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Author
Publisher
Red Chair Press
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Getting a new pet can be an exciting and fun experience. But getting a dog comes with a lot of responsibility. To be sure you are ready for the big job ahead, learn about things you will need to do to make your dog happy in its new home"-- Provided by publisher.
2) Gus: #39
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Publication Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
84 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mom Peterson has trouble finding a family good enough to adopt the adorable Labradoodle, Gus.
3) Cuddles: #52
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Publication Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
83 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Lizzie loves her dog walking job after school. It's the best way to be around so many different puppies. Then she meets Cuddles, a lonely teddy bear pup. It looks like Cuddles is home alone all day and could use some extra attention. Can Lizzie help Cuddles get what she needs?"--page 4 of...
Publisher
Hallmark Channel, Cinedigm
Publication Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While hosting a puppy party, Hailey meets single father, Ryan. She helps him discover the value of adopting a dog and teaches him that there's more to life, especially when falling in love.
6) Scruffy
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Publication Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
84 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When Charles and Lizzy find Scruffy stuck in a fence at a scary old house, they aren't sure if she's lost or been abandoned. Either way, Scruffy has learned that smiling at humans always gets her what she wants... and soon so does the rest of the world. When she hits social media, Scruffy...
7) The rescue
Author
Publisher
Forge, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Publication Date
2023.
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Rescue is a gripping thriller that explores the strength of the human-animal bond and how far we will go to protect what we love by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker. While reporting on a Tijuana animal shelter, journalist Bettina Blazak falls in love with one of her story's subjects-an adorable Mexican street dog who is being treated for a mysterious gunshot wound. Bettina impulsively adopts...
9) Dog daze: #1
Author
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Publication Date
c2012
Physical Desc
159 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Join the S.A.V.E. Squad--Sunny, Aneta, Vee, and Esther--as the four sixth-grade girls, with nothing in common but their differences, come together through the rescue of a basset hound they dub Wink and form a plan to benefit stray dogs and place them in "forever homes."
10) Sit, stay, love
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Publication Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a cute pug named Potato is brought in to the shelter where Cecilia Murray volunteers, she knows he is the dog she's been waiting for. There's just one problem: Eric Chung - a popular, arrogant boy from school - adopts Potato first. What's worse, he hopes to train the little tater to become a show-dog superstar. So Cecilia sets out to sabotage Eric's plans. But the more time Cecilia spends with Potato and Eric, the more she questions everything...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Publication Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the stars of 'Life in the Doghouse' on Netflix and founders of one of the most recognizable rescue organizations in the world, Finding Our Forever Home is part memoir, part care-and-keeping-of-rescue-dogs, with a heartwarming, compassionate voice and a message of acceptance, kindness, and, of course, love"-- Provided by publisher.
13) Bad Bella
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After a family leaves her at the pound, Bella is taken in by a new couple, but begins to worry that she will be abandoned again.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
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Description
"When President Joe Biden adopted his shelter dog Major from the Delaware Humane Association in 2018, their bond was immediate. President Biden rescued Major and provided him with a loving home. What he didn't know is that Major would also rescue him too. Major tells the captivating, funny story of how he and Joe first met, and their journey to his brand-new home, the White House."--Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books, Ltd
Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
ix, 293 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After losing her beloved beagle Daphne to lymphoma, author Teresa Rhyne launches herself into fostering other dogs in need, including Poppy, a small, frightened beagle rescued from the China dog meat trade. The elation of rescue quickly turns to hysteria when Poppy breaks free from a potential adopter during a torrential thunderstorm and disappears into a rugged, mountainous, 1,500 acre wilderness park, bordered by a busy road. In the quest to...
16) My three dogs
Author
Publication Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"My Three Dogs is a charming and heartfelt new novel from the #1 bestselling author of A Dog's Purpose, about humankind's best, most loyal friend, and a wonderful adventure of love and finding home. When a tragic accident separates three dogs from their human, they find themselves up for adoption -- separately. But Riggs, an Australian Shepherd with a heart of gold, refuses to see his family torn apart. After the exuberant and fun-loving doodle Archie...
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Publication Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this heartwarming, wordless picture book that's perfect for dog lovers, a woman visits a park and discovers a pup hiding under a bench--scruffy, scared, and alone. With gentle coaxing, the woman tries to befriend the animal, but the dog is too scared to let her near. Day after day, the woman tries--and day after day, the dog runs away. With perseverance and patience--and help from an enticing tennis ball--a tentative friendship begins. But it's...
18) The possibility dogs: what a handful of "unadoptables" taught me about service, hope, and healing
Author
Publication Date
2013
Language
English
Description
After a particularly grisly canine search-and-rescue mission led to a struggle with PTSD, Susannah Charleson credits her healing to her partnership with search dog Puzzle. Inspired by that experience and having met dogs formally trained to assist in such crises, Charleson learns to identify abandoned dogs with service potential, and to train them for work beside hurting partners, to whom these second-chance dogs bring intelligence, comfort, and hope....
19) Rescuing Penny Jane: one shelter volunteer, countless dogs, and the quest to find them all homes
Author
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on her work at a shelter, her experiences living with her own two rescue dogs, and years of research, bestselling author and columnist Amy Sutherland takes us on an unforgettable journey into the special world of rescue and shelter dogs--and the growing number of dedicated people who are deeply invested in saving these precious lives"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiii, 237 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Conaboy met Peter in the spring of 2017, when he came to her first as a foster. The rescue needed someone free of the sort of responsibilities that would force her to regularly leave the house for either work or socializing, and a writer was the natural choice. This joyful book is the culmination of Conaboy's desire to dedicate months to learning more about Peter. From learning about Peter's DNA, to seeing if dogs can sense the presence of ghosts,...








