Bagels on Board! , livre ebook

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Joan Betty Stuchner
illustrations by Dave Whamond

Text copyright © Joan Betty Stuchner 2015 Illustrations copyright © Dave Whamond 2015
Published in Canada and the United States in 2015 by Orca Book Publishers. orcabook.com
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Stuchner, Joan Betty, author Bagels on board / Joan Betty Stuchner ; illustrator, Dave Whamond. (Orca echoes) Issued in print and electronic formats. isbn 9781459806955 (softcover) | isbn 9781459806962 ( pdf ) | isbn 9781459806979 ( epub ) I. Whamond, Dave, illustrator II. Title. III. Series: Orca echoes ps8587.t825b335 2015   jc813'.54   c2015-901708-4 c2015-901709-2
Library of Congress Control Number: 2015935526
Summary : In this early chapter book, the third in a series about an adopted puppy named Bagels, the Bernsteins hop aboard a cruise and find themselves in the midst of a detective caper.
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Cover artwork and interior illustrations by Dave Whamond Author photo by Tom Kavadias

To Tom and Dov, as always, and to Cindy and my friends.

Chapter One Bagels and Beans
Hi. Remember me? I’m Josh Bernstein, the kid with a dog named Bagels.
It’s Monday morning, and Dad’s making breakfast.
“Who’s up for baked beans in tomato sauce on a toasted bagel?” he asks, holding up the can of Betsy Brown’s Baked Beans.
My sister, Becky, and I shout out, “We are!”
It’s our favorite breakfast food.
Bagels begins to drool. He also loves Betsy Brown’s Baked Beans.
“No, Bagels,” Dad says. “I’m sorry, but this is only for humans.”
For reasons I won’t go into, we try to keep beans away from Bagels. But it’s actually the sauce he likes best. That’s why I let him lick the dirty plates before they go into the dishwasher. Actually, we all like the sauce best.
Bagels’s other favorite foods are turkey sausages, underwear, old socks and, of course, bagels.
Our cat, Creamcheese, prefers to eat Cat Banquet. According to the tv ads, it’s the canned food for cats with good taste .
Lox, our goldfish, only eats dried bugs. I guess he doesn’t have such good taste.
“You know,” Dad says to Becky and me, “you guys ought to be on a television commercial for these baked beans.”
I don’t want to be on tv , but Becky does. And I’m sure Bagels does too. He’s an actor.
Becky smiles at a nonexistent camera and mimics the tv ad.
“Betsy Brown’s Baked Beans are the world’s favorite. It’s all in the sauce.”
“Weroof,” barks Bagels as he turns the dog version of a cartwheel.
That’s when Mom rushes into the kitchen.
She’s waving a letter.
“Can you guess what this is?” she says.
We’re all about to guess, but she doesn’t give us time.
“We’re going on a cruise,” she says. “This letter is from the Betsy Brown’s Baked Beans company.”