The Beach Puppy

Worldwide bestseller Holly Webb makes her Barrington Stoke debut with a truly adorable sausage dog tale!

Ruby’s dad has arrived home with a wonderful surprise – Coco the sausage dog puppy! And when the family go on holiday to the seaside, of course Coco will be coming too. The beach is a thrilling place for a dog – so many sights, smells and holes to dig! Ruby and Coco can’t wait to spend the day splashing in the waves and playing in the sand. But disaster strikes when Coco disappears. Suddenly she’s lost and all alone on the huge, busy beach … Will she ever find her way back to Ruby?

Worldwide bestseller Holly Webb makes her Barrington Stoke debut with a truly adorable sausage-dog tale!

Reviews

"An adorable sausage dog story, perfect for newly independent readers" –The Bookseller

"Nobody does animal stories better than Holly Webb! … truly adorable … The Beach Puppy is a hands-on winner for all little animal lovers" – Lancashire Evening Post

"Full of bright illustrations, short action-packed chapters and a captivating story. It's perfect for young readers who are ready to make a move from simple picture books to something a bit more grown-up" – Kate Heap, Scope for Imagination

"A heart warming tale sure to make readers want a Coco for themselves!" – My Shelves are Full

"Charming … Beautiful, colourful illustrations accompany this lovely, fun tale, and are sure to delight readers … A perfect summer, seaside story" – Rich Simpson, What I Read Blog

About the author

Ellie Snowdon is a children’s illustrator and author from South Wales. Ellie graduated from UWE Bristol with a first in Drawing and Applied Arts before completing her MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. In 2015, Ellie’s books, Lost and Found were highly commended for the Macmillan Prize for Illustration. Her first picture book, Great Bunny Bakes, was published in 2018, and she continues to collaborate with many prominent authors including Helen Peters on the Jasmine Green Rescues series; and best-selling author Laura Wood, illustrating for The Animals of Madame Malone’s Music Hall.