Luna the Howling Husky Finds Her Howl by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Luna must overcome being shunned and teased by her litter-mates because she hasn’t found her howl yet. But finding and making a most unlikely new friend, Luna also finds a new family and finally is able to express herself.
Wonderfully amazing illustrations will thrill your child and keep them engaged in the story.
Luna the Howling Husky Finds Her Howl by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
5 Stars
Luna the Howling Husky Finds Her Howl (Jake the Growling Dog World) by Samantha Shannon is such a cute and feel-good children’s book- suitable for all ages. The illustrations are just delightful and really make this story come to life. The are interesting, bright, and beautiful- all together, making a charming read.
After reading Ms. Shannon’s ‘Jake the Growling Dog’ series with my grandson, and enjoying them so much- I knew he would love this one too. I think this is my favourite of her books, so far- and my grandson was captivated by Luna too.
It’s a cute and sweet read with some adventure and wonderful lessons along the way, such as: finding our voice/speaking up, kindness- and how one small act of kindness can change someone’s day or life for the better, love, family, and friendship. It also promotes empathy, kindness, and acceptance. There are also some fun activities to find at the end of the book- a word search puzzle, conversation starters, a counting page, a kindness page, a critter search that spans the book, and a see-and-find-puzzle.
A wonderfully immersive story with wonderful messages.
Happy Reading…
Thank you, Samantha Shannon!
Reviewed by @angelahayes
Luna the Howling Husky Finds Her Howl by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
5 Stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
What a wonderful story and such beautiful eye catching illustrations. This story can be enjoyed from the young and also the young at heart like me. I know my great nieces and nephew love this story as much as I do…..and we all can learn a great message from Luna the Howling Husky. Perseverance, kindness and friendship…this story of Luna is one of the best.
When Luna cannot howl like her brothers and sisters, Luna feels like an outsider. A chance encounter with Nemo the cat, Luna makes a new friend and they have so much in common. The bond of friendship between Luna and Nemo builds with kindness. Will Luna be able to be brave and find her “howl”?
This is a truly a heartwarming and fantastic story. I highly recommend this to anyone…
Luna the Howling Husky Finds Her Howl by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Luna the Howling Husky Finds Her Howl is another cute tale by Samantha Shannon. This is a wonderful children’s book that I am going to share with my grandsons, I know they will fall in love with Luna’s story as they loved her in Jake the Growling Dog.
I enjoy reading with my grandsons, and especially the closer we get to Christmas as I am looking for presents for them so when this book came about, I jumped at a chance to grab it.
The cover and illustrations are beautifully done and really bring the story to life.
Finding your voice, making friendships and being kind to others are wonderful messages that not only young can learn about but adults as well. This book is 30 pages of fun and interaction and most definitely worth the read.
It is aimed at children aged 6-10 but even those younger would love the story.
A great story not to be missed.
Reviewed by @jennadb
Luna the Howling Husky Finds Her Howl: A Children’s Picture Book about Finding Your Voice, Friendship, & Kindness by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I picked up this book expecting it to be a great book to share with the kids. I didn’t expect it would be one I connected with so much as a parent. Since my daughter has started school, the idea of ‘differences’ is a topic that has become prevalent in our house and this book really seemed to touch on that more. Seeing Luna and her struggles was so touching and emotional. I think this is the first children’s book that I had enjoyed the most.
The illustrations in the book were beautiful and really caught my kids attention. They loved they story and learning more about Luna. She is the kind of character that they enjoy reading about. This is a fantastic story and is easily one of the best children’s stories we have read this year.
Luna the Howling Husky Finds Her Howl by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Luna the Howling Husky, written by Samantha Shannon, is a heartwarming children’s book with a lovable canine protagonist, who has a problem other husky dogs do not have and hence can’t be adopted.
The author’s writing style is engaging and easily understandable for young readers, with simple yet descriptive language that effectively paints a picture of Luna’s struggles.
Furthermore, the illustrations in Luna the Howling Husky are both colorful and charming, bringing the story to life visually. The images complement the text in a way that enhances children’s imagination and immerses them deeper into Luna’s world as Luna discovers a new unexpected friend. Read the book to find out if Luna manages to howl!
Kindness activities and puzzles are also included in the book for children to do.
Luna the Howling Husky Finds Her Howl by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Oh, how I love this author! She brings to her stories the fact that being special is okay. We have Nemo, the cat who quietly meows, and Luna, who just can’t get her howl on. These two become best buddies. Can’t give too much away. You need to read this story. They are always so beautiful and heartwarming. The love of friendship and family will bring out just what Luna needs. A story that will be add to my collection to be with Jake the Growly Dog. Well done! I love Luna and Nemo!
