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The Appletree Animal Agency

內容簡介

內容簡介 一段充滿溫暖、冒險與動物陪伴的故事，獻給每位熱愛小動物的孩子！瑪蒂（Mattie）在流星劃過夜空時許下一個願望：她希望擁有一隻屬於自己的小狗。但她知道這個願望可能無法實現，因為爸爸總覺得她還不夠有責任感來照顧寵物。正當她難過之際，事情出現轉機——瑪蒂和好友柔伊（Zoë）開始幫忙照顧動物，他們的新朋友是剛搬來鎮上的獸醫兼動物救援者，波莉醫生（Dr. Polly）！雖然瑪蒂還是沒有屬於自己的寵物，卻展開了一連串精彩又溫馨的動物冒險——追捕逃家的雪貂、阻止貪吃山羊大鬧花園、照顧一隻受傷的小狗狗。隨著收容的動物越來越多，瑪蒂、柔伊與獸醫的兒子卡斯柏（Casper）決定攜手合作，一起為這些可愛的動物們，找尋真正的「永遠的家」。The first book in a new series by award-winning creators Katya Balen and Gill Smith, featuring heart-warming adventures for readers who love animals.When Mattie wishes on a shooting star for a puppy, she knows her wish is hopeless. Her dad just doesn't believe Mattie is responsible enough to look after a puppy. She finds the next best thing when she and her friend Zoë start helping the new vet and animal rescuer, Dr Polly. Mattie still may not have a pet of her own, but she has amazing adventures rescuing a runaway ferret, trying to stop a greedy goat from eating everything in the garden and looking after an adorable puppy with a hurt paw. But as the animal rescue gets more and more crowded, Mattie, Zoë and the vet's son, Casper, realize that they need to do something more. Can they help the animals find their forever homes?

作者介紹

作者介紹 Katya BalenKatya Balen is an award-winning author of books for children. Her debut novel, The Space We’re In, was highly commended for the Branford Boase Award; October, October won the Yoto Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book Award; and The Light in Everything was shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal. When she’s not writing books, Katya likes to scroll through dog-rescue websites, bake and attempt to keep her house plants alive.Gill SmithWhilst working initially as a primary teacher, then within community arts and theatre, Gill Smith pursued illustration and achieved an MA with distinction in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. She was shortlisted for the Batsford Illustration prize and a winner of international competition, "Picture This". She illustrated Maria's Island, a retelling of Victoria Hislop's bestselling book, The Island, reimagined for children. She also illustrated Saving the Butterfly, which was shortlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize.

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最佳賣點

最佳賣點 : A beautifully written and illustrated story to delight young animal lovers.

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