Gizmo the Dachshund lived with his owner in the city until she decided to move to a small country village called Puddle, taking Gizmo with her. Gizmo wasn’t used to country life and was shocked to meet his new neighbour, a huge dog called Jilly. Jilly was an Irish Wolfhound and she had four puppies.

Jilly learns that her owners are going to sell the puppies but she doesn’t want them to leave the village, so Gizmo comes up with a plan. He writes a newspaper article for the dogs of the village and gets them to bring their owners to Jilly’s house where hopefully some will love the puppies so much they will want to keep them.

What an amazing start to what I can already tell is going to be a fun and exciting new series from author Laura James. Gizmo is so adorable, I mean who doesn’t love a Sausage Dog, he is very clever too, especially with his owner being a newspaper editor.

The idea that a group of dogs from a village can wander around freely, chat with one another, and come up with plans to write newspapers for all the local dogs to read is certainly imaginative and I can see children being amazed and in love with the idea.

This is a beautiful book that will keep children entertained and engrossed in the story. It has been highly illustrated with wonderful images that bring the dogs and their antics to life. I now can’t wait for more books in the series to be released.