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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Smudge Finds the Trail

This book was written by Peter Clover.

This book is about a dog called Smudge. Smudge is a labrador. He is only a little puppy. He is playing by the lake under the bridge when... he saw his friend Dilly the duckling.

"What are you doing under that bridge Dilly?''

''I am playing hide and seek with Parsley''.

Then Smudge said, ''can I play? ''

''Yes," said Dilly. So Dilly and Smudge were hiding under the bridge. Just then they heard this clip clop on top of the bridge. Smudge knew that wasn't Parsley. He knew that it wasn't Parsley because there was this strong awful smell. He went to go and see. It wasn't Parsley. It was... Filbert the mountain goat. He has a fear of heights. He always goes onto the bridge to see if he will get used to it. But when he went on the bridge he wasn't used to it this time. Filbert said, " it is so high up here.'' And also he said, ''what are you doing down there?''

''We are playing hide and seek."