Foster child Min Randall's life is not easy as she has to deal with a number of foster parents and Children's Aid, but things take a turn for the better when she finds an injured dog.
Dogs
- Author:Little, JeanSummary:
- Author:Katz, Jon.Summary:
Katz shares 16 tales of heartwarming relationships between humans and their four-legged friends. The title story features a housekeeper who loses her job, then discovers that her dogs have a special talent--one that could help her...
- Author:Brewer, SonnySummary:
While Brewer is on a book tour in San Francisco, his golden retriever Cormac vanishes from their Alabama home. What follows is an extraordinary adventure, as Brewer travels door-to-door searching for information, only to discover the...
- Author:Kincaid, Gregory D.Summary:
Kincaid's prequel to the sleeper hit "A dog named Christmas" tells the story of George, a young boy dealing with the loss of his father, and the dog that comes into his life to offer him a ray of hope and courage.
- Author:Watson, TomSummary:
Dans ce deuxième livre, Chien-Bâton se lance dans une nouvelle aventure — et il est plus affamé que jamais. Avec ses quatre amis, Ca-Ca, Bâtard, Rayures et Karen, ils devront exécuter leur plan pour mettre la patte sur des hot-dogs....
- Author:Watson, TomSummary:
Chien-Bâton et sa bande de joyeux amis canins ont découvert une saveur dernier cri — et elle est encore plus délicieuse que les hamburgers et les hot-dogs. C’est de la pizza! Bien sûr, ils ne seront pas contentés tant qu’ils n’auront...
- Author:Watson, TomSummary:
Il vous fera rire… il vous fera pleurer… mais plus que tout, il vous rendra affamé. Suivez Chien-Bâton alors qu’il s’engage dans une quête épique pour trouver le hamburger parfait.
- Author:Kadohata, CynthiaSummary:
From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Kadohata comes a brilliantly realized sports novel about a hockey player who must discover who he is without the sport that defines him. Hockey is Conor's life. His whole life. He'll say it himself, he's a...
- Author:Jacques, BrianSummary:
In 1620, a boy and his dog are rescued from the doomed ship, Flying Dutchman, by an angel who guides them in travelling the world, eternally helping those in great need.
- Author:Barrow, Will, George, IsabelSummary:
Buster, an English springer spaniel who has served his comrades and his country with unstinting devotion, has saved thousands of lives. This is the story of his partnership with RAF Police Sergeant Will Barrow, told by Will himself,...
- Author:Warwaruk, LarrySummary:
Can Brovko's family really be leaving him behind as they go to make a new life in Canada? 12-year-old Andrei is furious and upset at having to leave his wonderful companion behind - and Brovko isn't happy either. He tries to make the...
- Author:Meeder, Kim.Summary:
Laurie's dreams had been shattered before she came to work at Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch—the ranch of rescued dreams—where broken horses and broken children encounter healing every day. In an attempt to soothe her aching soul, Laurie...
- Author:Blackcrane, Gerelchimeg, Holmwood, AnnaSummary:
Award-winning author Gerelchimeg Blackcrane has written a compelling novel, set in Tibet, Mongolia and China, about the adventures of a fiercely powerful yet lovable Tibetan mastiff that is sure to join the ranks of other much-read...
- Author:Glickman, SusanSummary:
Bernadette Inez O’Brian Schwartz is back with her friends Annie, Keisha, and Megan, aka The Lunch Bunch. In this third adventure, Bernadette finally gets the puppy she has been dreaming of for so long. She asks her Lunch Bunch friends...
- Author:Glickman, SusanSummary:
Bernadette continues her adventures with Annie, Keisha, and Megan, aka "The Lunch Bunch". Things are great until Bernadette ignores her new friends in favor of spending time with her old friend Jasmine. She then has to prove to the...
- Author:DiCamillo, KateSummary:
When ten-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida, with her preacher father, she doesn't know what to expect, least of all, that she'll adopt Winn-Dixie, a dog she names after the supermarket where they met. Opal is...
- Author:Lockwood, IngersollSummary:
Ingersoll Lockwood invented the fictional character Baron Trump in 1890 for a two-part sci-fi/fantasy series about a privileged boy who undertakes a sequence of fantastic voyages. The style of the Baron Trump series-a mix of fantasy and...
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"There is no better companion, teacher, or medicine for a child than the family pet." — Anonymous
Kids and pets are as timeless a combination as peanut butter and jelly. Pets provide security for kids — a warm buddy to snuggle...
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Photographer Mark J. Asher has earned praise from the American Kennel Club Gazette as one who possesses "an unerring eye and flawless technique." His previous treasures of photographs have been lauded as "simple and elegant" (The Humane...
- Author:Kimmel, Elizabeth CodySummary:
Recounts how the sled dog Balto saved Nome, Alaska, in 1925 from a diphtheria epidemic by delivering medicine through a raging snowstorm. Balto lives a quiet existence as a sled dog--until tragedy strikes. Dozens of children in the...