Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Animals - Dogs

Based on a little-known snippet of New York City history, "Going Home: The Lost Story of Chief the Fire Dog" is the heartwarming story of a destitute dog's quest for home, family, and a sense of self.

After the stock market crash of 1929, the dog's financially devastated owner abandons him on the outskirts of New York City. While adjusting to life as a stray, the dog discovers New York City Fire Station Engine Company 203. Among the firemen, he finds a family and a name-Chief.

Chief becomes the station's beloved pet; then, fire dog, and finds in himself the heart of a hero. But one...

Based on a little-known snippet of New York City history, "Going Home: The Lost Story of Chief the Fire Dog" is the heartwarming story of a destitute dog's quest for home, family, and a sense of self.

After the stock market crash of 1929, the dog's financially devastated owner abandons him on the outskirts of New York City. While adjusting to life as a stray, the dog discovers New York City Fire Station Engine Company 203. Among the firemen, he finds a family and a name-Chief.

Chief becomes the station's beloved pet; then, fire dog, and finds in himself the heart of a hero. But one...

"They're library dogs, Charlie. They're all dog-faces," laughed the space station manager, as he waved goodnight to his security dogs and locked the gates. "They're not just dogs with jobs, but detective canines with investigative sniffing careers at the space station and in outer space."

At night, the space station's library is eerie, dim lighted, and in places, simply velvet-shadow dark, except for the human's dogs. They mingle with the shape-shifting immortal space dogs that prowl the space station library's corridors and live among the rows of computers.

Career dogs just want to...

Phonics is fun with Biscuit Based on the lastest research about how children learn to read, these twelve full-color books feature repeated examples of short vowel sounds and common sight words. The simple stories about the little yellow puppy will make the process of learning to read fun.

What a sweet Biscuit

It's Valentine's Day and Biscuit and the little girl have a lot of special deliveries to make. But when Biscuit smells a treat that silly puppy just can't seem to help himself. How will the little girl show Biscuit how much she loves him? Pull back the big flaps in this heartwarming story to find out

Betsy Hearne has skillfully crafted twelve short stories highlighting the special relationships that humans and dogs can share. Varied in tone and setting, her collection will make readers smile, cry, and keep turning the pages to see what happens in each new miniworld of real and imagined encounters.