Sunday, November 29, 2009

More Dog Trouble

This book was written by Rose Impey and Jolyne Knox.
This book is about a dog called Holly and a family of four.

This story begin by two little girls who keep asking their dad for a dog.



Everyday it is the same thing routine two girls keep asking their dad for a dog but their dad always say NO! The girls keep asking till one day their dad said OK we are going to get a dog from the pet shop. They went to the pet shop and got a little black puppy she has had all her vet check ups so the didn't have to take her to the vet for a while. The girls got to name her so they told each other what they wanted till the said we want to call her Holly so they did. Years went past and now Holly is five. The girls take her for a half an hour walk everyday. When they first go Holly their dad kept complaining about t her like that dog has ripped the newspaper up, where is my slipper HOLLY. Dad decided that is was time to train Holly some commands. Plan A teaching Holly how to sit. Dad went into the back yard and said for the girls to stay inside because this is some complected work so they watched from the window. Dad was teaching Holly how to sit. Dad said Holly sit Holly sit HOLLY SIT in a very angry voice. Holly wouldn't sit at all the girls where laughing when dad look at them they stopped. Dad was out there for a long time with Holly about twenty minutes. Then dad came in side and said"this is hope less anyone else have an idea." Mum had an idea she said "how about.. some tea or coffee?" Dad said "OK." So mum and dad where having there coffee. Mum said "here is an idea why don't you make Holly sit for treats?" Dad said "no Holly is already getting fat" Mum said "just try it" So dad did. Plan B Dad started giving her beans and Holly loved then but the girls didn't. Dad was giving Holly the beans when she sat it was working Holly was sitting for Dad. But the only problem was that Holly was sick on the carpet from the beans. Well that didn't work that well. Plan C we should take Holly to dog training so dad and the girls took Holly to dog training. When they where there Holly was very good dad said that she was being a show off. At the end Mr Moore the dog trainer said let your dogs off for a play and a run together. Everyone let their dog off all the dogs where running expected one and that on was Holly. Mr Moore came over to check on Holly Mr Moore said you take Holly easy now because she is pregnant about five,six weeks dad was in shock how could this happen. The next day dad took Holly to the vet to see if for sure she was and the vet said... she is and there is about three weeks left till they arrive. The girls where counting down the days. The younger girl was feeling Holly's tummy she could fell lumps. She was trying to count then she said I counted about twelve puppies. The older girl was looking it up in a book it said that a dog would have about to five our six puppies in a littler. One day when the girls are at school Holly has her puppies and the girls want to get home quick as they can. The girls think that this is the longest day ever. The girls where so excited when they had got home because they saw that holly had had her pups five of them. Dad even was playing with one when the girls and mum weren't looking. Dad said NO NO NO we are not keeping any of these puppies.




More Dog Trouble


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Puppy Sister

This book was written by S E Hinton.

There was a boy named Nick and a puppy named Leasha.





This book is about a boy named Nick who was allowed to get a puppy but he would rather have a little brother or sister. His mother decided that he was going to get a puppy. Nick was unhappy. Nick and his mother got the cat carrier and put it into the car. Off they went to the pet shop. When they got to the shop Nick chose a little brown puppy and he got to name it. Nick was thinking and thinking and thinking till finally he got it. "Mum can I name her Leasha?'' Let me think about that name for her. His mum decided yes you can name her that. They got Leasha and went to put her in the cat carrier and then into the car so they did. Nick sat next to leasha in the car so that she would not get scared in the car. Mum said let her lick your fingers Nick "NO" said Nick. Nicks mum said "Nick let her lick your finger" "OK fine but if she bites me then I wont play with her" Nick put his fingers in the cage and... she licked then. They had to stop for Leasha to do her business. They stopped for Leasha and put her leash on and took her out of the car. They went for a little run just then Leasha smelt this nice smell of a animal in a ditch Leasha and Nick where run towards the ditch when a little bunny jumped out Leasha got so excited. Leahsa was chasing the bunny to the road when Leasha was about to run across the road but nick pulled her back. Leasha and Nick had to go back in the car. When they got home Leasha was asleep so mum had to say wake up Leasha where home. Leasha woke up and she went to sleep in her bed it was night time. Leasha sulked so mum thew her one of Nicks old t-shirts then she was fine. Leasha smelt a nother animal smell in the house so she said to herself I will investigate in the morning. It was morning Leasha went to have a look. Leasha found this little grey and white fluffy thing. Leasha said "who are you and what are you" she said i am a cat. When Nick came in he shouted "mum Leasha I bothering Miss kitty."

