Valentina is a little girl with unusual ideas, which her best friends Jonas, Peter and Susie are always eagerly waiting for. Valentina lives with her parents, grandma, aunt, uncle and dog Hugo in an old house with a garden. She has a room in the attic where she likes to play the keyboard and compose songs. This time, Valentina is inspired to start a new game by her dog Hugo, who has injured his ear. After a visit to the vet's, the little girl suggests to her friends that they set up a surgery together. They're going to treat animals! Everyone enthusiastically brings in all sorts of creatures, but then Peter arrives with a thrush that has an injured wing. Will the little vets be able to handle this too? A standalone sequel to the books Valentina and Her Birthday and Valentina and the Faraway Lands.

A writer and translator, graduate of Theatre and Film Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. She debuted with the novel Na vahách života (On the Scales of Life) (1992). Since then, she has written over forty titles for young readers, teenagers and adults. She is the author of the exceptionally successful book series about a little girl named Anička and the extraordinary heroine Valentina. Ivana Peroutková's books regularly rank highly in readers' polls and have won several awards. Ivana lives in Prague and has a daughter and two sons.
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