The Swimming Hole

By Cam Higgins and Ariel Landy

In the charming fifth book of the Good Dog series, Bo learns to swim with his family!

One hot summer day, Bo and his family decide to cool off. They take Bo to a swimming hole on their farm. But Bo hasn’t gone swimming before. Can he learn how in time to join in on the fun?

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Good Dog chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Little Simon
• Release date: Jul 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9781534495364

Cam Higgins

Cam Higgins wrote her very first book about a cat who lived in an alleyway when she was eight years old. As a child, she loved visiting a neighboring farm and seeing all the animals. Now Cam has a pup of her own, who is very mischievous, and she still loves writing about animals. Cam lives in New York City with her two children, her husband, and Laila the dog.

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Cover: The Swimming Hole, by Cam Higgins, illustrated by Ariel Landy

Good Dog

The Swimming Hole

The Swimming Hole, by Cam Higgins, illustrated by Ariel Landy, Little Simon Trade

1

Made in the Shade

Every farm has a big tree.

You know, a huge one with wide limbs perfect for human kids to climb. One that you can’t miss.

Sometimes the tree is next to the barn. Sometimes it’s in front of the house.

The big tree on our farm is in the middle of the field. On hot days, everyone gathers there.

Why? you might ask. Because the big tree gives the absolute best and coolest shade.

Every animal on the farm needs shade on hot summer days. The cats stay in the barn, horses stay in their stalls, and pigs stay in the mud—if they are lucky enough to find a pool of mud.

But when it is so hot that it feels like the sun is tapping you on the back, the best place to be is under the big tree.

All the animals meet there, and it’s like a party. Well, it’s more like a slumber party, because everybody likes to close their eyes and enjoy the sweet breeze.

One sunny day, a young bird perched in the branches of the big tree and began singing.

I liked his song. It went like this: Tweetly tweet tweet, sweetly tweet tweet twee.

Billy the