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Shelter Dogs: Amazing Stories of Adopted Strays
Animal lovers will enjoy these eight short stories about shelter dogs going on to do great things. A black-and-white photo of the dog and its owner begins each story, and a short section on a related topic (such as fire prevention) ends the segment.
Paperback, 134 pages
Published
January 1st 1999
by Albert Whitman & Company
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Kehret is well-known for her outstanding animal welfare-themed novels for young readers; now here's a nonfiction book that celebrates shelter dogs and their loving caregivers.
Shelter Dogs is an easy-to-read chapter book that will be a fine humane education choice for students in upper elementary and middle school grades. Each chapter concludes with a brief factual section relating to what the child has read about; such as service dogs or agility sports.
On a more personal note, I was glad that t...more
Shelter Dogs is an easy-to-read chapter book that will be a fine humane education choice for students in upper elementary and middle school grades. Each chapter concludes with a brief factual section relating to what the child has read about; such as service dogs or agility sports.
On a more personal note, I was glad that t...more
This story is a nonfiction book about several different dogs and there journeys through life. It is written to be read by a primary reader and gives information to the reader to help them understand the life of each dog. Information is also provided to the reader if they would like to help out the shelters in this book. There are no illustration in this book but real life photographs of some of the dogs and their new owners. The dogs, their shelter care givers and their new owners give the reade...more
The writing style in this book is a wee bit too simplistic for my liking. Yeah, I realize it's a children's book but kids do appreciate descriptive, emotional writing just as much as us older folks. It's what hooks you. Despite that, these true stories of once unwanted dogs who have beaten the odds and found loving homes are inspiring. A big black dog (the hardest to adopt out) becomes an agility champion, a terrier mix whose loving owner passes away is nearly euthanized until a shelter voluntee...more
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What I love about this book is the approach that Peg Kehret takes: she considers canines for who they are on their own terms; not simply as aides to humans, or appendages to human society. In noting that all these strays were abandoned, strays, or otherwise neglected, she also implicitly forces the reader to take the position of someone who is forced to think of acting in the benefit of such canines. These little souls are far from victims or helpless: indeed, her stories are a testament to what...more
Ok, I always enjoy reading stories about dogs who were given second chances at life, and given good homes, I think every dog deserves to be loved and cared for. However, I don't see how the stories of these dogs, who were adopted by loving people, but the dogs also became celebrties of sorts, like Tracker the movie star dog, makes their stories better than just a regular dog adopted from a shelter, and given a home where they are safe, loved, and taken care of. My husband, Taylor and I, have a s...more
i' am ready a book called shelter dogs shelter dogs is a great book. i have just read about two dogs and i couldn't put the book down. If your interested in a dog book read this one. This book does not tell about their death and i really like that. This book is true and i really like books that are non fiction because they just have so much detail and feeling. so if you need a book get shelter dogs.
SO ADORABLE. I literally teared up at each story. I'm not going to lie, Zorro's story touched me the most - I have heard that black dogs are hard to get adopted, as are large dogs, as are older dogs, as are "returned" dogs... Zorro was four for four. This book makes you want to march out and volunteer right away...
Well done! It's a children's book explaining about the amazing stories of some former shelter dogs. Not every dog is this blessed, and it's good to read about some who made it to greatness. Love it!
Wow. I loved the storeis about these dogs that are featured in these books. I have a good amount of respect for service dogs due to the fact that my friend has one. I love animals and especially dogs.
It is so amazing what dogs can do. In this book i learned a lot about dogs including the fact that some dogs can predict seizers. Dogs really are amazing creatures!
Dec 02, 2009
Natalie
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone
Recommended to Natalie by:
teacher
I liked it. It was sad hearing what happened to the dogs at first. The good part is people adopted them, and they were used in special ways.
Great stories but no one had to twist my arm to let me know that there are great former stray dogs at shelters - I've got one at home!
Heartwarming stories about dogs adopted from shelters who, in some cases, go on to do amazing things. Totally made me want to adopt another dog!
this is a very touching and heartwarming story of shelter dogs and how there life changed a lot on the day they got adopted
Great for animal lovers and definitely not some boring nonfiction book! Also very easy to read.
This was a sweet simple book of stories about rescued dogs and what they accomplished.
A bunch of dogs save or help some people. I. M.
This book is amazing! I loved learning about all the dogs who started there lives out as unwanted strays and then turned out to be amazing dogs or heros. This book is great for people who love dogs or just like learning about other peoples lives.(in this case dogs)
good informational book
This book is totally amazing!
Aug 18, 2012
Katie
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I LOVE THIS BOOK!
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Finished this book in a like an hour and a half. When I marked it as to-read, I didn't realize it was considered a children's/young adult book. Nice stories, but a little boring.
Thier are about 7 stories that talk about hurt dogs that are either about dogs that are helping dogs, dogs that are in bad homes and move and become happy,or helping dogs that help disabled people.
I have a dog at home named
I have a dog at home named
So inspiring!
Nov 14, 2008
Hannah
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
dog lovers!!!!
Recommended to Hannah by:
i have no idea?
This is a really good book! It's about a bunch of diferent dogs that are from diferent shelters and people adopt them and give them chances. They become really talented dogs like movie star dogs or they help people with speical needs!
These dogs have amazing stories! So cute!
This book was great!!!!!!!!!! Some of the stories were a little boring but I still liked it. I would recomed this book to people who are dog lovers
So cute and interesting stories.Every dog in that book has a good story and is adorable.
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Peg Kehret writes middle grade fiction and nonfiction. She's won dozens of state children's choice awards, where kids vote for their favorite book.
When she was twelve, Peg was paralyzed with polio. Most of her protagonists are the age she was then.
A volunteer with animal rescue groups, three of Peg's books are co-authored by Pete the Cat."
More about Peg Kehret...
When she was twelve, Peg was paralyzed with polio. Most of her protagonists are the age she was then.
A volunteer with animal rescue groups, three of Peg's books are co-authored by Pete the Cat."
