Buried Treasure

Barkley's School for Dogs #7

by Marcia Thornton Jones, Debbie Dadey, Amy Wummer (Illustrations)

Woodrow tells the canine classmates about a treasure-digging dog who used to attend Barkley's School. Jack is sure there must be treasure in the yard He and his friends search for doggie-treat treasure and learn a lesson about teamwork along the way.

Genres: Dogs

76 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Marcia Thornton Jones has published 131 books for children with sales totaling more than 43 million copies world-wide. Her works include CHAMP (mid-grade novel), RATFINK (mid-grade novel), GODZILLA ATE MY HOMEWORK (chapter book), THE TALE OF JACK FROST (picture book) and LEPRECHAUN ON THE LOOSE (picture book). She is the co-author of seven popular series including The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, Keyholders, Ghostville Elementary, The Bailey School Kids Jr. Chapter Books, Triplet Trouble, Bailey City Monsters, and The Barkley School for Dogs.

Marcia has been listed as a top 100 author by the Educational Paperback Association and selected for the Children’s Top 100 Books list by the National Education Association, International Reading Associations Children’s Choice Award. Marcia's books have received many honors and have appeared on on the Publisher's Weekly Bestsellers lists,

Marcia, a full time writer living in Lexington, Kentucky enjoys presenting at schools and conferences. As a veteran teacher with more than 20 years of experience, she easily relates the importance of writing to students of all ages.

Reviews

[Jodi]

Cute chapter book for beginning readers. My little dog lover enjoyed that all the characters were dogs!


Emily (5 1/2): I loved it! I especially liked Taz, the cat because she was mean!