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Five True Dog Stories
by Davidson, Margaret
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0590424017
- ISBN 13
- 9780590424011
- Seller
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Southampton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scholastic, 1977. Edition Not Specified. Very Good/No DJ. 16 mo= 6-7 inches. n/a. Printing Not Spec. Trade paperback, children's nonfiction.
Reviews
On Oct 26 2008, Annalovesbooks said:
ISBN 0590424017 - A fan of James Herriot and Lassie (among others!), I was excited to read true dog stories for children. And the inclusion of a talented "bad" dog, in Grip the thief, was a pleasant surprise.
Five very short dog stories, each told in a few pages. Dox, a police dog in Italy, is bought by a policeman who just happened to pass a pet store. He'd had no thought of buying a dog at all - but he did it, and then he turned him into a superb detective. Grip, owned by a thief and a successful thief himself, leads a life of crime until his owner is caught and Grip gets a surprising new owner. Author Alfred Payson Terhune's dog, Wolf, lives with many other dogs at Sunnybank Farm. He isn't very sociable, but he does watch out for the other dogs, right up to the very end. Barry is one of the very special St Bernards living at a monastery in Switzerland. The dogs are trained to rescue people, and Barry is even a little more special than the others. Balto is a sled dog in Alaska when Nome calls out to the outside world for help. They need medicine and the only way in is by sled. The town is in terrible trouble, but Balto comes to their rescue.
The stories are all true, and the reader can follow up most of them by reading longer books and stories about these dogs. That's a nice thing, a way to encourage reading, and answer some questions that the book leaves unanswered - like why there's a statue of Balto in New York, when his heroic actions were in Alaska. Not superbly written, but the author is hampered by the attempt to keep the stories short. The back cover says RL2, ages 7-9, and that's the only thing I have to disagree there. The stories seem to me to be better suited for younger children.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CNF41839
- Title
- Five True Dog Stories
- Author
- Davidson, Margaret
- Illustrator
- n/a
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- Edition Not Specified
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0590424017
- ISBN 13
- 9780590424011
- Publisher
- Scholastic
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Pages
- 47pp
- Size
- 16 mo= 6-7 inches
- Keywords
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's-Animals & Nature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Heritage Books
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Southampton, Massachusetts
About Heritage Books
Our bookshop is located in the historic town library building of Southampton, Massachusetts. Southampton lies within the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts with a view of Pomeroy Mountain to the West and Mt. Tom to the North. It is situated between the artistic, vibrant communities of Easthampton and Northampton and the city of Westfield. We have a collection of over 40,000 books with many more waiting to be unboxed and squeezed onto our shelves. The large double-door front entrance will lead you to our main floor where we hold a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles, as well as a good selection of scarce and rare editions. The original fireplace is surrounded by hardbacks and you can peer out the original nine-foot windows. Take the staircase to the basement and you will find our large children's section and many shelves full of paperbacks. Our physical address is 225 College Highway/Route 10. Our mailing address is 241 College Highway & Clark St. P.O. Box 100 Southampton, MA 01073. The store hours indicated are by appointment only Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday you can stop in. Please call to schedule an appointment if you can't make it to the store on the weekends from 11 am to 3 pm.
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