orca book publishers orca echoes bagels the BRAVE Joan Betty Stuchner illustrations by Dave Whamond
To Tom and Dov as always and to Cindy and my friends
Chapter One We re Going Camping Sort of I’m Josh Bernstein and I’m excited Why Because the Bernstein family is going camping for three whole days I hope Bagels is coming with us He’s my dog He’s a mutt a mix of sheltie Jack Russell and whippet He’s a great dog except that he can’t keep still and he doesn’t do what he’s told But nobody’s perfect right We’ve never been camping before My sister Becky’s almost six I’m eight That’s pretty old never to have been camping Will there be bears I ask Not where we’re going says Dad 1
