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->''They're cute. They're cuddly. They're frisky. And they just can't stay out of trouble!''
-->--'''The cover blurb'''

The ''All-American Pups'' series is a set of short chapter books about a group of puppies who live in the same town and have adventures together.

The series was written by Susan Saunders and illustrated by Henry Cole.

The series followed the perspective of various protagonists and continued for six books.

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!!This series includes examples of the following tropes:
* AbandonedPetInABox: In ''New Pup on the Block'', the others meet Rosie when her box is tossed out of a moving car.
* AllDogsArePurebred: More than half of the main cast (Sheena[[note]]a dachshund[[/note]], Tracker [[note]]a beagle[[/note]], and Fritz [[note]]a German Shepherd[[/note]]) are purebreds. The other two, Jake and Rosie, are mutts.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Fritz is at least one of the younger members. He is somewhat klutzy, reluctant to be too far from home, and a self-admitted LovableCoward. He tends to be seen as the baby of the group by humans, the other pups, and himself.
* BearsAreBadNews: Claude Coyote leaves the pups alone and runs when he thinks he hears a bear, and Jake is worried about having to deal with it. Turns out, the bear noises were only Fritz's hoarse barking.
* CatsAreMean: Puffy and Mr. Purr, the local cats, love teasing Fritz and making nasty comments to the others.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover of ''Uptown Poodle, Downtown Pups'' gives off the impression that Amber is a snobby rich dog who is going to look down on the protagonists, but the book actually shows that she's simply oversheltered and unsure of how a puppy acts, as she's more used to being lugged around to nail appointments and laying around the house all day in comparison to playing and exploring.
* DogStereotype:
** Subverted with Fritz. As a German Shepherd, he would be expected to be TheAce, the TheHero, or the AngryGuardDog. Most of the time he's the LovableCoward.
** Also subverted with Waldo, Jake's housemate. As a sheepdog, he'd be expected to be friendly. Instead, he's the GrumpyOldMan.
** PlayedWith with Amber. She is female, as most poodles in stories are, but rather than being a RichJerk, she's a puppy who doesn't know what it's like to ''do'' anything besides sitting and getting your nails done...until the end of the book.
* ExpressiveEars: Fritz, the most nervous of the group, always has one ear standing up and the other slumping.
* FreeRangePets: The titular pups frequently run around out of their yards, playing and visiting.
* HappilyAdopted:
** Jake begins the first book in a shelter but is soon rescued by Mr. Casey.
** Rosie, who is thrown out of a car in the first book, is adopted by John, the local deli owner, at the end.
* ImAHumanitarian: Claude Coyote doesn't seem to have a problem with the idea of eating puppies, even though they're both canines. [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt He doesn't kill any of the heroes, though.]]
* IWasNamedMyName: When the other pups meet Rosie, she gives her name, explaining that her human named her after his mother. At the end of the book, after Rosie has realized she can't go home again, she's adopted by deli owner John, who immediately announces he's going to call her Rosie.
* IWillFindYou: Rosie is sure that her first owner, Sam, didn't abandon her and goes back to find him, causing the others to go after her. Unfortunately, when she arrives, she finds her apartment building in the process of being knocked down.
* LovableCoward: Fritz, who freaks out at everything from the local cats to costumed humans. He's friendly and the others like him, but he tends to be thought of as the baby of the group.
* LetsGetDangerous: In ''Camp Barkalot'', Fritz [[CowardlyLion puts his fear aside]] and uses his strength to rescue the other pups (and their new friend Bella) from drowning.
* MeaningfulEcho: In ''Camp Barkalot''. After Fritz's FreakOut at the costume party is mocked, Rosie tells him, "Fritz, you're famous." At the end of the book, when the other dogs are crowding around to see "the hero", she repeats the words, this time without sarcasm.
* MisterMuffykins: A GenderInverted version; Amber from ''Uptown Poodle, Downtown Pups'', is a miniature poodle who is obsessively spoiled by her owner -- however, not in a way that dogs would actually enjoy. In what comes off as a bit of a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of this trope, she is used to things like getting her nails painted and has seen so few other dogs that, when the protagonists come over to say hello, she freaks out, scratching at the door and screaming, "Mommy!" Her bark ultimately comes in handy when Sheena is overcome by the heat in a parked car, but Amber keeps barking. The end of the story shows that her owner is now more willing to let her be a puppy, and not just a precious princess.
* TheNoseKnows:
** In the first book, Tracker, [[JustifiedTrope a beagle puppy]], follows Rosie's scent all the way back to her city.
** In ''Camp Barkalot'', Fritz "pretend[s] he's Tracker" and traces the others' scent trails to find them when it's too dark to see.
* StealingTheCredit: Averted. When one of the campers asks Bella if she's "the hero", Bella clears up the misconception and passes the credit on to Fritz.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Rosie is a tough city puppy who hates being dressed up, only tolerating it if treats are involved. Sheena is a long-furred dachshund who enjoys looking her best. However, both of them deal with adventure well and like active play. Furthermore, Sheena doesn't enjoy the MrMuffykins kind of grooming she gets put through in ''Uptown Poodle, Downtown Pups.''
* WickedWeasel: Subverted. The ferret in ''On the Scent of Trouble'' causes trouble, but he's only acting out because of his improper living conditions and becomes an ally in the end.

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