That was the end of this story.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Puppy Present


This book was written by Jean Ure and Illustrated by Chris Chapman.

This book is about some dogs.


This book begins with a dog called Lucy. One day this dog called Lucy has puppies, six of them. Two boys and four girls. All the pups are honey coloured except for one. The other puppy is a ginger colour. Their mum is a Yorkshire terrier and half something else. Their dad had a bit of red on him so that's where everyone thinks the ginger puppy got his ginger colour from. Their dad Jack lives up the road from them. Before Lucy had her pups Jack and Lucy always went to the park with their owners. They played together at the park. One day when they where four weeks old they went to the pet shop.

The End


Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Laura The New Puppy


This book was written by Philippe Dumas.







This book is about a girl named Alice and her dog called Laura.


It is Alice's birthday and her grandma comes over. Alice's grandma comes and gives her a birthday present.  
Guess what it is..... OK I will tell you.  It is a black Newfoundland dog. Alice and her little brother thought that she was so cute.   They just wanted to pick her up and cuddle her all the time. They called her Laura. Laura slept right next to Alice's bed. The first night Laura cried. Alice said to Laura, " it is all right." and she patted her until she went to sleep.   One day Alice and her brother went to their cousins' house.  All the younger cousins wanted to go to the beach with them so they did.

The End

The Bad Puppy


This book was written by Margo Lundell.

This book is about some dogs and some puppies.



This book is about a dog called Lad and a dog called 

Lady.   They are both Border Collies.  The dogs like each other.   They live in New Jersey together with their owners.   One day Lady had three puppies but the sad thing was that two of them had died.  So she only had one puppy.  The puppy was called Wolf.  Lad was jealous because Lady was spending all her time with Wolf.   One day in November Lady got really sick so she had to go away for a while to get her better. Lad growled.   In December Wolf saw snow for the first time.  Wolf fell in the freezing cold water.  Lad went to save him but then Lad fell in so they where barking for help and their owners came and saved them.  Once they where saved they saw Lady was back at home.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The Best-Ever Book of Dogs


This book was written by Amanda O'Neill
This book is about dogs.


This book is overflowing with interesting facts about our lovable friends the dogs.
This book is very good for dog lovers because all it is about is dogs. It shows you what the inside of a dog looks like, what type of dogs there are and what dalmatian puppies look like when they are first born. It shows you what a dog's tail looks like and what a dog's face looks like. Did you know that when dalmatian puppies are born they don't have any spots at all until they get older? There is a lot of other things about dogs to for you to read.

Fire Cat


This book was written by Pippa Goodhart and Philip Hurst.

This story is about a boy and his cat.
This little boy is called John.

One day John woke up from his sleep and he heard some noises so he went to check them out. It was his father and some men all dressed up.  All the men where talking at once.  John tugged on his father's sleeve.  He asked, "what is happening down here because it is loud as a rocket crashing down?"  But his father said, "go to your mother." When he was going to his mother his cat Sammy came and started to rub against his leg.  John picked him up.  He carried him to his mum.  When John was going to his mum Mrs Peppy said, "come with me John." They went up the stairs that went to the top of the tower where the wind blew hard as a giant fan.  Mrs Peppy said look at that.  What a tragic sight it was. It was the London street.  It had been on fire.  There were big giant black clouds of smoke. Three hundred houses had already been burnt.  Johns dad's job was to keep the king's guns and jewels safe.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

A New Beginning


This book was written by Sue Bentley.

