SuitabookRascal
Ellen Miles
- Reading
- Read together and pause when Rascal’s behaviour creates a challenge. Invite your child to suggest what the characters might try, then compare their ideas with what happens in the story.
- Themes
- Fostering puppies and finding homes: The Peterson family fosters young dogs, hoping each will find a suitable home; they are not yet adopting a dog of their own. The premise centres on helping puppies find homes, but does not establish how the story evaluates fostering or adoption.
- Worth knowing
- Rascal is described as causing trouble, but the nature and seriousness of his antics are unclear. If your child is sensitive to stories about animals getting into difficulty, you may wish to check in as you read.