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Title details for Santa's Puppy by Catherine Hapka - Available

Santa's Puppy

by Catherine Hapka
Aimee Lilly
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For 364 days of the year, Santa and his best friend, Peppermint Bark, are inseparable. Santa's fluffy white dog helps herd the reindeer, keep tabs on the elves, and check the list—twice. But even though Peppermint Bark asks every Christmas, he never gets to join Santa on his sleigh ride around the world...until he decides to stow away... When eight- and eleven-year-old Chris and Holly Kerstman discover a small white dog wedged in their chimney on Christmas morning, they can't imagine where he came from—until he tells them. Peppermint Bark is unlike any dog they and Holly's best friend, Ivy, have ever met: His breath smells of mint, faint jingle bells can be heard when he wags his tail, and he can talk! He tells the kids all about his secret sleigh ride and how he got accidentally left behind on their rooftop, but when it comes to answering the question of how he'll get home to the North Pole, Peppermint Bark is stumped. Now, it's up to the kids to work together to get Peppermint Bark home before the last magical portal to the North Pole closes at midnight on Christmas Day.

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  • Release date

    October 15, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666579482
      • File size: 126467 KB
      • Duration: 04:23:28

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 650
    • Text Difficulty: 2-3

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 7, 2019
      Hapka introduces the North Pole’s top dog, Peppermint Bark, who is proud to be “Santa’s helper, his closest canine companion, and his best friend.” Determined to assist Santa with Christmas Eve duties, the hound stows away on the sleigh and, on one rooftop in the Christmas-obsessed town of Poinsettia, sneaks off in hopes of seeing “one of the creatures that Santa and I and all the others work so hard for all year long!” After falling into the chimney, the puppy is befriended by the family’s son, Chris, whose abundant Christmas spirit enables him to translate Peppermint’s bark. The urgency to find a portal that will transport the dog back home before the North Pole gates are locked for the year precipitates a whirlwind search involving Chris and his sister (who gets a much-needed injection of Christmas spirit), a friend, and two of Santa’s elves who’ve been dispatched to retrieve the missing pup. A cheery, sugar-coated holiday romp. Ages 8–10.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:650
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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