Thanks, everyone!
Here are the stories you recommended for my 3rd grader who prefers to
read about dogs.
DOG Stories recommended
That Furball Puppy And Me by Bill Wallace
Upchuck And The Rotten Willy by Bill Wallace
A Dog Called Kitty by Bill Wallace
Watchdog and the Coyotes by Bill Wallace
Kavik the Wolf Dog by Walt Morey
Baree: The Story of a Wolf-Dog by James Oliver Curwood
Kazan: Father of Baree by James Oliver Curwood
Beware of Dog (McGrowl series by Bob Balaban)
It's a Dog's Life (McGrowl series by Bob Balaban)
Lad: A Dog Albert Payson Terhune--for older readers but I
have seen abridged/picture book version
Champ: Gallant Collie (Patricia?) Lauber (out of print--but I know
can get used on Amazon)
Lassie, Come Home Eric Knight
Star in the Storm Joan Hiatt Harlow
Hurry Home, Candy Meindert DeJong
Beautiful Joe Marshall Saunders (for a little older reader)
the Wishbone books
Judge Benjamin: The Superdog Rescue by Judith Whitelock McInerney
Judge Benjamin: The Superdog Secret by Judith Whitelock McInerney
Judge Benjamin: The Superdog Gift by Judith Whitelock McInerney
Judge Benjamin: The Superdog Surprise by Judith Whitelock McInerney
Tornado by Betsy Byars
The Summer of of Riley by Eve Bunting
Summer and Shiner by Nolan Carlson (set in Kansas)
Shiner and Baseball by Nolan Carlson
Shiner and King by Nolan Carlson
Shiner's Return by Nolan Carlson
Dominic by William Steig
CAT Stories recommended
Totally Disgusting by Bill Wallace
> Say good-bye / by Laurie Halse Anderson.
> Teacher's pet / by Laurie Halse Anderson
> Ribsy / Cleary, Beverly.
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> Henry Huggins / Cleary, Beverly.
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> Strider / Cleary, Beverly.
> Love that dog Creech, Sharon
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> Along came a dog / De Jong, Meindert,
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> Because of Winn-Dixie / DiCamillo, Kate.
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> Sable / Hesse, Karen.
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> Bunnicula : Howe, Deborah,
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> Three Names / MacLachlan, Patricia.
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> Henry and Mudge Rylant, Cynthia.
> The boy who ate dog biscuits / Sachs, Betsy.
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> Kaya and Lone Dog : a friendship story Shaw, Janet Beeler
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> The hundred and one dalmations / Smith, Dodie,
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> A dog on Barkham Street. Stolz, Mary,
> Scruffy / Stoneley, Jack.
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> The trouble with Tuck / Taylor, Theodore,
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> The comeback dog / Thomas, Jane Resh.
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> Silver / Whelan, Gloria.
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> Ginger Pye. Estes, Eleanor,
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> Owls in the family / Mowat, Farley.
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> Bristle Face / Ball, Zachary,
> The highly trained dogs of Professor Pet Brink, Carol Ryrie,
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> Mishmash and the Venus flytrap / Cone, Molly.
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> No dogs allowed / Cutler, Jane.
> F
> Go find Hanka! Crosby, Alexander L.
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> Where the red fern grows : Rawls, Wilson.
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> Shiloh / Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.
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> Old Yeller / Gipson, Fred,
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> Trouble will find you / Lexau, Joan M.
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> Fudge / Graeber, Charlotte Towner.
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> Deputy Shep / Stolz, Mary,
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> The mystery at the dog show / Warner, Gertrude Chandler,
> Hank the Cowdog : Erickson, John R.,
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> Trouble for Lucy / Stevens, Carla.
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> Oliver's lucky day / McBrier, Page.
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> The backward bird dog / Wallace, Bill,
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> Anastasia, absolutely / Lowry, Lois.
> Iktomi and the coyote : Goble, Paul.
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> The gift of the sacred dog : Goble, Paul.
> Stay! Lowry, Lois.
> Help! My life is going to the dogs Koehler-Pentacoff, Elizabeth
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> Ghost Dog Leroe, Ellen,
> Bill Reaver, Chap.
> Nothing but trouble / Wright, Betty Ren.
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> Some fine dog / Sherlock, Patti.
> Outlaw Red / Kjelgaard, Jim,
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> A nose for trouble / Kjelgaard, Jim,
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> Puppy love / Duffey, Betsy.
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> Daughter of the mountains / Rankin, Louise,
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> Wanted-- Mud Blossom / Byars, Betsy Cromer.
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> Out of nowhere : Sebestyen, Ouida.
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> Smart dog / Vande Velde, Vivian.
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> No more dead dogs / Korman, Gordon.
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Robin Shtulman
Librarian
Erving Elementary School
28 Northfield Road
Erving, MA 01344
http://www.erving.com/library/erving_library.htm
shtulman@erving.com
413-423-3326
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