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Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot, including more humans, a new building, a boatload of goats, and a shocking revelation that changes his view of the world.
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Stick Dog volume 4
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English
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Stick Dog and his feral friends are looking for relief on a very hot day--and this time they have their eyes on a ice cream truck.
3) Red Rover
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"Dogs aren't always man's best friend. When Amy sees a dog stranded on the side of the highway, she knows what she has to do. She tells her dad to stop the car. She can't understand why anyone would abandon a dog in such a way, tied up and blindfolded. Amy's parents say they'll only keep the dog until they can find it a permanent home. Amy's younger sister names the dog Rover. They take Rover into their house, their family. And once he's there . ....
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Loodor, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
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"Grey [the Kitten] didn't know when she leapt through the gate to leave Black Mountain Farm that she'd meet a Labrador who could hear the inner thoughts of other animals. Grey had no idea that she'd bear witness to a kidnapping or that her newfound friends would test her loyalty on the Trinity Trails. She had no clue that she was jumping into an epic battle that would alter the future of everyone around her. Grey didn't leave her beloved farm and...
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Stick Dog volume 5
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English
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Stick Dog and his team of strays are off on another outrageous canine caper. To snatch some breakfast treats for his hungry pals, Stick Dog will need to stop a moving truck, outfox a man on a telephone pole, and calm down a very caffeinated Karen. But that's not all. He'll also need to manage the greatest confrontation in history when his good friend Poo-Poo comes face-to-face with the ultimate enemy--a squirrel. With Stick Dog's smarts, daring, loyalty--and...
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Stick Dog volume 7
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Stick Dog and the gang are on their usual hunt for food, but there is something unusual going on. Little humans are dressed up as creepy witches and spooky ghosts, all carrying big orange buckets! Their search leads them to something unexpected and delicious and sweet -- candy! Once they get a taste, they will stop at nothing to get more. The gang will have to avoid terrifying witches and even escape a creepy haunted house! Will Stick Dog's smarts,...
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The Call of the Wild, by Jack London, is one of America's best-known novels. In his Reader's Companion to this new edition, Daniel Dyer provides a wealth of annotations explaining the book's many "sourdough" expressions and geographical references in order to help the modern reader see what London saw. Dyer also identifies characters in the novel - human and canine alike - whom London had known, and he spices his annotations with Northern lore and...
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"Anna is excited to be spending a week on her grandparents' canal boat. And the best thing is, she'll be bringing her puppy, Fred. She can't wait to take him for long walks along the towpath and have fun playing on deck. But the boat is a small space for a lively pup, and soon Fred is in trouble with everyone. Anna is heartbroken when the grown-ups decide that Fred would be better off at home. And so is Fred. He's desperate to stay and will do anything...
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Commonly considered to be Jack London's tour de force, The Call of the Wild tells the story of Buck, a domesticated dog ripped from a comfortable life when he is stolen from his home on a California ranch. Sold to a pair of men in Canada, Buck is trained as a sled dog in cold wilderness of the Klondike region. However, Buck's ordeal has only begun, as he is forced to learn how to overcome both in the brutal conditions and as the primal social facets...
10) Trouper
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Trooper, a three-legged dog, remembers his life as a stray, before he was adopted.
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Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Monty had never met a poodle before, and Ginger had never met a stray dog before... neither could have guessed what a great friendship theirs could be! Monty is a scruffy, homeless pooch with a taste for fine art, and Ginger is a poodle who doesn't mind getting her paws a bit dirty. Monty and the poodles long to live together at the warm and cosy Poodle Mansions, but its strict poodles-only policy is rather inconvenient ... and so these crafty canines...
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Disney Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Lady never imagined leaving her perfect, happy home. But after a terrible misunderstanding, Lady wonders if she even has a home to return to. That's when she meets a street dog named Tramp--who shows her a world of adventure and fun. Based on the live action adaptation of the animated Disney classic.
15) Chien Pourri
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L'École des Loisirs
Pub. Date
2013.
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Il s'appelle Chien Pourri. Il sent la sardine, il est couvert de puces, et son pelage ressemble à une vieille moquette râpée. Pour ne rien arranger, il est aussi bête qu'il est moche. Un jour, il décide de courir le vaste monde à la recherche d'un maître. Il rêve de su-sucres, de ba-balles. Il aimerait tant faire le beau pour quelqu'un. Car Chien Pourri n'a pas que des défauts, il a aussi du coeur. Hélas, les gentils maîtres ne courent...
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