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The Summer Puppy

"A new puppy explores her natural world and bonds with her new family."

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This title will be released on 12/06/2025. Pre-order now.

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June 2025 Picture Book of the Month

This is in every sense of the word an utterly beautiful book, not just for the breathtaking, luminous pictures or the lyrical, evocative words, but also as a physical object; the size and feel and the paper quality. It is a book which is so nice to hold and touch and that little hands will want to stroke.

This book tells the story of Rosie, a real dog belonging to the author’s daughter and her first summer at their home in Pembrokeshire. The illustrator also lives in Pembrokeshire and one gets the distinct impression that this was very much a labour of love for them both, in the way that they capture the beauty of the countryside, with the sea nearby.

Fields, woods and the beach are all explored with her child owner as Rosie grows, and the changing seasons are atmospherically depicted as summer moves on into autumn and the start of winter. It is such a gorgeous representation of the loving relationship between the child and the dog that it perhaps ought to carry a health warning. Beware this book will increase demands to have a puppy of your own! But it will also encourage everyone to get out into the countryside and to appreciate the natural world and that is extremely healthy!

Children will be entranced by the mellifluous words and immerse themselves in the images.

Joy Court

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