In this middle reader, when a selfish bandit disguised as Santa threatens to spoil the Christmas season, help arrives in the form of a hairy, four-legged animal. Bo, a lovable, crime-solving Labrador, will do what he can to assist the police in catching the sneaky thief. But can this canine save Christmas?

 

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Pelican Publishing Co .

Lynn Sheffield Simmons received a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a masteris degree in special education from Texas Womanis University. She is a member of Phi Delta Kappa honorary fraternity and has taught in public schools for many years. She lives on a small farm in Argyle, Texas. Other titles by Lynn Sheffield Simmons are Jack Crow Said Hello and Sugar Lump, the Orphan Calf , both available from Pelican. NIKOLE BROOKS BETHEA is an environmental engineer and children's writer whose stories have been published in magazines such as JAKES and Living the Country Life. Alison Davis Lyne is a freelance illustrator who has worked on various picture books and covers for American Small Farm magazine. She is the portrait artist for the Kentucky Commission on Women's Kentucky Women Remembered exhibit, permanently on display in the state capitol rotunda. She also illustrated Easter Day Alphabet, Kudzu Chaos, G Is for Grits: A Southern Alphabet, and other titles published by Pelican.