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December dog

Title:

December dog

Author:

Roy, Ron, 1940- author.

Gurney, John Steven, 1962- illustrator.

Series:

Calendar mysteries ;

Series Number:

12.

Summary:

After finding an unusual present--a lost puppy--on Christmas Eve, best friends Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy scramble to find its owner before morning.

Audience:

Ages 6-9.

General Note:

"A Stepping Stone book."

Physical Description:

72 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Genre:

Christmas fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Dogs -- Fiction.

Animals -- Infancy -- Fiction.

Gifts -- Fiction.

Author(s):

Gurney, John Steven, 1962-

Publisher:

Random House,

Publication Date:

2014

ISBN:

9780385371681

9780385371698

Publication Information:

New York : Random House, [2014]

Call Number:

J ROY CALENDAR

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In the twelfth book of the Calendar Mysteries, an early chapter-book mystery series featuring the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries detectives, Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy find a lost puppy on Christmas Eve. The poor dog was meant to be a present for someone. It has a ribbon with a tag around its neck, but the tag is ripped. Can the kids find out who bought the puppy or who was supposed to receive it?

Author Notes

Ron Roy was born in Hartford, Connecticut on April 29, 1940. After high school, he joined the Navy for two years. He received a Bachelor's degree in literature from the University of Connecticut and a Masters degree in teaching from the University of Hartford. He was an elementary school teacher for numerous years.

His first children's book, A Thousand Pails of Water, was published in 1978. Soon afterwards, he stopped teaching and became a full-time writer, but he still visits schools around the country. He is the author of the A to Z Mysteries series, the Capital Mysteries series, and the Calendar Mysteries series.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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