Higgins and the Great Big Scare
Rebecca Caudill
Mass Market Paperback
(Random, Jan. 1, 1979)
What has frightened Higgins? Why is the little beagle hiding in the boshes in the corner of the yard? Nothing can make him come out. His owner, Mr. Owens, is ready to get rid of him. But their next door neighbor, Henny, is determined to help the scared puppy. Slowly, with the assistance of her friends the five Tom Thumbs, Henny tracks down the mystery of "the great big scare."