Luna the Howling Husky Finds Her Howl by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The art in this book is absolutely beautiful. I can’t say enough how visually this book caught my eye, with the colors, style and the characters. Luna is a sweet husky who can’t howl and is kind of isolated from the other huskies at the home. Luna meets a cat that can’t meow and they become best of friends. Love can conquer all, including helping a young husky find her howl. I love that this book shows Luna getting adopted even being different. The extra fun pages at the end for kids makes this book so much better.
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Luna the Husky cannot howl like her brothers and sisters,
And she can’t howl songs about the winter wind.
But something magical happens when she finds she’s not alone.
When she’s loved and understood, will she find her voice then?
You’ve seen Luna the Howling Husky in the Jake the Growling Dog series, but you don’t know her story! Introducing Luna the Howling Husky Finds Her Howl, the heartwarming tale of a little puppy who discovers her true voice in a world filled with love. This charming story follows Luna’s journey as she embarks on a new adventure, finding her howl and her forever family along the way.
Looking for books about accepting others, shyness in kids, and making friends?
Luna is soft and fluffy with big brown puppy eyes and loves to play in the snow. She’s different from the other huskies, because there’s one thing they say she can’t do right—howl. The quiet and fun-loving husky longs to find her unique voice and the happiness of truly expressing herself, but she doesn’t let it get her down. She plays and practices each day, but it just doesn’t come out.
Luna meets a shy friend and her world begins to change. There friendship helps them both, and Luna discovers the power of unconditional love and support as she is welcomed into a loving family. With their love, Luna’s confidence grows, as does her desire to unleash her howl upon the world.
From playful yips to joyous howls, Luna’s voice emerges, resonating through the hearts of her family and her new friend.
Interactive, Colorful, and Fun
Follow along with Luna’s adorable story while enjoying beautiful interactive illustrations. Each spread includes a seek-and-find and counting activity to find the three Kindness Critters, colors to spot and learn, and cute characters everyone will love.
Includes socio-emotional topics to help families, counselors, and schools start meaningful discussions
Along with Luna’s story, this picture book includes a conversation starter for parents, teachers, and counselors to engage with their kids and students. This activity focuses on speaking with kiddos about being kind to others, that it’s okay to make mistakes, and how to use their voice to stand up for themselves.
A Positive Story to Promote Empathy
Luna’s story encourages children to be kind, appreciate nature, find the good in different situations, and accept others who are different from them in a subtle, sweet, and impactful way.
Ages and Grades
While kids ages 6-10 may be able to read this story independently or with assistance, parents and grandparents will enjoy reading the story to baby, making it the perfect baby shower gift. Pre-teens to adults will also appreciate the illustrations, story, and talking with the kiddos about how to let their kindness shine.
The Perfect Gift
Need a gift for a baby shower or birthday party? Luna the Howling Husky Finds Her Howl is the perfect gift for the mother-to-be, a child’s birthday party, holidays, and graduations. Plus, the ebook is FREE when you buy a print version.
Social-Emotional Learning Resource for Elementary School & Family Counselors, Social Workers, Elementary Teachers, and Families
The Jake the Growling Dog series includes gentle stories about kindness, friendship, accepting others, disability awareness, creativity, stress relief for kids, facing fears, trying new things, and other socio-emotional activities. The books are integrated into multiple school counseling programs in districts across the United States.
An ongoing interactive and fun series for families, kids, and schools!
Don’t miss the other books in the Jake the Growling Dog series! Each book will focus on social-emotional topics and activities for the whole family.
~ AMAZON ~
Samantha Shannon is a top-selling, American children’s book author and licensed educational counselor known for her Jake the Growling Dog picture book series. Ms. Shannon uses her background in education, love for nature and animals, and experience aiding in the healthy social-emotional development of children to create fun, impactful, and award-winning books.
With Samantha’s background in educational counseling, Jake’s stories focus on fun while also including important socio-emotional and character topics such as: friendship, kindness, mindfulness, diversity & inclusion, gratitude, sharing, disability awareness & loving-kindness and more. Each story includes fun and impactful activities for children, families, schools, & counselors centering on pure childhood fun, the topics touched on in the book, and encouraging creativity and imagination. Jake’s stories speak to all of us about accepting, and appreciating, the differences in others–both caring attitudes we need in our diverse and beautiful world.
