Family Dog

When Santa's best friend, Peppermint Bark, gets left in a chimney on Christmas Day, it's up to Chris, Holly, and Ivy to return the pup to the North Pole before it's too late.

Perfect for fans of Racing in the Rain and Because of Winn Dixie! Ali Standish, author of the critically acclaimed The Ethan I Was Before and August Isle, delivers a rebarkable tale of one extraordinary pup’s search for a new family, inspired by her real-life rescue dog Bella.

There was a different sort of piglet in the pigpen one cool spring morning. That "different" one is named Penny, and she's really not a piglet at all . . . she's a puppy. A puppy who gets longer and longer as her piglet siblings get bigger and bigger. Penny doesn't understand why she's different - she only knows that Mama Pig loves her just the same as the rest of the litter. Penny's siblings are baffled by her peculiar behavior - like digging with her paws instead of her snout, and especially her loud, sharp oink.

Meet the puppies of the Cloud 9 Animal Shelter: Caboodle the big poodle; King Tut the most divine of all mutts; Lollie the collie; and Boom-Boom the Basset hound. When a shy yellow Lab named Marilyn is abandoned at the Cloud 9 Animal Shelter, she thinks her whole world has shattered. With the help of the other puppies, she soon discovers that things always work out and with each new day comes a new beginning. But when a couple wants to adopt her, she is unsure if she should leave the shelter she now calls home.

Nichts wünscht sich Mia sehnlicher als einen kleinen Hund! Sie hat 1000 überzeugende Gründe parat, warum sie unbedingt Hundemama werden sollte. Tatsächlich scheinen diese Wirkung zu zeigen, denn eines Tages purzelt Lino in ihr Leben, ein niedlicher kleiner Retriever-Welpe. Und der hält auch einige Überraschungen bereit und stellt die ganze Familie ziemlich auf den Kopf. Doch mit der Zeit entwickelt sich Lino zu einem richtigen kleinen Helden, der sogar Diebe zur Strecke bringen kann.

Sweet, little Dandelion lived all alone; her bed was a barrel, her companion, a bone. The soft green grass had been slowly replaced; leaving dirt behind in the path that she paced. Could a little boy be Dandelion’s hero? Find out in this lyrical rhyming story from author Heather Leughmyer, part of her Kindness to Animals series. Perfect for ages five and up. Excellent for humane education as well as library and family story time.

Meet Rory Branagan - he eats bad guys for breakfast. Well, not actually. But he is the best detective in town. Fourth in a hilarious comedy-crime series.

Declan O’Brien always had a gentle word to share, odd phrases he liked to repeat, and songs to sing while he played basketball. His favorite song was "Dona Nobis Pacem", “Grant Us Peace”. His family loved him deeply and always knew they were loved in return. But a terrible accident one day changes their lives forever, and Fiona and Finn O’Brien are left without a father. Their mother is at a loss. What words are there to guide them through such overwhelming grief?

Hello. I am Rory Branagan. I am actually a detective. This week, my school put on the biggest, best school fete the world has ever known. We are raising money to make St Bart's boomtastic, with adventure playgrounds and even a dragon. But now the cash has gone, and my Accomplice Cassidy 'the Cat' Callaghan has been blamed for stealing it. I'm thinking...I must use my detectiving to find the real thief and rescue the Cat!

Tom wünscht sich einen Hund. Aber leider wird da nichts draus, weil seine nervige Schwester Delia allergisch gegen Hunde ist. Voll unfair! Immerhin ist Tom auch allergisch gegen Delia, und die darf trotzdem mit ihm unter einem Dach leben... Also konzentriert sich Tom jetzt auf den Musikwettbewerb eines Magazins. Ob er und seine Band, die Dogzombies, wohl eine Chance haben? Das wäre einfach genial!

Part Lovely Bones, part Dogs of Babel, a series of letters tell Angel's story in her own words. Now deceased, the irrepressible golden retriever had been rescued from a shelter at an advanced age and given a second lease on life by author Martin Levin and his caretaker, Paula Drost. Angel's letters about her life and adventures with Levin and Drost evidence their unconditional love for her and impart precious lessons about life she was able to learn along the way because of their intervention.

After receiving a rose covered sweater from Grandma, Harry is determined to lose it. He tries leaving it all over town, but it is always returned - until a bird catches sight of a loose thread and Harry's luck finally changes.

For years, 10-year-old Zelly Fried has tried to convince her parents to let her have a dog. After all, practically everyone in Vermont owns a dog, and it sure could go a long way helping Zelly fit in since moving there from Brooklyn. But when her eccentric grandfather Ace hatches a ridiculous plan involving a "practice dog" named OJ, Zelly's not so sure how far she's willing to go to win a dog of her own. Is Ace's plan so crazy it just might work…or is it just plain crazy?

James’ dad has to get creative to convince him to eat healthy foods. Given broccoli, James wants to know what else he can have. So his father offers tasty alternatives such as gum prechewed by children with very clean teeth and dirt walked on by cooks wearing the finest French boots. His father even has helpful suggestions for alternatives to eggs, lasagna, milk, and oatmeal - and soon, James realizes that healthy foods aren’t so bad, after all.

Award-winning author Helen Frost takes us into the breathtaking Alaskan winter landscape in this thrilling adventure with a touch of fantasy. Twelve-year-old Willow - whose heritage is both Athabascan Indian and European - wants nothing more than to mush the sled dogs to her grandparents’ home. After pressing her parents for some time, she is finally allowed to go alone. But when she commits a critical mistake, Willow wonders how she’ll ever make things right again.

Mysterious noises keep waking up the Wimbledon family. "That's very odd," says Mr. Wimbledon each time, but when he returns from checking on the sounds, he's always reassuring: "It's only Stanley; he's fixing the oil tank." "It's only Stanley; he's clearing the bathtub drain." But what Stanley the dog is actually doing while his oblivious family goes back to bed is deliciously absurd: He's preparing for an interplanetary trip! And guess who's going along for the ride!

Waylon has lots of ideas for making life more awesome through science, like teleportation, human gills, and attracting cupcakes by controlling gravity. But it's impossible for him to concentrate on his inventions when he's experiencing his own personal big bang.

Hugo has to choose who to stay with while his mum’s having a baby. Who will care for him and his dog Henry the best? Will it be Granny? Mrs Mariposa next door? Or Uncle Jack?

Critically-acclaimed author Monica Holloway shares the extraordinary, touching story of Cowboy, the golden retriever puppy who changed her son's life.

In Bullerbü zu leben ist das Allerschönste auf der Welt, findet Lisa. Im ganzen Dorf gibt es nur drei Höfe, und Lisa, Lasse, Bosse, Inga, Britta und Ole spielen von früh bis spät. Die besten Tage sind natürlich, wenn Weihnachten ist und man Geburtstag hat. Aber auch sonst ist immer was los. Auf dem Heuboden schlafen, sich verkleiden, Großvater vorlesen und Hütten bauen macht in Bullerbü riesigen Spaß.