One day in the woods, Pup finds an egg and hopes it might hatch a new little playmate. But Pup and Hound must first find the egg's elusive mother.

This Level 1 first reader contains short stories, simple sentences, easy vocabulary, simple visual clues and lots of repetition.

 

This book was recognised in the Fiction - Beginners category by the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award.

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Kids Can Press .

Written by Chantal Lacourciere Kenny and Linda Hendry, this title is a buy-in from Kids Can Press. Versioned for the UK and matched to the Developing French titles by Helen Betts, a bilingual educational researcher and former primary teacher. Susan Hood is the author of more than 200 children's books, including several other Pup and Hound titles for Kids Can Press. She was most recently the Children's Content Director for Nick Jr. Magazine. Susan lives in Fairfield, Connecticut. Barroux is an internationally renowned author-illustrator of more than a dozen books for children. His artwork has also appeared in the New York Times and the Washington Post, among other publications. He lives in Paris.