- Children's stories, American, Dogs, Fiction, Juvenile fiction
A hound rescues a schoolgirl from the Seine, becomes a beloved school pet, is chased away by the trustees, and returns with a surprise.
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Effortless, classical in form, intimate and resolved.
- effortlessdemanding
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Ludwig Bemelmans
- First published
- June 30, 1986
- Pages
- 54
- Publisher
- Rebound by Sagebrush, Golden Drive, Pinnacle Books
- Editions
- 39
- Language
- English, Japanese, French, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9781560080633
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“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines”
Ludwig Bemelmans was a German American author, an internationally known gourmet and also a writer and illustrator of children's books. He is most famous today for the series of Madeline books. -- Wikipedia
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