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Author_Avril Van der Merwe
bushbaby
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cheetah
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hyena
illustrated animal stories
pangolin
picture book
rhinoceros
wild dog
Product details
- ISBN 9781776353743
- Dimensions: 211 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 29 Apr 2022
- Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
- Publication City/Country: ZA
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Wildest Dog and Other African Tales introduces a new story to this popular series. Allthe animals, including his own pack, think Wild Dog is too wild. In fact, he’s the wildest dogthey’ve ever met. His constant activity leads him into a variety of adventures and, ultimately,into danger. But the wild dog pack saves the day and his own mother defends his wild ways,pointing out that curiosity and boldness are essential traits for an alpha dog, such as hisfather and herself. Rather than squelching Wild Dog’s high spirits, she affi rms them.In six heartwarming tales, Avril van der Merwe highlights character traits or habits thatmay trouble young children. Wild Dog’s hyperactive nature gets him into trouble, Pangolinuses her intelligence to outsmart Lion and discovers new friends in the process, Bushbaby’snocturnal habits lead the animals to assume he is shy, Hyena mistakenly thinks that if shechanges her identity she’ll be accepted, Hippo’s envy of Rhinoceros’ horn ends up creatingmore trouble than she anticipated, while Cheetah learns that his bragging doesn’t impresshis friends. Each animal character faces a challenge, but with plenty of encouragement andsupport from their friends, a lesson is learned and the outcome is always positive.
The Wildest Dog is a thought-provoking story from prize-winning author Avril van der Merwe. She drew inspiration from watching the antics of her seven-month-old German Shepherd puppy who she adopted from a shelter in April 2021. Avril began writing for children when she worked as a pre-primary teacher in Cape Town, and high school English teacher in Johannesburg. She lives in Washington State (USA), where she works as an inspirational writer and speaker, as well as an author of children’s, young adult and adult fiction, and poetry. Two of her short stories have been selected for an anthology for grades 4–7, to be published by Penguin Books in 2022.
