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    Captain Pug
    Captain Pug
    Captain Pug
    Ebook71 pages19 minutes

    Captain Pug

    By Laura James and Eglantine Ceulemans

    3.5/5

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    Pug is going on a seafaring adventure. He's had jam tarts for breakfast. He's wearing a smart sailor suit. There's just one problem. Pug is afraid of the water!

    Captain Pug is the first book in a glorious new illustrated series about roly-poly Pug and his human, Lady Miranda. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017 and is perfect for fans of Claude and Squishy McFluff.

    A great book with lovely pictures and typography for five- to seven-year-olds who are starting to read for themselves and like dogs with multiple chins - The Times on COWBOY PUG

    Gorgeous funny young fiction - Bookseller on CAPTAIN PUG

    Highly entertaining, wittily illustrated and fun to read alone - Julia Eccleshare, LoveReading4Kids on CAPTAIN PUG


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateMay 5, 2016
    ISBN9781408866375
    Captain Pug
    Author

    Laura James

    Laura James is an author and journalist and the owner of a communications agency. Her writing has appeared in many national and international newspapers and magazines. When not frantically fighting deadlines, she can generally be found hiding under a duvet with a stack of good books and lots of chocolate. She is the mother of four adult children and lives with her husband their dogs and cat in North Norfolk. Since her autism diagnosis she has campaigned for autism awareness and acceptance and written Odd Girl Out, a powerful memoir about dealing with a diagnosis of autism in womanhood.

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    • 4/5
      This is the first book in a series about a pug. My daughter recently got a jug (half pug, half jack russell) so this book intrigued me and definitely interested my grandson. It was about the humorous adventures of a cute little pug. He is owned by Lady Miranda who has been invited to a party where there will be paddle boats. She dresses pug in a captain's suit and he becomes Captain Pug. Once they arrive at the park, they get separated and the fun begins. Captain Pug decides that he must become a famous Captain in order for Lady Miranda to find him. Lady Miranda doesn't let anything stop her from finding her beloved dog, even carrying one of her footmen in the sedan when he gets a blister. Of course they are reunited after several exciting "missions" for Captain Pug. Throughout the story, Pug was fearful of the water which makes perfect sense. For anyone who has had a pug, you know they are very poor swimmers.

      One thing I really liked about this book were the illustrations. There were several with one on almost every page. With this being an early chapter book, this is helpful for those readers. They can use the pictures as clues as well as to break up the text. If it is a read aloud, it certainly enhances the story. The only issue I had with the text was that it was hard to read when the background was completely covered by colour.

      I recommend Captain Pug to late primary, early junior readers who are venturing into independent reading of short chapter books. I also think it would make a charming readaloud for young children. If you are an animal lover, adventure lover or just like a humorous story, pick up this book. A winner for school, classroom and family libraries. I am looking forward to Pug's next adventure. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via Netgalley.

    Book preview

    Captain Pug - Laura James

    It was an ordinary morning at No. 10, The Crescent, and everyone was busy except Pug and his freckled companion, Lady Miranda, who were both still in bed, s n o r i n g .

    Pug lay at the foot of the bed dreaming of jam tarts whilst Lady Miranda slept soundly, her eye mask firmly in place.

    There was a gentle knock on the bedroom door. It was Lady Miranda’s housekeeper, Wendy, carrying the breakfast tray. Pug wagged his curly tail in greeting, then padded over to where Lady Miranda was sleeping. He put his nose as close to hers as possible and breathed on her . . .

    ‘Urgh, Pug!’ said Lady Miranda, waking up with a start. ‘Do you have to do that?’

    ‘Your breakfast, m’lady,’ said Wendy, placing the tray on Lady Miranda’s lap and patting Pug on the head.

    Pug’s tummy was rumbling. Wendy had baked them some of her delicious jam tarts. Jam tarts were Pug’s favourite breakfast.

    Pug drooled as Lady Miranda lifted her eye mask and inspected the breakfast tray.

    ‘What are we

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