When Samantha had her first child in 2009, she wanted to write a picture book based on her sister’s dog, Jake. While visiting her sister in the Pacific Northwest, Samantha realized that Jake growled all the time. He growled while playing frisbee, getting an ear rub, running, and even when he was sleeping! Despite his unusual choice of noisemaking, Jake is a sweet dog, which makes him the perfect character for a children’s picture book.
Samantha’s love for creatures great and small has led her to incorporate animals in all of the books- from eagles to cheetahs! Throughout her life, Samantha’s family has always included a dog, and they’ve always been more than pets. They were fur-brothers, sisters, and babies.
Samantha has also published multiple books under her pen name, Parker Sinclair, in the fantasy and YA genres. Samantha is not the UK based epic fantasy/YA fantasy author “Samantha Shannon” of the Bone Series.
Visit: parkersinclair.net & jakethegrowlingdog.com for more information or find all books on Amazon and Ingram Content. (Children’s picture book author, Samantha Shannon, and not the UK-based fantasy author, Samantha Shannon, of The Bone Season series)
Author Interview with Samantha Shannon
Lucas the Spy Cat: A Children’s Mystery Adventure with Creativity & Imagination Boosting Activities by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ever wonder what your cat does when they go out at night?
This novel gives a creative way and adventure to what Lucas the cat gets up to when he leaves to go be with friends. There is a small camera on his collar.
The artwork is beautiful and the words rhyme. A fun book that also include activities such as a word search,after the main story.
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Samantha Shannon has done it again! This book was SO MUCH FUN! I have a cat who is very much like Lucas. His adventures and his friends are just what I imagine my cat to be. The illustrations really bring the words to life and the cadence of the story is very smooth. Coupled with the activities at the end of the story, this is another book that really delivers a good time!!
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this cute story. I read this to my almost 5-year-old who is cat obsessed and she loved it. She enjoyed looking at all the beautifully done illustrations and finding the different animals along with Lucas in the pictures. She also thought the activities at the back of the book were cool too.
I think the concept of the story is really cute. When a family pet or neighbourhood pet leaves for the night everyone is always curious about what they do and the idea of putting a camera on them is super cute to find out exactly what they do at night!
This was not my first book by this author, and I have enjoyed her work in the past and knew I wouldn’t be let down by reading another of her books, and I was right.
As a teacher, I will be recommending this book to all of my friends to read to their little ones both in school and at home, and overall highly recommend it.
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
5/5 Stars
Lucas the Spy Cat: A Children’s Mystery Adventure with Creativity & Imagination Boosting Activities (Jake the Growling Dog) by Samantha Shannon
This is the first book I’ve read by the author. My daughter absolutely loved this book. Any book about animals always catch her attention. Lucas the Spy Cat is part of the Jake the Growling Dog Series.
Lucas’s owners decide to put a spy camera on his collar to see what he gets up to at night. They make up all kinds of situations their cat may get into. There wasn’t a quote I could choose for anyone, but I can say that they get surprised at the end.
Highly recommended for Kids and Family lovers.
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a really good book. The illustrations are very bright and vivid. My grandson loved Lucas. He asked so many questions wondering what Lucas did at night time when he was outside. All the different animals Lucas met made the story intriguing to a 3 year old. He was able to follow along. He loved that the girls used a spy camera like superheroes.
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
My son says 50 out of 5 stars, it was that good! He really enjoyed the reading but also the interactions at the end. He wants more. It’s an easy read that strikes the imagination.
Lucas the Spy Cat: A Children’s Mystery Adventure with Creativity & Imagination Boosting Activities by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Cute little story about a family cat and his adventures at night. I like when children’s books have life lessons in them. My 4 year old granddaughter thought this book was funny and she enjoyed trying to find all the animals at the end. I really liked the extra stuff after the story that I can do with her another time.
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is the perfect story for a 5-7 year old with a wonderful narrative and a happy rhyme. This story is accompanied by immersive illustrations.
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Lucas the Spy Cat is a really cute imaginative children’s book. I read it to my 7 year old, and he loved it. The illustrations are beautiful and colorful. Lucas is a pet who goes outside at night, and his owners are suspecting what he might do. They have put a camera on his collar, to capture his night time adventures. There are several fun ideas, parties in the woods, taking on cases of escaping pets, and more. Then at the end, the owners review the video and are shocked by what they see!
I wish the owners were drawn a bit younger. We did love the creative rhyming the book is written in. My son loved the activities at the end, looking for Lucas’s friends, and completing the word search. He loved that the last page included a picture of the real Lucas.
Reviewed by @way2gosmartguy
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This story reminds readers of all ages to believe in themselves and never stop dreaming. Every child has wondered what their pets get into when they roam. The story follows the adventures of Lucas on his evening excursions. Along with games, activities, and fun ideas for fostering creativity, this book leads to unlimited learning opportunities. What are you waiting for?
