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Goldie (The Puppy Place)

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I think this book is just delightful. For any family who has a dog, wants a dog, loves dogs or even just likes them, this is a wonderful book to read aloud. Goldie is the first in a series of six books called the Puppy Place. We now have 5 of the books! First, our daughter thought Goldie was the best (and the fluffiest), then she liked Snowball, then Shadow--you get the idea. What we like about the books is that they are not too grown up, but do contain some "real world" concepts, very appropriately presented. For example, the youngest child in the family, Adam (but his nickname is The Bean), is adopted. The author mentions this matter of factly and moves on. By the way, The Bean is so sweet. He likes to pretend he is puppy and eat from a bowl on the floor! These sweet books also have an element of suspense: where will the foster puppy go when it is time? Highly recommended!

Lizzie and Charles and their parents (the Peterson family) foster puppies. They also have a little brother named Adam (they always call him The Bean).

One day Lizzie and Charles's dad came home with a tiny, cute Golden Retriever puppy.
Find out the rest in, where else? Goldie!

Goldie is one of my favorite Puppy Place books.
I love the cover picture too.

Just a reminder, but there are no pictures.

A book for doggie lovers, havers, and wanters!!!
Have fun reading!

Goldie was a great book. I loved it and it was what I expected from a book:
1It was very detailed.
2Yes,it had some sad parts here and there but it had a perfect ending.
3Finaly as I read the book I could picture it happening in my head.

and she doesn't even like dogs! There are 4 books in this series, she is on the 3rd one and has loved each one. She is in [...]and had no trouble reading or understanding the books, so I think the age range given here (9 to 12) is a little misleading, The plot is very straighforward, which is why she is able to read them. We recently got a puppy (she wanted a kitten, but her dad is allergic) and she's learned alot about puppies, how to care for them and why they do what they do, so even though this isn't great literature it's helpful in that regard. One odd think that she had noticed - the main characters have a baby brother who is 3 - but can't talk and crawls around on the floor - her brother is 3 and he's certainly not like that. I don't know if the author just doesn't know about small children or the child has some disability that the book doesn't talk about, but my daughter always brings it up as "weird."

My daughter is in the 2nd grade and this book is right up her alley in the reading level, and a cute story that kept her interest. She was always excited to get back to reading it (which is a plus)! The author has a great way of connecting with even the older generation. My daughter read this book out loud to me and I had a good laugh at the reaction the children's Mother had when they were asking for a new puppy. It was the same reaction that I had! I love how they call the youngest child in the family "The Bean" and just the overall way the author tells the story. She even gives tips on working with dogs at the end of her books. We will definitely be buying more books by Ellen Miles.

I am 12 and I love this book, it illustrates really what people do when they foster dogs, I have no dogs of my own, but me and my family foster dogs instead. I like this series of books, because it sounds like when we fostered our dogs. We even named our first foster dog after the dog in one of her books: Buddy! The only thing I wish the books had is pictures. But I like it all the same. So I definently would refer this book to anyone. You will not be dissapointed. (I have all her other books in the Puppy Place series and I rated them too.)

Goldie is a good dog loving book. If you want a good happy book you found the right one. I rated this book five stars because I love this series and there are many fun adventures in this story. The people who are fostering Goldie are Charles, Lizzy, and there mom & dad.(Which is very nice) When the Petterson's find an old couple who is working to get a puppy a disaster happens. Will the Petersons ever find a forever home for Goldie? I hope you choose to read this book and you will be pleased I sure was. ~Lilly