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    Riley
    Riley
    Riley
    Ebook88 pages56 minutes

    Riley

    By Susan Hughes

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    Meet Riley, a loving golden retriever puppy!

    Kat and her BFF Maya love playing with the puppies at her aunt Jenn's grooming business, Tails Up! The girls know that every dog has its own special personality…and problems. Luckily, Kat and Maya are always there to help a puppy in need!

    When a sweet golden retriever puppy named Riley is boarded at Tails Up!, Kat and Maya couldn't be more excited! Riley is supersweet and friendly. But when a new girl named Grace shows up in Kat's class, she finds herself wishing Grace was as easy to get along with as Riley. Kat is disappointed to find herself paired up with Grace, who can't seem to get that mean look off of her face! But is Grace unkind, or is she just lonely? Maybe Riley can help her figure it out!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSourcebooks
    Release dateAug 2, 2016
    ISBN9781492633983
    Riley
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    Susan Hughes

    Susan Hughes is a freelance editor with a wide range of experience.While her first love is working with indie authors, she has edited both fiction and nonfiction, poetry, corporate and education-related publications, and blog posts. Susan is a former editor for Addison Magazine and has performed pre-submission editing for a number of clients whose op-ed pieces appeared in The Huffington Post and Fox News Latino. Susan earned a BA in English Literature from the University of Houston at Clear Lake and spent 29 years as an educator.

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    • 4/5
      This is a cute early chapter book in the "Puppy Pals" series. It is a series definitely geared to young girls. The main characters are Kat and her best friend Maya. They are puppy freaks, although neither of them has a dog of their own. They have been in the same class at school every year until this one.

      When a new girl shows up in Kat's class, her teacher asks her to sit beside her. Kat has already formed an opinion of her just watching her facial expressions and decides she does not like her. When she tells Maya, Grace, overhears her. Kat is not happy about having to sit beside Grace, but she feels bad about saying she does not like her. When Kat and Maya take Riley, the dog that is being boarded at her aunt's kennel, to the park she sees Grace alone in the park reading looking very sad. Should she ask Grace to be her friend? Will she invite her to go with them to the kennel to see the dogs?

      There are some cute black and white illustrations in the book that add to the story. This is a series that little girls, especially those that love animals (dogs in particular) will enjoy. Short simple chapters will keep them interested. A good book for late primary, early junior classrooms as well as elementary school libraries.

      I received a copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in return for an honest and unbiased review.

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    Also by Susan Hughes

    Bailey

    Copyright © 2013 by Susan Hughes

    Cover and internal design © 2016 by Sourcebooks, Inc.

    Cover design and illustrations by Jeanine Henderson Murch

    Cover image © Jagodka/Shutterstock

    Sourcebooks and the colophon are registered trademarks of Sourcebooks, Inc.

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without permission in writing from its publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc.

    The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious and are used fictitiously. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.

    Published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.

    P.O. Box 4410, Naperville, Illinois 60567–4410

    (630) 961–3900

    Fax: (630) 961–2168

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    Originally published as Riley Knows Best in 2013 in Canada by Scholastic Canada Ltd.

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Names: Hughes, Susan, 1960- author. | Murch, Jeanine Henderson, illustrator.

    Title: Riley / Susan Hughes ; [illustrations by Jeanine Henderson Murch].

    Other titles: Riley knows best

    Description: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, [2016] | Series: Puppy pals; 2 | Originally published as Riley Knows Best in 2013 in Canada by Scholastic Canada Ltd. | Summary: Riley helps Kat realize that a new female is not mean.

    Identifiers: LCCN 2015044675 | (alk. paper)

    Subjects: | CYAC: Dogs--Fiction. | Animals--Infancy--Fiction. | Friendship--Fiction.

    Classification: LCC PZ7.H87396 Ri 2016 | DDC [E]--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2015044675

    For a terrific trio:

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    Alexander Logue,

    and Zackary Logue

    CONTENTS

    Front Cover

    Title Page

    Copyright

    Chapter 1

    Chapter 2

    Chapter 3

    Chapter 4

    Chapter 5

    Chapter 6

    Chapter 7

    Chapter 8

    Chapter 9

    Chapter 10

    Chapter 11

    About the Author

    A Sneak Peek at Murphy

    Back Cover

    Kat was lying on the grass. Puppies were running everywhere! A tiny pug puppy licked her cheek, while an energetic Jack Russell jumped over her chest. Beside her, a young dalmatian playfully wrestled with a German shepherd.

    Kat was surrounded by lovable puppies!

    Kat? a voice called.

    Kat’s mother joined her on the lawn. Pick your favorite puppy, Kat! she said.

    But how could Kat possibly pick just one? They were all so sweet. Look, the tiny shih tzu could fit in the palm of her hand. The adorable black Labrador was dancing around, begging her to play. The red setter pup was as gangly as a newborn lamb…

    Kat-nip! the voice called again, louder this time.

    Kat sighed and opened her eyes. Her daydream was over. She knew she wasn’t really allowed to get a dog.

    Hey, lazybones, I’m here! Her best friend Maya was standing over her. Come on. Let’s get going!

    Kat jumped up. It was time to head to Tails Up!, the dog-grooming salon owned by Kat’s aunt. Aunt Jenn was so busy, she needed help. She had asked Kat and Maya to give her a hand.

    Coming! Kat said.

    The two girls hurried off toward the salon.

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