Colleen Smoothflow of Coneve Author:Peter Lawrence, Shandy "Shandy", an indomitable little dog, a Wire Haired Terrier, grows up in the wilds of Central Africa and then travels to the genteel South of England. Her adventures are presented in her own voice, as told to her friends in her old age. Utterly charming, and all the more engaging for being true. In the timeless intergenerational storytel... more »ling traditions of writers like Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain, Hans Christian Andersen, and James Thurber, SHANDY will be enjoyed by reading-age children, by parents reading to their children, and on an altogether different level, will be treasured by many adults.« less