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The Raven’s Gift: A True Story From Greenland

Follows two travellers as they journey along the coast of Greenland by kayak and dogsled, and describes the island’s geography, people, and wildlife, particluarly their encounter with an injured raven.

Published: 2001,
Tags: Dogs, Fate and fatalism
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, NonfictionAmericas, Canada, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Prehistory To Egypt

An illustrated history ranging from prehistory to the time of ancient Egypt, with a fictional story involving children to depict the period.

Published: 1988,
Tags: Autism, Dogs, New home
Categories: AfricaAfrica, EgyptAfrica, Egypt, NonfictionAfrica, Egypt, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Hachiko: The True Story Of A Loyal Dog

Relates the true story of a dog who accompanied his master to and from a Tokyo train station for a year and, after his master died, continued to wait for him there every day for many years.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Dogs, families, Loyalty, Siblings
Categories: AsiaAsia, JapanAsia, Japan, NonfictionAsia, Japan, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Pete the Sheep-Sheep

The sheep-shearers in Shaggy Gully all have a sheep dog, but the new guy Shaun uses an extremely polite sheep named Pete.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Dogs, Humor, Sheep
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FictionAustralia, Fiction, OceaniaAustralia, Fiction, Oceania, Picture BookAustralia, Fiction, Oceania, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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Shiva’s Fire

In India, Parvati, a talented dancer with supernatural powers, is invited to Madras to study with a great master and sacrifices friends and family for her art. By the Newbery Honor winning author of Shabanu.

Published: 2000,
Tags: Dogs
Categories: AsiaAsia, FictionAsia, Fiction, IndiaAsia, Fiction, India, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

The Giant Devil Dingo

Unlike all the other animals and birds, the dingo was not a man in the beginning, but had always been a dog. This legend of Gaiya the giant devil-dingo tells how the modern day dingo was created.

Published: 1973,
Tags: Courage, Dogs
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, Folklore and Fairy TalesAustralia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, OceaniaAustralia, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Oceania, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Wolfhound

Pavel saves the life of the enormous dog he finds half-frozen in the snow, but since only nobles and dukes and the tsar himself keep wolfhounds, Pavel fears he will be punished for stealing.

Published: 1996,
Tags: Determination, Dogs, Rescues, Royalty
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, Picture BookEurope, Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)Europe, Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Russia

Another Shore

Seventeen-year-old Lyn, working in a reconstructed colonial settlement in Nova Scotia, suddenly finds herself transported back to 1744, when the French inhabitants are at war with England.

Published: 1998,
Tags: Dogs, Humor
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, Historical FictionAmericas, Canada, Historical Fiction, North AmericaAmericas, Canada, Historical Fiction, North America, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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Bound

In a novel based on Chinese Cinderella tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly mutilates her own child’s feet so that she alone might marry well.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Dogs
Categories: AsiaAsia, ChinaAsia, China, Folklore and Fairy TalesAsia, China, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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The Night Of Las Posadas

At the annual celebration of Las Posadas in old Santa Fe, the husband and wife slated to play Mary and Joseph are delayed by car trouble, but a mysterious couple seems perfect for the part.

Published: 2001,
Tags: Dogs, Rescues, Rural life
Categories: AmericasAmericas, FictionAmericas, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)Americas, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9), United States

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