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Fizz and the Police Dog Tryouts (Fizz series)

by Lesley Gibbes

Illustrator: Stephen Michael King

Ages: 6+

Published: 2017

Publisher: Kane Miller/EDC

ISBN: 978-1-61067-612-0

Keywords: Bullying, Transitional Book, Dogs

Engaging pen-and-ink drawings dot this transitional reader about a lap dog who longs to be a rough, tough police dog. First in a new series.