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The Puppy Place #19
Baxter
Jack and Lizzie are super excited to foster this adorable Portuguese Water Dog puppy!
Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters dogs that are in need of a permanant home. Baxter is a Portuguese water dog whose owner has just lost her job. Lizzie offers to foster the puppy, until they can find the perfect forever home. But Baxter can't be left alone for more than a few minutes without getting upset. Can Lizzie help this little doggy?
Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters dogs that are in need of a permanant home. Baxter is a Portuguese water dog whose owner has just lost her job. Lizzie offers to foster the puppy, until they can find the perfect forever home. But Baxter can't be left alone for more than a few minutes without getting upset. Can Lizzie help this little doggy?
96 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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March 31, 2015
Loved it!!
January 19, 2023
Lizzie and her younger brother, Charles, are in elementary school. The Peterson family have a puppy named Buddy plus they foster dogs and help them find homes.
Baxter is a Portuguese water dog who had anxiety issues ... he can't be left alone so he spent his days at Lizzie and Charles' aunt's doggy day care. When his owner lost her job, she sadly gave Baxter to Lizzie to foster and find a home for him. As the Petersons discovered, Baxter couldn't be left alone but they couldn't be with him all the time so the only solution was to take him to an animal shelter and hope someone adopts him quickly.
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 Baxter's point of view. It is the nineteenth in the Puppy Place series, which currently has 64 books in the series, and works as a stand alone.
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Baxter is a Portuguese water dog who had anxiety issues ... he can't be left alone so he spent his days at Lizzie and Charles' aunt's doggy day care. When his owner lost her job, she sadly gave Baxter to Lizzie to foster and find a home for him. As the Petersons discovered, Baxter couldn't be left alone but they couldn't be with him all the time so the only solution was to take him to an animal shelter and hope someone adopts him quickly.
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 Baxter's point of view. It is the nineteenth in the Puppy Place series, which currently has 64 books in the series, and works as a stand alone.
Blog review post: http://www.teenaintoronto.com/2023/01...
August 1, 2024
I'm not going to truly rate this book because it was a read based purely on nostalgia. I have loved The Puppy Place novels ever since I was a young girl, so reading one for the first time in years was actually kind of fun. I think that Ellen Miles does a good job teaching younger readers about how to handle different dogs as well as different scenarios. There is a hint of education, but mainly these novels are just fun and a good way to get children into reading. Whenever I need a break, I can see myself reaching for one of these books to make me happy again.
December 28, 2021
Cute
So cute! I liked how he is a dog that likes water! I know that that dog breed is very rare in U.S.A
So cute! I liked how he is a dog that likes water! I know that that dog breed is very rare in U.S.A
March 4, 2014
My favorite part was when the girl that owned Baxter took him back and got a new house for them to live in. The worst part was when the girl lost her job so she needed a home for him because she was moving into her parents house and they had two cats that should not be bothered by dogs. My favorite character was Lizzie because she was the reason Baxter didn't go to the kennel. There was no worst character. This book took place at Lizzie's house, Maria's family's cabin, and the caring paws place. The characters were Lizzie, Charles, their parents, the Bean, Mrs. Santiago, Mr. Santiago, Baxter, Simba, Aunt Amanda, Buddy, Elaina, Eileen, Maria, Ms. Dobbins, Katana, Hoss, Pugsley, Ginger, Peanuts, and Crackers.
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April 27, 2016
Another cute book about a foster puppy and his adventures. My daughter got so into this one where one chapter ended she kept telling me to go one because she wanted to know what was happening. At first I thought the ending was going to turn out a little sad, but it came out all good.
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July 7, 2015if you love puppies you would love this series and this book.
July 31, 2015
A Portuguese Water Dog gets to go to a cabin in the woods for a weekend. How great is that?
October 8, 2015
Good book
October 24, 2023
My children loved reading about Fur Face. My seven-year-old was so connected emotionally that she cried in the second chapter. This has been one of my favorites in the series.
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June 7, 2016Finished 6/6/16
February 2, 2017
loved that book a lot
May 2, 2016
I have read every book in this series and this is my favorite out of all of them.
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