Ellen Miles

Charles and Lizzie Peterson are very good with puppies. They want one of their own, but their mom isn't ready for them to have one full time. So for now, they take care of puppies that need help finding new homes. The Peterson kids hear about Snowball. Someone left the fluffy puppy all alone at the gas station. Snowball is sick and hungry. He needs a family of his own. Can Charles and Lizzy find one that is just right?

Welcome to the Puppy Place--where every puppy finds a home! Charles and his shy new friend David are camping out in the backyard when a big storm blows in. They make a dash for the house-but not before Charles sees a pair of eyes glowing in the night. Was that a puppy out there, all alone in the storm? The next day, Charles and David find the stray, injured mixed-breed puppy, win his trust, and get him to the vet. He's very sick, and the vet is not...

Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Charles is so excited for his spring break trip to his dad's friend Steve's cozy cabin in Vermont. Especially once he spots Freckles, a shy, stray pup out alone on the snowy trail. Dad and Steve agree to foster the lonely pup. When they're joined by Fluffy, an undersized newborn lamb from...

When there are two Chihuahua puppies to foster, Charles and Lizzie each take one, and they compete against each other to see who can train their puppy best and find someone to adopt it first.

Charles and Lizzie foster dogs in need of homes, and offer to take Baxter, a Portuguese water dog, when his owner loses her job, but Baxter can't be left alone

Mom Peterson has trouble finding a family good enough to adopt the adorable Labradoodle, Gus.

Aunt Amanda brings Lizzie a boxer puppy who chews on everything, and Lizzie tries to keep him from destroying her house while she works to find him a new owner.

Reading level: RL 2.0 ; ages: 6-9 When Cocoa, a large chocolate Lab puppy, accidentally knocks over her elderly owner, Charles convinces his parents to foster the excitable dog, but can the Peterson household survive Cocoa's high-energy behavior?