Leader of the Pack (Scrapper Series) - Softcover

Higgins, Cam

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798347102020

Verlag: Little Simon Merchandise, 2026

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Meet Scrapper, a puppy full of imagination and high-energy hijinks, in the first book of a brand-new chapter book series from the creators of Good Dog!

Scrapper loves swimming with his best puppy friend, Bo, and playing fetch with his human family. But most of all, Scrapper loves going on adventures in the forest! He’s even the proud founder of Camp Monster-Finder. Now all he needs is some new friends to join his pack...and maybe find a monster or two along the way!

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Scrapper chapter book series is perfect for emerging readers.

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Cam Higgins wrote her very first book about a cat who lived in an alleyway when she was eight years old. As a child, she loved visiting a neighboring farm and seeing all the animals. Now Cam has a pup of her own, who is very mischievous, and she still loves writing about animals. Cam lives in New York City with her two children, her husband, and Laila the dog.

As soon as Ariel Landy learned how to draw a sky beyond a blue scribbled line, she knew she wanted to be an illustrator. Raised on coloring books and crayons outside of Boston, she now lives in France with her husband and dog. Visit her online at ArielLandy.com.

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CHAPTER 1 Fetch!

  “Scrapper, fetch!”

  Those are the two most wonderful words in the entire world. Whenever I hear them, my tail starts wagging.

  I love the word “Scrapper” because, well, that’s my name.

  And when you add “fetch,” I get way more excited!

    I love playing fetch. I’ll fetch a stick, a Frisbee, a bouncy ball… anything that can be thrown, really!

  My human brother, Hank Bryson, is the best buddy for fetch. He can throw high and slow. He can throw fast and low. He also knows how to throw just far enough, so I can always catch up with my three little legs.

       I chased the ball as it rolled along the ground. Then I scooped it up in my mouth and zoomed back.

    Hank put his hand out for the ball, but I danced away. That made him laugh.

  “Scrapper, you have to give the ball back!” he said.

       That’s the one problem with playing fetch. If you want to keep the game going, you have to return the ball every time.

  But if you ask me, chewing on the prize is just too fun!

  I wish there were a million gazillion balls on our farm. Then I could chase and fetch all day without ever giving the ball back.

  I finally dropped the ball in Hank’s hands. He wound up his arm to throw, but then my human mom and dad came out of the farmhouse.

  “Hank, it’s time for school,” Mom said.

    Oh, humans. They do so many mysterious things.

  I’ll never understand why they hold metal things in their paws to eat, when they could just stick their faces in their bowls instead.

       And why do humans leave the farmhouse so much? Like when Hank goes to this place called “school.” I’m not sure what he does there, but he’s gone almost all day.

    Hank bent down and scratched behind my ears, where he knows I like it best.

  “One more round of fetch?” I whined. “Pretty please please please?”

  I knew Hank couldn’t understand what I was saying, but I hoped my puppy-dog eyes would do the trick.

  “I’m sorry, buddy,” Hank said. “I have to go now. But I promise we’ll play more after school, okay?”

  My tail drooped as he hopped on his bike and pedaled off our farm.

    I ran after him, but soon I came up against the fence. I watched until Hank was so far away, he looked like nothing more than a tiny dot.

    “Silly school,” I grumbled.

  But I’m not a pup to mope and moan forever. After all, I had my own adventures to look forward to.

  And these were the kinds of adventures that are for critters only!

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Little Simon Merchandise
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798347102020
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Niederlande