Tui T. Sutherland is author of several books, including those she has written under a number of pseudonyms, including the names Erin Hunter and Tamara Summers.  Her first books were part of a beginning reader's series called First Friends. Her first young adult novel was This Must be Love, a comically romantic twenty-first-century retelling of Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.  She has also written the supernatural suspense series, Avatars.  Recent titles include the Legends of the Brethren Court series (written under the name Rob Kidd) and the Pet Trouble series.

Named after a rather noisy New Zealand bird, Tui was born in Venezuela, and lived in Paraguay, Florida, and the Dominican Republic before her family moved to New Jersey, where she went to high school.  She then lived in New York City before moving to Boston, Massachusetts where she currently lives with her husband and her yoodle, Sunshine.  What is a yoodle, you ask?  A dog that is three-quarters poodle and one-quarter Yorkshire terrier!  Unlike the dogs in Pet Trouble, Sunshine is a perfect angel.  She would never do anything like, say, tip over a trash can full of Kleenex and scatter it all over the house, or bark like the house is on fire every time she sees a polar bear on TV.  Certainly not.

For more information about Tui T. Sutherland, please visit her website at www.tuibooks.com

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  	Pet Trouble #4: Bulldog Won't Budge by Tui T. Sutherland Eric can't wait to get a dog he can run around and play with, like his friend Parker's golden retriever. But Meatball the bulldog doesn't seem to be the run-around-and-play type ... Even when they go for a walk, Meatball sits down on the sidewalk! Can Eric get this stubborn bulldog to get up and go? $5.99 books;paperbacks | Ages 9-12

  
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  	Pet Trouble #3: Mud-Puddle Poodle by Tui T. Sutherland Rosie loves everything to be pretty and organized, so when she's finally allowed to get her own dog, she chooses an adorable, precious little poodle. But when it turns out her princess would rather get messy than sit on a fancy pillow, will Rosie be able to handle the mischievous pup? $5.99 books;paperbacks | Ages 9-12

  
  Pet Trouble #3: Mud-Puddle Poodle
  Ages 9-12 $5.99