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Lucas the Spy Cat: A Children’s Mystery Adventure with Creativity & Imagination Boosting Activities by Samantha Shannon
Lucas is a black cat who lives with his family in a cosy home with his sister, but his family suspect that Lucas is no ordinary cat, they think that he is a spy cat! He leaves at dusk with a goodbye meow and doesn’t come back home until morning breaks and he can snuggle down in his bed, so one night, the family decide to put a camera on his collar and find out just what he gets up to.
When Lucas come home the next day, his family are expecting him and his woodland friends to go on some wild adventures, solving neighbourhood mysteries, but what exactly will they find on Lucas’s spy cam? This is a wonderful children’s story which will spark the imagination of anyone who reads it, with an engaging story and fabulous illustrations, as well as fun surprises for the whole family inside, it is a great read which I one I would go back to again.
Reviewed by @roxsannel
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is such a fun and cute story that I really enjoyed sharing with my children. It was really interesting to see how my youngest engaged with the pictures while my oldest engaged with the story. I loved the idea of the story. We all found it such an exciting idea and we ended up reading it multiple times.
This author clearly has a skill for creating fun and entertaining children’s stories. If all of her books are like this then I she will have a new set of fans with my family.
Lucas the Spy Cat: A Children’s Mystery Adventure with Creativity & Imagination Boosting Activities by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I wish my children were younger so that I could share this book with them. I have read many of this author’s books and this one was another amazing book. I love how the author is able to engage the reader’s imagination. The author really does a wonderful job of creating the story and brining the characters to life. I think this a great book to have a younger reader read and heighten their imagination. I highly recommend this book and author. I believe this book is suitable for children aged between 5 and 9. As I previously said I just wish my children were younger.
Review by @caraleeloonat
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Lucas the Spy Cat is a fun book based on the ideas his owners have about what he does when he leaves at night. There are plenty of silly, funny ideas and great illustrations of the local wildlife and Lucas.
It was fun building the suspense while going over all the suggestions his owners make about his nighttime travels, and Lucas is a very smart cat.
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book was very cute for kids to read. Lucas is a cat that wanders off every night, and wanders back every morning. One day, the children of his owners’ family decide to attach a camera to his collar to see where he goes at night. With much childlike speculation, the children go to sleep hoping to find out that their cat goes out and is a spy or does other interesting things. This book shows that sometimes imagination is better than reality. My girls, ages 8 and 9, found this book interesting to read, as well.
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was an adorable story from start to finish. I loved the creativity about the ideas of where Lucas might be going and what he might be doing. The story flowed and rhymed nicely. I loved all of the interactive activities at the end of the story as well. I thought it read well on a kindle and the pictures came across well too. It’s definitely a great story for parents with young children who enjoy interactive and creative stories.
Lucas the Spy Cat: A Children’s Mystery Adventure with Creativity & Imagination Boosting Activities by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book was adorable. The story was beautiful and adventurous. So many bright illustrations to keep a child’s interest. I loved that the author included lessons and fun throughout the book. I can’t wait to read this to my child. I highly recommend this to parents of children who enjoy interactive stories.
Lucas the Spy Cat: A Children’s Mystery Adventure with Creativity & Imagination Boosting Activities by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is so cute ! The story is intriguing & adventurous. Full of beautiful illustrations & adorable scenes. I read this to my kids for a bedtime story, & they asked for it again & again. We loved the poetic vibe & the mystery. There are also fantastic little activities at the end that were so fun! I’m so happy to have discovered Lucas & I hope there will be more adventures to go on with him!
Reviewed by @lalilovely
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Have you ever wondered what your pet does when he goes out on his own? Two sisters have a bright idea. What if they attach a camera to the collar of their cat, in order to learn where he goes on his nightly expeditions? The siblings have several entertaining theories about what their fur-baby gets up to on a nightly basis., Alas, the camera seemingly malfunctioned, and they may never learn the true extent of the kitty’s adventures. Readers are encouraged to use their imaginations.
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Have you ever wondered where our pets go and what they do when we aren’t around?
The sisters in the story thought that they’ve come up with a genius plan to find out what their cat Lucas does.
This picture book has amazing illustrations and is perfect for little readers!
Lucas the Spy Cat by Samantha Shannon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
So much fun to read to my kids. They loved the adventure and mystery. They keep asking to re-read this book! I always enjoy reading books to my kids that cause them to ask questions and be more engaged in the stories, and this book did just that. Highly recommend.