书名：Puppy Academy: Scout and the Sausage Thief小狗梦想学院：斯考特与香肠大盗

难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数650L
作者：Gill Lewis; Sarah Horne
出版社名称：OUP Oxford
出版时间：2015
语种：英文
ISBN：9780192739209
商品尺寸：14.2 x 1 x 19.8 cm
包装：平装
页数：128
★英国红房子、水石书店图书大奖入围作者吉尔刘易斯力作

★动物与校园两大主题的精彩融合，用动物的故事揭示成长的烦恼与感动
★跌宕起伏的故事情节、俏皮可爱的英式幽默、发人深省的人生哲理，让孩子在轻松愉快的阅读中体会淳朴的优秀品格——勇气、梦想、坚持，成就更好的自己

吉尔·刘易斯（Gill Lewis），英国著名童书作家，被誉为故事天才，她曾荣获诸多童书大奖，例如UKLA年度童书奖、牛顿·马拉斯科绿色地球图书奖等，并入围英国极负盛名的红房子童书奖、水石书店童书奖及布兰福博斯奖。

Puppy Academy《小狗梦想学院》是吉尔·刘易斯的新作品系列，每本书讲述了一只小狗进行训练的经历以及他们在这个过程中遇到的困难。萨拉•霍恩生动的插画更是起到了锦上添花的作用。作者希望孩子们能够从这些狗狗们的身上学习到那些闪闪发光的品质——忠诚、友谊以及对人类无条件的爱。

精彩书评
“吉尔·刘易斯，这位昔日的动物医生，真是个讲故事的天才。”——《泰晤士报》

“对喜爱动物和校园故事的孩子们来说，这是一本不容错过的好书。”——《电讯报》

“吉尔·刘易斯凭借她丰富的经历和的小说创作能力已经成为当代一名重要的动物故事作家。”——《电讯报》

“除了能够拥有一只宠物，没有比这更棒的了。”——《兰卡郡晚报》

“这个精彩的故事系列对于那些刚刚可以独立阅读章节图书的孩子们来说简直太棒了。”——“我的书角”博客

“易于阅读而令人愉快的故事；一个很棒的故事系列。”——《父母帮》

“精彩的插图和关于工作犬的有趣知识会让小读者们兴趣盎然，而故事本身也会让他们学到一些道理。”——“新鲜小说”博客

“刚刚开始独立阅读的小读者会非常喜欢这些故事，的确非常吸引人。”——《童书导读》

Puppies to the rescue! From animal expert Gill Lewis, Puppy Academy is a fun new series introducing young readers to a team of plucky, irresistible puppies, learning their jobs as working dogs. A must for animal-loving boys and girls aged six to eight years.

Review
“Gill Lewis has established herself as the principal contemporary writer of animal stories, combining a vet’s knowledge of her subject with a novelist’s capacity for character and plot.”  —Telegraph

“Children will delight in the adventures of the crime-busting canines.”  —The Bookseller

“A must for any children hooked on animals or school stories.”  —Kat Brown, The Telegraph

“The next best thing to having a puppy of your own!”  —Lancashire Evening Post

“A gorgeous new series which is just perfect for those readers who have recently graduated on to chapter books.”  —MyBookCornerblog

“This is a nice little adventure, where poor Scout is working hard at being good, but having setbacks and needing to work even harder and putting things right.”  —Bookwitchblog

“Easy reading and a delightful story; great start to the new series.”  —Parents In Touch

“Another fantastic book by Gill Lewis, this time for a younger audience... Really fun read.”  —Angels & Urchins

“It’s a fun and hugely enjoyable new school series with a twist.”  —Mill Hill Synagoguemagazine

“The expressive pictures and interesting facts about police dogs will keep young readers interested, while the tale may help them learn some lessons.”  —Fresh Fictionblog

小狗梦想学院是一个专门为狗狗们开设的工作犬培训学校。在这里，一群勇敢的小狗们学习着如何成为合格的工作犬。像人类一样，他们在学习和生活中也遇到了一些困难和挫折，甚至是失败，但他们凭借着自己对梦想的坚持和不懈的努力实现了各自的梦想。

斯考特是一只德国牧羊犬，她梦想着自己有一天能像自己的父母那样成为一只出色的侦查犬。小镇上一年一度的香肠美食节就要到了，然而香肠大盗的出现让人们忧心忡忡，如果不能在这之前把香肠大盗捉拿归案，香肠美食节也要因此而停办了。在经历了一系列挫折之后，斯考特终于发现香肠大盗的踪迹，并且在父母的帮助下，成功将其捉拿归案。她也因为自己的出色表现获得了社区关怀奖章，实现了自己成为一名侦查犬的梦想。
Scout is excited about the day ahead at the Sausage Dreams Puppy Academy—because today she’s taking her Care in the Community test, an important step on her way to achieving her dream of becoming a police dog. But a good deed goes wrong and suddenly Scout is left on her own while her friends take the tests to get their badges. Can Scout put things right and make up for her mistakes? And then there’s the mysterious sausage thief who’s at large in Little Barking—if only Scout could find a way of catching him...

Gill Lewisspent 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 travelled from the Arctic to Africa in search of interesting animals and places. Gill’s books for older children, SkyHawk,White Dolphin,MoonBear, and Scarlet Ibis published to worldwide critical acclaim and have been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in the depths of Somerset with her husband and three children and writes from a tree house in the company of squirrels.

No one knew just how Frank Furter stole the sausages. But Scout thought she knew. She’d worked it out and now she was ready. She looked up at the ceiling of the supermarket and waited for Frank’s next move.
High above people’s heads, one white ceiling tile slid slowly sideways. Frank’s face appeared in the gap, spring down on the fresh meat counter. Scout could see the bungee rope tied around his chest. She’d have to be quick on her feet to catch him. Down came Frank.
“Gotcha!” shouted Scout. She pounced, wrapping the string of sausages round and round him, tying him up in a big sausage knot.
Everyone cheered. Frank Furter had been caught at last and Scout was their hero.
“Scout!”
“Scout!”
Scout woke up from her daydream.
“Come on, Scout,” said her mum. “Finish your breakfast. You can’t be late for school today.”