By Nicola Davies (author) , Mike Byrne (illustrator)
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Interest Age 8+ Reading Age 8 | A Julia Eccleshare Pick for November 2018
Award-winning author Nicola Davies has a special talent for writing about the special bonds that can exist between children and animals. She also has a commitment to make sure that children of all kinds can find themselves in a story. In The Dog That Saved Christmas she brings the two strands together beautifully.
The touching story tells of how Christmas is made happy for Jake by his friendship with a lost dog. For Jake, Christmas is not a time of fun but a time of huge anxiety as he copes with bright lights, loud noises and the unexpected behaviour of others and the changes in routines. But, when he finds a lost dog on the street, the two forge a very special bond.
In the little dog Susan, Jake finds a companion who enables him to stay calm and to cope with the things he finds difficult. A beautiful story which is especially suitable for children finding reading stamina.
Jake is different from the other kids at school. He struggles when routines change and people's emotions are so hard to understand. Christmas can be even worse and often the festivities are just too much to bear. But when Jake finds a little dog lost in the street he unlocks a connection he's never had before. Together Jake and Susan form a special bond that helps him to understand the world around him, changing his life for the better.
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Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 8+
Nicola Davies is an award-winning author, whose many books for children include The Promise, Tiny, A First Book of Nature and King of the Sky. She has been writing for children for more than 20 years. Underlying all Nicola's writing is the belief that a relationship with nature is essential to every human being, and that now, more than ever, we need to renew that relationship. Her work has been published in more than 10 different languages and has won major awards in the UK, US, France, Italy and Germany. Nicola is the Children’s Laureate Wales 2025-2027.
She is a Zoology graduate, an expert in whales and bats, and has worked for the BBC Natural History Unit. She lives in Powys
Read more about Nicola Davies here.
Please note there are two children's authors called Nicola Davies which our systems are unable to tell apart. The books Star in the Custard , Shampoo and Seawater , and Stories from Abergele Street are not written by this Nicola Davies. Apologies.
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Jake is different from the other kids at school. He struggles when routines change and people's emotions are so hard to understand.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Dog that Saved Christmas and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
The Dog that Saved Christmas features in the following genres: Dyslexia Friendly Books for Interest age 7+, Recommendations, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Festive Fiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Stories about Family and Friends, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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The Dog that Saved Christmas was written by Nicola Davies and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd
The Dog that Saved Christmas has 87 pages
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