For Ages: 8-10 years

• Jean D'Costa

Jenny and the General perfectly illustrates the saying: "A dog is a man's best friend." In this heartwarming story, General goes in search of his young mistress when she fails to return home from school on time. As it turns out, Jenny has been kidnapped. Will General be able to find her in time?

Carlong presents to the children of the Caribbean the Sand Pebbles Pleasure Series - a new series of original fiction and non-fiction books covering a wide range of topics, and reflecting Caribbean life, people, places, flora, fauna and culture. It is aimed firstly, at developing and sustaining the reading habit by providing children with relevant, contextually familiar, quality publications which will excite their interest, stimulate their imaginations, broaden their experiences and increase their awareness of their own culture as well as the other cultures of the Caribbean region. The series will also aid composition and vocabulary development by providing good models of storytelling.

Key Features:

• This story helps children to develop a positive attitude to their pets, and it cautions them to be wary of strangers.
• This is an excellent transition book for young readers as the story is divided into chapters, which can help to develop the skills of the more mature readers. At the same time, each chapter division is identified by an attractive illustration, which helps to retain the picture book appearance with which younger children are familiar.
• The story's setting is contemporary, and the environment and the characters are typically Caribbean.