Amy and the Missing Puppy, 1

Introducing The Critter Club Amy and her friends solve a canine caper in this start to a pet-friendly illustrated chapter book series.

It's Spring Break in Santa Vista, and everyone has big plans...everyone except for Amy, that is As her best friends head out of town on exciting adventures, Amy resigns herself to helping out at her mom's vet clinic. At least she'll be around cute animals But when Santa Vista's cold and elusive millionaire, Marge Sullivan, brings her puppy Rufus for a check-up, Amy encounters an unexpected mystery. After her friends return home, the girls get to the bottom of what happened to Rufus--and discover a way to help other lost and lonely animals in their town.

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, The Critter Club chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.

Author: Callie Barkley
Publisher: Little Simon
Published: 01/01/2013
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781442457690
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.3
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 157113 / Amy and the Missing Puppy


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/26/2012
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 56 - Recommended, Satisfactory
School Library Journal 04/01/2013

About the Author
Callie Barkley loves animals. As a young girl, she dreamed of getting a cat or dog of her own until she discovered she was allergic to most of them. It was around this time that she realized the world was full of all kinds of critters that could use some love. She now lives with her husband and two kids in Connecticut. They share their home with exactly ten fish and a very active ant farm.

Marsha Riti illustrated the picture book The Picky Little Witch by Elizabeth Brokamp and The Critter Club series by Callie Barkley. She lives in Austin, Texas, where she likes to take long walks, stopping frequently to pet neighborhood kitties.