The True Adventures Of Rover Glenradin
The Small Dogs From Africa – Book One
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“They say we dogs are telepathic. I don’t know anything about that but one day, how wonderful, Sylvia came to visit my family in Africa and I knew right away that I would be able to tell her my stories. So I did! And here they are!”
Roly and his friends live in a small and often eccentric community in a remote part of Central Africa, a world filled with wild animals, from crocodiles to cheetah, from lions to warthogs. They survive by working together, a group of quite disparate dog friends. Roly speaks simply and with remarkable understanding and empathy, stories for younger readers and the adults who read with them – illustrated by the legendary Takashi Masunaga and the talented Colombian artist Daniel Arce-Lopez
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When he was an old dog, Roly asked my mother to write down the stories of his life. He was a wire haired terrier who was born and adventured in a remote area of Zambia. Their adventures went far beyond the wilds because they lived in a small and often eccentric community. Black Africans. White Africans. And the leftovers of the former colonial regime. With the exception of one or two of these leftovers, everyone – dogs and humans – loved their lives and their homes and these stories are filled with humour and affection.