This book is about a dog and a girl called Lilly.  Lilly likes ponies to ride.  Lilly lives on a farm with cows, sheep and other farm animals.  Lilly loves Saturday afternoons because she gets to ride horses all day at the horse club.  On Saturday afternoon Lilly was riding with the horses.  Before Lilly's dad left he said, "be careful, don't get bucked off."  Lilly said, " I will never get bucked off."
When Lilly got home her family was talking about hores. Lilly's dad and mum were telling Lilly that she might get a horse. Lilly was so exited. But her mum and dad were thinking how long she would last for looking after it.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Stuart Little

This book was written by Daphne Skinner.

This book is about a family of three called the Littles.   The Mum and Dad want to adopt a boy from the orphanage.  Their son George is ok with it because he wants to be a big brother.  When George was at school his parents went to the orphanage to get George a brother.  They were looking at all the children when all of a sudden they heard someone say "hello."   It was Stuart.  Stuart was a little white mouse. The Little's adopted Stuart.   When George got home he said, "where is my little brother?" 
His parents said, "he is right here." 
"He is a mouse."  George was angry so he ran to his room and slammed the door shut.  Stuart was upset because he thought he had done something wrong. Snowball the family cat tried to eat him so Stuart ran as far as he could.  He ended up in George's room.  Stuart found this boat in his room.  George was there and said, "that is my boat that my dad and I were making."
Stuart said, "I could help build your boat."
 Soon it was time for the big boat race.  George put his boat in the race but then his remote broke.  Stuart went in the boat without telling them and went to win the race and in the end he did.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Dog-Gone HollyWood

















This book is called Dog-Gone

Hollywood.
It was written by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat.

This book is about a dog.

One day this boy found a stray dog on the street.  He asked his mum if he could keep it.  His mum said, ''you have to put up fliers to see if anyone owns it first.'' 
''Ok, Mum.''  So he put up the fliers and nobody came to claim him.  The boy got to keep him.  The boy was so happy.

There was a dog called Genghis Khan.  Genghis Khan was about to retire so they put on a contest to get someone else to take his place. He was pretty ugly looking.  One day he signed his dog up for a dog contest.  That contest was for the most ugly dog.  The prize for the most ugliest dog was to become Genghis Khan.  He won first prize for the most ugliest dog. The real name for the dog was Duz.  But every body called him Genghis Khan because he won the contest.  So that's what he became.

Monday, November 2, 2009

The Guard Dog

                        
This story was written by Dick King-Smith

This story is about a dog that goes to the pet shop. Everyone thinks he is a little rough-haired guinea pig.  They think he has been put into the wrong cadge.  All the other dogs don't want to play with him. They think his bark is worse than his bite.  When he went to bark it was so dreadful.  Everyone hated it.   It sounded like nails being scratched on a whiteboard.  One day this little fat girl who was sucking her thumb came in and said, "I want that dog."   That dog was the scruffy dog that everyone hated.  The little girl got that dog.  A couple of days after she got the dog she said. "his nails are too sharp and his teeth are too."  He did a bark at the postman.  Then the family heard his bark so they took him to the pound.  Lots of people wanted him but when they heard his bark nobody got him. Then one day this old deaf man came to get a dog.  He got the scruffy dog.   And if he barked the man wouldn't hear him.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Tiger's Great Adventure


This story was written by Peter Clover.

This book is about a cat called Cider that has kittens.  She has a litter of eleven.  Five boys and and six girls.  This book is mainly about one of the kittens called Tiger.  Tiger likes to explore but he is not allowed to go outside the big red barn on his own.  One day Tiger was wondering around in the barn when he sees that the big doors are open.  He goes to the door and then he looks outside and said ''WOW.''  I have never seen this before it looks so amazing.''  Tiger said, " I am going to go outside."  One foot went outside then another foot went out then they quickly came back inside.  Tiger was to afraid to go outside.  His mum said, ''come here Tiger. Come back to bed now.''  Just then Tiger heard the clanking of the metal bucket with the nice milk that the farmers daughter always brings in. She went to go pour some into the saucer. Then one day Tiger sees the metal bucket in the distance.  He went over to the bucket but it was in the farm. He took his chance and went over there.  He tried to see if there was any milk in the bucket.  So he had to jump onto the fence and he fell in.