That dog Melly!

by Corinne Demas

Melly is Austin's dog -- lovable, a little rambunctious, and BIG. Like any good team, Austin and Melly look out for each other. But one afternoon Austin finds that the unthinkable has happened -- Melly's run away! Can he find her?

More than a funny tale of a small boy and a fuzzy creature twice his size, That Dog Melly! relates a child's important step towards mastering the world. The story is accompanied by big, action photographs and is told in Austin's own words.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Corinne Demas is the award-winning author of thirty-nine books, including six novels (Daughters, The Road Towards Home, The Writing Circle), two short story collections, a memoir (Eleven Stories High, Growing Up in Stuyvesant Town, 1948--1968), a poetry chapbook, and numerous books for children (The Littlest Matryoshka, Saying Goodbye to Lulu, The Disappearing Island, The Perfect Tree). She is a Professor Emerita of English at Mount Holyoke College and a Fiction Editor of The Massachusetts Review. Along with her family, two donkeys, and a precocious puppy, she divides her time between Western Massachusetts and Cape Cod, two settings that have inspired her books.