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""No Dog Should Die Alone" was the attention-grabbing - and heart-stirring - headline of journalist Laura T. Coffey's TODAY show website story about photographer Lori Fusaro's work with senior shelter pets. While generally calm, easy, and already house-trained, these animals often represent the highest-risk population at shelters. With gorgeous, joyful photographs and sweet, funny, true tales of "old dogs learning new tricks," Coffey and Fusaro show...
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IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Arfy is a hound on a mission! Bound and determined to find a home, Arfy writes letters to everyone on Butternut Street. Honestly, he's the best dog you could ever want. He's obedient! He's housebroken! He even has his own squeaky bone! Who will adopt Arfy in the end? You'll never guess!" --
5) Molly
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IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
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Welcome to the Puppy Place--where every puppy finds a home!
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 offers to foster Molly he thinks that she is a very sweet puppy. But then Charles finds out that she is a Rottweiler. He's never been scared of a foster dog before. Can he overcome his fear and find this gentle pup a...
6) Cody
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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When Cody is left on the front step of the Petersons' house, Lizzie and Charles refuse to stop until they have found the perfect home for Cody.
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LuLu volume 6
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IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"When Lulu goes for a sleepover at her nan's house, she isn't supposed to take her new hamster. But how can she leave him behind?" -- Back cover.
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"Mutual Rescue is a collection of ... real accounts from people whose lives have been forever altered by giving a home to an animal in need. Each chapter explores one aspect of pet adoption and the many ways it expands and enriches people's lives. Through anecdote, observation, and scientific research, Novello lays bare the beautifully complex roles that pets play when they become part of our families"--Page 4 of cover
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"Did you know that more than six million pets arrive annually at community animal shelters in the United States? Of that number over three million are dogs. But of course it's not just dogs and puppies that need homes. Shelters take in cats, kittens, birds, reptiles, and even domestic farm animals. And there are many reasons why these animals need to go to shelters. Some of the animals are strays and some are lost; some are rescued from natural disasters...
12) Mr. Scruff
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IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Everyone knows that owners and their dogs belong together in a unique way. Polly belongs to Molly, Eric belongs to Derek, Berry belongs to Terry. But poor Mr. Scruff, alone in the rescue shelter, doesn't belong to anyone. Then a boy named Jim walks in, and they seem to get along. Jim and Mr. Scruff don't look anything alike, and their names certainly don't rhyme, but they may end up belonging to each other just the same. From author-illustrator Simon...
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Critter Club volume 9
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IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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As Christmas nears, Amy and her friends in the Critter Club try to find a home for two adorable guinea pigs.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Long time residents of Mrs. Barrett's adoption shelter, Felipe (a grumpy cat) and Claudette (a hyperactive dog) seem like they will never find a forever home, and Felipe is convinced that it is all Claudette's fault--but when the dog is finally adopted, Felipe is so depressed that he hides on adoption day, and it turns out that Claudette also misses her friend.
19) Dogtown
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Dogtown volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
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Publisher Annotation: From beloved authors Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko and with illustrations from Wallace West, Dogtown is at once an uplifting story and a page-turning adventure, sure to find a forever home in readers' hearts.
20) Biggie
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Puppy place volume 60
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IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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"After getting home from school, Lizzie is surprised to hear that her parents are fostering another yorkie puppy. After all, their last yorkie foster, Princess, was a little spoiled. But Biggie is Princess's total opposite: He's energetic and tenacious! Can Lizzie find this teeny puppy with a big heart a perfect home?"--
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