From #1 international bestselling author Isabel Allende and award-winning illustrator Sandy Rodriguez comes a brand new adventure about Perla the Mighty Dog, and the family who love her! Perla is a small dog with a BIG personality with very impressive roar! She is the best friend and loyal guard dog of seven-year-old Nico Rico. But, there''s a problem . . . Nico has fallen IN LOVE! He has a huge crush on ''the Princess'', a new girl in the neighbourhood who is never seen without her yellow gown and plastic tiara. Perla isn''t at all impressed - after all, why should the Princess get all of Nico''s attention when she''s just a normal human girl with no superpowers?! But when Nico and the Princess find themselves in peril, it''s up to this scrappy rescue pup to come to their rescue. Can Perla save the day? The adorable third book in Isabel Allende''s picture books series, following Perla: The Mighty Dog and Perla and the Pirate.

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Isabel Allende, born in Peru and raised in Chile, is a novelist, feminist, and philanthropist. She is one of the most widely read authors in the world, having sold more than 80 million copies of her books across 42 languages. She is the author of several bestselling and critically acclaimed books, including The Wind Knows My Name, Violeta, A Long Petal of the Sea, The House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows, Eva Luna, and Paula. In addition to her work as a writer, Isabel devotes much of her time to human rights causes. She has received fifteen honorary doctorates, been inducted into the California Hall of Fame, and received the PEN Center Lifetime Achievement Award and the Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, and in 2018, she received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. She lives in California with her husband and dogs.
You can visit Isabel Allende at IsabelAllende.com or follow her on Instagram @AllendeIsabel, on Facebook at Facebook.com/IsabelAllende and on X @IsabelAllende Sandy Rodriguez is a self-taught artist and illustrator. She grew up in Mexico surrounded by lots of family (she has more than 30 cousins!). Inspired by everyday moments, Sandy loves creating playful characters with quirky personalities. She lives in London with her husband and two fantastic daughters.