Jules, Penny & the Rooster by Daniel Pinkwater ISBN: 978-1-61696-432-0 (print); 978-1-61696-433-7 (digital) Published: 11 March 2025 Available Format(s): digital, trade paperback Internationally bestselling author Daniel Pinkwater (The Big Orange Splot) brings his zany wit and wisdom to the magical adventures of a clever girl and her brave dog. Told with warmth and wit, this is a delightful exploration of growing up, the power of family, and how sometimes the best things in life happen when you least expect them. “Hilarious and surprising.” —Mel Gilden, author of The Fifth Grade Monster books, Dr. Big, and The Coincidence Couch Jules McShultz was promised a dog. Supposedly, she’d get one once her family moved from the city to the suburbs. But then her parents decided it still wasn’t the right time. So Jules does what any intelligent girl would do. Instead of sulking, she enters an essay contest and wins first prize: A purebred Collie. And no one—not even Jules’s parents—can resist Penny, who is Jules’s perfect new canine pal. Jules and Penny are ready to spend the summer exploring the woods by the house. But the woods are not at all what they seem to be. Magic and adventure await them just on the other side of an old stone wall.
