts to help out with some puppies that live there and slowly starts to fall in love with on particular puppy and even names it Barney but with only a few days before they have to go home, will she be able to separate from Barney?

[Eve L-A Witherington · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daisy and Oliver are on holiday camping at a farm, wanting a dog Daisy falls in love with a german shepherd puppy on the farm she calls Barney and wishes he could be hers despite her parents not wanting a big dog.



However after Barney keeps escaping to get to her one time is amazing as he helps alert them to trouble...



This book showed how good dogs are at learning and how their instincts can save lives and help others from loneliness and making friends to saving lives any animal lover will enjoy the book I'm sure!

[natalkaaczyta]

Każdy od czegoś zaczynał swoją przygodę ze światem książek. Moja bardziej poważna relacja z fikcyjnymi bohaterami rozpoczęła się co prawda od Wattpada, którego kiedyś poleciła mi kuzynka. Zaczęłam coraz częściej zaglądać do tej aplikacji, ale do dziś pamiętam, jakby to było wczoraj, jak bardzo byłam szczęśliwa, gdy w szkolnej szatni powiedziałam mamie, że mam nową książkę na wieczór. Mama rzadko czytała mi książki na dobranoc, ponieważ tego nie potrzebowałam i też nie oczekiwałam tego codziennie. Jednak, kiedy już to robiła, słuchałam jej głosu jak zaczarowana i nigdy nie lubiłam momentu, w którym nadchodziła pora spania. Te chwile miały w sobie coś wyjątkowego, poczucie bezpieczeństwa i bliskości, które dziś wspominam z ogromnym sentymentem. Wypożyczyłam wtedy książkę „Wróć, Alfiku!”. Jest to historia o pewnej parze, ich psie oraz dziecku, które ma się wkrótce pojawić na świecie. Gdy maleństwo przychodzi na świat, Alfik nie otrzymuje już tyle uwagi co wcześniej, przez co zaczyna rozrabiać. Właściciele nie potrafią sobie z nim poradzić i podejmują decyzję o oddaniu psa. Piszę tę recenzję jeszcze przed ponownym sięgnięciem po tę historię, ale doskonale pamiętam emocje, które mi wtedy towarzyszyły, ja, cała czerwona, z potokiem łez na twarzy, przeżywająca smutne losy Alfika, i mama, której oczy, ku mojemu zdziwieniu, nawet nie zaszkliły się od łez. Dla mnie, osoby niemal pełnoletniej, nie jest to już najlepsza forma rozrywki. Zaczynam dostrzegać powtarzalność schematów i podobieństwa między jedną historią a drugą. Jednak dla tej małej mnie, która dopiero odkrywała świat książek, była to opowieść pełna emocji, ucząca empatii i wrażliwości. Nieważne, ile będę miała lat i nieważne, co będą mówić inni, raz na jakiś czas wciąż będę sięgać po takie książki. Robię to nie tylko z sentymentu, ale też dla tej młodszej wersji siebie, która zakochała się w czytaniu i która wciąż na to zasługuje.

[S.K. · Rating 5 out of 5]

my favorite character was Daisy because she has a brother and she is soo adventures!
And one thing that surprised me is that they were going camping and the dog saved them from a flood!
And I would not change the ending because she gets to keep the dog and I love this book and its a great choice for young readers!!!!!!
PLEASE READ THIS BOOK AND YOUR MIND WILL BE BLOWN!!!!!!!


By: S.K

[bella · Rating 4 out of 5]

The overall story was okay. But I think it would be more interesting if we met Oliver's friends. Also if Baxter's owner actually took him, so then he had to escape his new house. Otherwise I give this story a solid 4.4!

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read aloud to my little. She rates them. It was a sweet story.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good book. If who love puppies this is the book for you!

[Vaishnavi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Want u to give the book 📚 for free

[Natalia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Somewhat girly story about a puppy. My child never finished it.

[Simon Pedoe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story for adults to read to kids.

[Lilly · Rating 5 out of 5]

good book

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a brave and courageous little puppy.

[Jakub Soczewka · Rating 5 out of 5]

imponujące

[Katelyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

When it comes to animal stories I am not the biggest fan but this book was just so good

[Alannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this book. Baxter is really cute, especially his ears. Thank you again Holly Webb for another great book.

[Justka]

Świetnie się bawiłam! To będzie jedna z moich ulubionych książeczek Holly Webb.

[Izabella]

Audiobook
1h 17m

[Randomreader · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book felt like a warm hug :)

[bookycafe · Rating 5 out of 5]

love mega wzruszające

[Monika · Rating 4 out of 5]

I prefer other stories but this one was quite entertaining. Very nice plot about wanting a pet and not giving up about it. Great book for kids.

[Maja · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hihi