Puggleton Park #1
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- 5,49 €
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- 5,49 €
Publisher Description
Meet Penelope the pug in the first book of this delightful series set in Regency-era London!
Penelope is a pleasant little pug who has quite the quandary: All she can remember is that she lost her Lady in the park while chasing the most dreadful squirrel. Now she dreams of one day finding a new Lady and a permanent place to stay. So when she finds herself taken in by the kind Lady Diggleton, she can't believe her luck!
But Penelope soon discovers that Lady Diggleton is searching for her previous owner and worries she will have to leave the Lady she's come to love. To make matters worse, that dreadful squirrel keeps poking its nose in wherever Penelope happens to be. However shall she keep herself from chasing it again and ruining all hopes of tea parties, elegant balls, and a forever home?
Perfect for readers of the Diary of a Pug series and future fans of Bridgerton and Jane Austen, the adorably illustrated pages of Puggleton Park are sure to charm chapter book readers.
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Spoiled Pug Penelope loves going to Puggleton Park, a bustling recreational area in the center of Regency-era London where she plays fetch, picks bluebells, and wades in the brook before enjoying quiet time eating her special biscuit treats while her Lady indulges in her own favorite raspberry tarts. One day, when a particularly dreadful squirrel steals a tart, Penelope—who's "manner was gentle, although she was rather untrained"—tears after it and gets lost in the vast park. For weeks she lives as a stray, admiring lavish balls from outside their doors and sleeping on a green peacoat until she meets the coat's proprietor, widow Lady Diggleton, who takes Penelope home, determined to find her owner despite the disgust of her friend Lady Picklebottom, who believes "animals belong on a farm." As Lady Diggleton searches for Penelope's home, Penelope struggles to remember what her life looked like before, trains for polite society, and grows closer with Lady Diggleton. Naif-like illustrations by Peck (Green) breathe life into whimsical descriptions of animal adventures by Kizis (Please Don't Read This Book) in this sweet story about friendship and finding one's forever home. Human characters present as white. Ages 7–10.
