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Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace/Gulliver
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Captain Meriwether Lewis's dog Seaman describes his experiences as he accompanies his master on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the uncharted western wilderness.
4) Dogsong
Author
Publisher
Bradbury/Atheneum
Pub. Date
[1985]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels assailed by the modernity of his life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.
8) Snow dog
Author
Publisher
Bantam Skylark
Pub. Date
1980, c1948
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The adventure of a dog born in the wilderness, left to fend for himself when a black wolf kills his mother and brothers, and finally won over by the trapper his mother had deserted.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penworthy
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
"Stella," whispered Sam, "are you sleeping?"
"Yes," answered Stella. "Aren't you?"
Sam can't sleep without his beloved dog, Fred. But where could he be? Sam knows that Fred is afraid of the dark, of the monster that lives in the closet and of the giant toad that lurks downstairs. Luckily, Stella is there to reassure Sam as they search everywhere.
11) The underneath
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
An old hound that has been chained up at his hateful owner's run-down shack, and two kittens born underneath the house, endure separation, danger, and many other tribulations in their quest to be reunited and free.
12) Martha calling
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
13) Strider
Author
Series
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school.
16) Tiny's bath
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tiny is a very big dog who loves to dig, and when it is time for his bath, his owner has trouble finding a place to bathe him.
17) Dig!
Author
Publisher
Harcourt/Silver Whistle
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
19) Dog biscuit
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little girl eats a dog biscuit by mistake and worries about the consequences. Includes recipe for "human-being treats."
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Old Mr. Putter and old Mrs. Teaberry are neighbors. When Mrs. Teaberry hurts her foot, Mr. Putter and his cat, Tabby, offer to walk her little dream dog, Zeke. Zeke is no dream dog. Zeke is a nightmare. On the first day, he drags Mr. Putter and Tabby through the neighborhood. On the second day, he wraps them around trees. On the third day, he chases big dogs until the big dogs turn around and chase them. If they don't think of a way to get Zeke under...