**Get ready to meet Perla - the feisty magical rescue dog who will steal your heart!** From
#1 international bestselling author Isabel Allende and award winning illustrator Sandy
Rodriguez comes the first in a series of picture books about a dog called Perla and the family
who love her! Meet Perla. She's a small dog with a BIG personality and a very impressive
roar. When she's adopted by the Ricos a Mexican-American family in search of a guard dog
Perla quickly makes friends with seven-year old Nico Rico - who needs someone to help him deal
with the school bullies. Soon Perla has changed the lives of everyone in the Rico family ...
and found a place in their hearts forever.