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    Treasure Hunt
    Treasure Hunt
    Treasure Hunt
    Ebook71 pages24 minutes

    Treasure Hunt

    By Paul DuBois Jacobs, Jennifer Swender and Stephanie Laberis

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    Another new visitor at the Animal Inn has the residents in a tailspin in this second zany novel in a brand-new chapter book series where the fur—and fun—flies at an animal spa and hotel.

    The Animal Inn is an all-inclusive pet resort/hotel/center/spa for animals from dogs to rabbits, cats to ducks, parrots to lizards. From doggie and kitty daycare, to grooming, and group play—you name it, and the Animal Inn has it.

    The Inn is run by the Tyler family along with their pets Leopold, the Macaw; Fuzzy and Furry, the gerbils; dogs Dash and Coco; felines Shadow and Whiskers.

    The Tyler animals are convinced a pirate with a glittering treasure is visiting the Animal Inn. Will the animals have to walk the plank in order to survive? Arghhh!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateDec 6, 2016
    ISBN9781481462280
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    Paul DuBois Jacobs

    Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender are a husband and wife writing team, authors of many books for children, including the Animal Inn series, Count on the Subway, My Subway Ride, and My Taxi Ride. Paul has also cowritten four books with legendary folk musician, Pete Seeger, including Abiyoyo Returns and The Deaf Musicians. Paul and Jennifer have appeared at Lincoln Center, the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Virginia Festival of the Book, as well as countless schools, libraries, and museums. They live in Massachusetts.

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      Treasure Hunt - Paul DuBois Jacobs

      PROLOGUE

      Ring-ring!

      Ring-ring!

      Our phone is always ringing.

      Ring-ring!

      Welcome to Animal Inn. My name is Dash. I’m a Tibetan terrier.

      No, I’m not from Tibet. I live in the Virginia countryside. To be honest, I’m not even a terrier. When people outside of Tibet first saw my ancestors, they thought we looked like terriers.

      We Tibetan terriers are shaggy and surefooted. We’re known as good luck charms and as excellent companions. This comes in handy because I am a companion to a lot of animals and people.

      I live with my family, the Tylers—Mom, Dad, Jake, Ethan, and Cassie—plus six other pets:

      • Leopold—a scarlet macaw

      • Coco—a chocolate Labrador retriever

      • Shadow and Whiskers—sister and brother cats

      • and Fuzzy and Furry—a pair of very adventurous gerbils

      We used to live in an apartment in the city. But when kid number three and dog number two joined the family, Mom and Dad bought this old house in the country.

      Animal Inn is one part hotel, one part school, and one part spa. As our brochure says: We promise to love your pet as much as you do.

      Ring-ring!

      Would someone please answer the phone?

      It could be a Pekinese for a pedicure. A Siamese for a short stay. Or a llama for a long stay. We even had a Komodo dragon bunk in our basement. But that’s another story. It’s no wonder the phone is always ringing.

      On the first floor of Animal Inn, we have the Welcome Area, the office, the classroom, the party and play room, and the grooming room.

      Our family lives on the second floor. This includes Fuzzy and Furry locked in their gerbiltorium in Jake and Ethan’s room. (More about this later.)

      The third floor is for smaller animals. Any guest who needs an aquarium, a terrarium, or a solarium stays on the third floor.

      Ring-ring!

      Where is everybody?

      I know I have excellent hearing, but am I the only one who hears the phone? Maybe everyone else is out in the barn and kennels. That’s where the larger animals stay.

      Here at Animal Inn we pride ourselves on calm and comfort. But that was put to the test when we were almost raided by pirates.

      Let me tell you what happened. . . .

      CHAPTER

      1

      The day began like any other Saturday morning.

      When I padded downstairs, the sun was just coming up. Mom was already in the Welcome Area with a cup of coffee in one hand and a to-do list in the other.

      Leopold was on his perch, his feathers neatly groomed. Leopold always likes to look his best.

      Good morning, Leopold, I said. Nice day, isn’t it?

      Yes, Leopold agreed. Nice and quiet.

      Dad soon came downstairs with an armload of camping

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