by Gill Lewis
Scout barked. “Crunchie Munchies all around, everyone!”
* * *
Scout trotted along with her mom and dad to the sausage festival.
“Well,” said Dad, “Frank is well and truly behind bars, and the Little Barking Sausage Festival is safe for another year.”
“So,” said Scout’s mom, “do you still want to be a police dog?”
“More than ever,” woofed Scout.
“Come on,” said Scout’s dad. “After all that police work, I’m hungry. Anyone want a sausage?”
Scout stared at the rows upon rows of different sausages: pork and apple, beef and onion, venison and red currant, bratwursts, chipolatas, chorizos, Cumberland swirls … so many to choose from.
“Well…?” said Dad.
“I’ll have a bowl of water, please.” Scout sighed. “I think I’ve just about had enough of sausages until next year.”
PUPPY PLEDGE
I promise to be honest, brave, and true and serve my fellow dogs and humans too.
In peril, I will be your guide, walking with you by your side.
I am your eyes, your ears, your nose, through wind and rain and sun and snow. I’ll be with you until the very end, your wet-nosed, waggy-tailed best, best friend.
Meet Leo, a real-life police tracker dog!
Name
Leo
Age
6
Occupation
Police tracker dog
Likes
Walks in the woods, tug-of-war
Hates
Bath time!
Tracked both the driver AND the passenger responsible for a jewel theft—and then found the loot as well
Police Dog Facts
The first time dogs were used by the police is believed to be 1888, when two bloodhounds helped to track a criminal.
DID YOU KNOW?
Police dogs belong to K-9 (which stands for “canine”) units in the United States.
German shepherds were first used as police dogs in London in 1948.
DID YOU KNOW?
Police dogs normally work for about eight to nine years.
Dogs and their handlers have to pass a test every year to make sure they are good enough to continue working for the police.
DID YOU KNOW?
When they retire, police dogs often go to live with their handler as a pet.
About Zak and his owner, Gill Lewis
I’m ZAK, a German shepherd just like Scout. I was GILL LEWIS’s first dog. When she was fourteen, her wish to have a dog of her own came true and she got me. I like to think we got each other. I used to walk with her some of the way to school and meet her at the garden gate on her way home.
Some people think German shepherds are a bit fierce, but I was a big softy. I liked helping people too. I ran alongside GILL’s bike when she did her paper route. I even carried some of the papers—until people complained of dog slobber on their Sunday news. Like Scout, I was only trying to help.…
About the Author
Gill Lewis spent much of her childhood in the garden, where she ran a small zoo and a veterinary hospital for creepy-crawlies, mice, and birds. When she grew up, she became a real vet and a writer for children. She lives in Somerset, England, and writes from a tree house in the company of squirrels. gilllewis.com or sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Puppy Pledge
Meet Leo
Police Dog Facts
About Zak
Coming Soon
About the Author
Copyright
Text copyright © 2015 by Gill Lewis
Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Sarah Horne
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Originally published in the UK in 2015 by Oxford University Press.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Lewis, Gill, author. | Horne, Sarah, 1979– illustrator.
Title: Scout and the sausage thief / Gill Lewis; illustrations by Sarah Horne.
Description: First American edition. | New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2016. | Series: Puppy Academy | Summary: “Scout wants nothing more than to be a police dog, just like her mom and dad. But when she fails her test, Scout isn’t sure she’ll ever earn her badge until, that is, a sausage thief strikes. It’s up to Scout to catch the culprit and save the day” —Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015042252 (print) | LCCN 2016021114 (ebook)
ISBN 9781627797948 (hardback) | ISBN 9781627798020 (trade paperback)
ISBN 9781627797955 (ebook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Mystery and detective stories. | Dogs—Fiction. | Animals—Infancy—Fiction. | Robbers and outlaws—Fiction. | Working dogs—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs. | JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General. | JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories.
Classification: LCC PZ7.L58537 Sco 2016 (print) | LCC PZ7.L58537 (ebook)
DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2015042252
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