Category: Children ISBN-10: 1477435131
Type: Fiction
Pages: 24
Copyright: January 14, 2012
ISBN-13: 9781477435137
The Lily Liver Series of four rhyming stories; On the Ball, On the Run, On the Plate, and On the Call, are about a liver spotted dalmatian, Lily Liver.
The Lily Liver Series of rhyming stories introduces dalmatians Lily Liver and Two Pi R. Lily Liver learns to play ball with Boomerang the labrador in On the Ball. In On the Run, while Billy Brown the border collie guides the dalmatians, cocker spaniels Yankee Sam and Jake and Joe, and Australian terriers Sadie and her sister on their daily walk, they are ambushed by Wiley Shep. Can Billy protect his 'flock' from Wiley? Follow Lily in On the Plate as she tries to steal food from Herman the German shepherd and Pat the cat, Yankee Sam, and the sparrows. In On the Call Lily Liver and Two Pi R talk 'dog' with Laika, Billy Brown, and Boomerang.
Excerpt
Lily Liver's On the Ball
Lily Liver spotted dog
can’t play catch and fetch,
she runs away when balls are thrown,
running at full stretch.
Boomerang black labrador
doggedly retrieves,
he watches where the balls are thrown,
fetching them for Jeeves.
Two Pi R dalmatian dog
doesn’t want to play,
she wouldn’t want to fetch the balls
her owner throws away.
Lily Liver's On the Run
Lily Liver spotted dog
trots along the path
though the river runs beside her,
she doesn’t want a bath.
Two Pi R dalmatian dog
trotting like a toff
is careful not to fall in,
in case her spots wash off.
Billy Brown the border collie’s
waiting at his gate
for the dilly-dally dallies
to keep their daily date.
Lily Liver's On the Plate
Lily Liver spotted dog’s
always waiting till
it’s round about her dinnertime
with lots of spots to fill.
Two Pi R dalmatian dog
waits around all day
watching out for table scraps
that might fall her way.
But after getting underfoot
it’s not long before
dinner’s lying on their plates,
dinner’s on the floor.
Lily Liver's On the Call
Lily Liver spotted dog
barks hello, hello
so for dogs it’s different from
goodbye, I’ve got to go.
Wrinkling, crinkling up her nose
doesn’t make a din,
it shows off the toothiness
of the dally grin.
Two Pi R dalmatian dog
barks to tell her owner
someone’s rapping at the door
or they ring to phone her.
Gemma succeeds in starting a girls' football team at her new school, but bitter rival Tyrone does everything he can to stop the girls playing. So begins a battle of wits between the girls and boys, and also between Gemma and sports teacher, Mrs Lawfo
Gary Grasshopper and friends travel to another field to celebrate the birthday of Gary's best friend, Freddie Firefly. While there they encounter a group of cicadas who have been underground for thirteen years.
