Aussie Nibbles : Where's Sunday?

Sally's much-loved puppy, Sunday, is young and bouncy and still needs some training: that's Sally's job, because Sunday is her puppy. There are still a few things Sunday hasn't learned, like coming when she's called. Late one day, when Sally's family is driving home from the beach, her little brother feels sick and Dad has to stop the car at the side of the road. In those few moments Sunday escapes. Nobody realises she's gone until some time later. Dad turns the car around and drives back to the place where they stopped, but they can't see Sunday anywhere. Will anybody find her? Sally can't sleep for worrying. And then the phone rings ...

About The Author

Jane Godwin is the Publisher, Books for Children and Young Adults, at Penguin Books Australia. She is also a highly acclaimed author of many books for children. Her work is published internationally and she has received many commendations. The Family Tree won the 2000 Queensland Premier's Award (Children's Books) Sebby, Stee, the Garbos and Me was shortlisted for the 1999 New South Wales State Literary Award (Patricia Wrightson Prize) and was a YABBA finalist and The True Story of Mary was shortlisted for the 2006 CBC Book of the Year Awards, Younger Readers. In 2009 her picture book with illustrator Anna Walker, Little Cat and the Big Red Bus, was a notable book in the CBC Awards and was also shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Awards, Lower Primary division. Jane's most recent novel is Falling From Grace, and her most recent picture book is All Through the Year, illustrated by Anna Walker, published in October 2010.