The puppy Oliver goes all over the house trying to figure out where a "THUMP-THUMP-THUMP" noise is coming from at Christmas Eve. The illustrations and story help children build narrative skills where they tell the story in their own words. This book is also an excellent vocabulary builder with words like peered, string-tailed beast, bulging, snarling, stranger, skedaddled, crouched, interrupted, frowned, wrinkled and lurked. ( )