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The Summer Puppy

Jackie Morris Cathy Fisher

$29.99

Hardback

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English
Otter-Barry Books
12 June 2025
Lyrical story about a puppy's first summer, with beautiful illustrations, from a bestselling, award-winning duo
“Born at the very start of the summer, so small she could rest easily in the cupped hands of a child …”

From a little furry bundle, Rosie the puppy grows, learns, and explores her world - rose petals, spiders and butterflies in the garden, the jungle of long summer grass, the fields where a fox calls, the beach where she chases waves and digs deep in the sand. Warmly and lovingly, Rosie's first summer is recreated in Jackie Morris's poetic words and Cathy Fisher's unforgettable images. Rich in the sense of discovery, rich too in the love between puppy and child, here is a timeless country idyll for all ages.
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Illustrated by:   Cathy Fisher
Imprint:   Otter-Barry Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 275mm,  Width: 240mm, 
ISBN:   9781915659323
ISBN 10:   1915659329
Pages:   40
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 3 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jackie Morris is the bestselling author and illustrator, photographer and painter who created the international bestseller, The Lost Words, winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal in 2019, with Robert Macfarlane. Her books for Otter-Barry Books include One Cheetah, One Cherry, The Seal Children, Something About a Bear, The Jackie Morris Book of Classic Nursery Rhymes and, with James Mayhew, Can You See a Little Bear?, Mrs Noah’s Pockets, Mrs Noah’s Garden and Mrs Noah’s Song. She lives in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Cathy Fisher is an illustrator and author whose work reveals a deep appreciation of nature and the animal world, as well as of human emotion and behaviour. She grew up in Bath and has lived and worked in Australia and the Seychelles as well as in the UK. She has collaborated on eight books with Nicola Davies including the highly acclaimed inclusive picture book, Perfect, and this is her second picture book with Jackie Morris, following The Panda’s Child. Cathy Fisher lives in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Reviews for The Summer Puppy

""This is in every sense of the word an utterly beautiful book, not just for the breathtaking, luminous pictures or the lyrical, evocative words, but also as a physical object...Children will be entranced by the mellifluous words and immerse themselves in the images."" * LoveReading4Kids - Book of the Month * ""A beautiful, dreamy picture-book account of a collie puppy’s first summer, exploring garden, fields and beach and bonding ever more closely with the child she loves."" -- Imogen Russell Williams * The Guardian *


  • Nominated for Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2026

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