West Bend Community Memorial Library
West Bend Community Memorial Library
| Children's Booklist |
| Make reading a part of your child's life! |
| YF Fiction (Grades 2-3) |
 My Dog, My Hero by
Betsy Byars -
Stories about eight incredible dogs are told for judges to choose the winner
of the My Hero award. |
| The Dog that Pitched a No-Hitter by Matt Christopher - During a baseball game, Mikes unusual dog, Harry, is able to send him secret signals about the other team. But when Mikes pitching arm forces him out of the game, they have to come up with another plan. |
 A Boy in the
Doghouse by Betsy Duffey -
Because his new puppy, Lucky, is out of control, George's parents give him
the task of training him and Lucky has some training to do of his own.
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| No One is Going to Nashville by Mavis Jukes - Sonia, who plans to be a vet when she grows up, finds an ally in her stepmother when her father refuses to let her keep a stray dog for her own. |
| The Invisible Dog by Dick King-Smith - Inventing an imaginary pet when her parents cannot afford a real one, seven-year-old Janie faithfully feeds the "invisible" Henry his invisible dog chow and walks him with an old leash until fate brings Henry to life. |
| Scaredy Dog by Jane Resh Thomas - With love and understanding, Erin helps the dog she has chosen from the Humane Society grow from a frightened puppy into a happy pet. |
 Silver by Gloria Whelan -
Even though he is the runt of the litter, 10-year-old Rachel plans to train
her dog to be a champion sled-dog racer.
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| J Fiction (Grades 3-6) |
| End of the Race by Laurie Halse Anderson - After treating an injured greyhound at her grandmothers veterinary clinic, Maggie learns about the abuse of greyhounds in the dog-racing world and vows to put a stop to it. |
 Sounder by William Howard
Armstrong -
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food
for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding with the
help of the devoted dog, Sounder, in this Newbery Award winning book. |
 Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo -
Good things happen to India Opal Buloni because of her big, ugly, dog,
Winn-Dixie.
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 Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
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Ginger is the Pye family's engaging puppy who mysteriously disappears in this
Newbery Award winning story.
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 Jim Ugly by Sid Fleischman -
In the time of the Old West, Jake--accompanied by his dad's mongrel dog--sets
off in search of his missing father.
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 Old Yeller by Fred Gipson -
A powerful story set in the Texas hill country about a 14-year-old boy and the
ugly stray dog he comes to love.
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| Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard - Adventures of a champion Irish setter and a trapper's son. |
 Lassie Come Home by
Eric Mowbray Knight -
The classic that conveys the beautiful relationship between a boy and his loyal
dog, and the lives of the people of Yorkshire as well.
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| Call of the Wild by Jack London - The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch Shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. |
 Dodi's Prince by Vaughn
Michaels -
Eight-year-old Dodi hopes to overcome the objections of her family and Texas
trailer park neighbors so that she can keep the stray dog she calls Prince.
|
 Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds
Naylor -
Eleven-year-old Marty Preston loves to spend time up in the hills behind his
home near Friendly, West Virginia. Sometimes he takes his .22 rifle to see what
he can shoot, like some cans lined up on a rail fence. Other times he goes up
early in the morning just to sit and watch the fox and deer. But one summer
Sunday, Marty comes across something different on the road just past the old
Shiloh schoolhouses -- a young beagle -- and the trouble begins. What do you do
when a dog you suspect is being mistreated runs away and comes to you? When it
is someone else's dog? When the man who owns him has a gun? This is Marty's
problem, and he finds it is one he has to face alone. When his solution gets too
big for him to handle, things become more frightening still. Marty puts his
courage on the line, and discovers in the process that it is not always easy to
separate right from wrong. Sometimes, however, you do almost anything to save a
dog. |
| Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls - The story of a young boy's love for two hunting dogs and his coming of age in Oklahoma in the 1930s. |
 The Junkyard Dog by Erika
Tamar -
With the advice of her stepfather, Katie takes on the job of feeding an abused
junkyard dog and building it a doghouse for shelter during the winter.
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| The Trouble with Tuck by Theodore Taylor - A young girl trains her blind dog to follow and trust a guide dog. (Also look for the sequel: Tuck Triumphant.) |
| Lad, A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune - This story of a thoroughbred collie is one of the best loved dog stories of all time. |
 Smart Dog by Vivian Vande
Velde -
Amy's life gets very complicated when she meets and tries to hide Sherlock, an
intelligent, talking dog, who has escaped from a university lab.
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| A Dog Called Kitty by Bill Wallace - Afraid of dogs since he was attacked by a mad one, Ricky resists taking in a homeless pup that shows up at their farm. |
“‘Thou shalt not’ is soon forgotten, but ‘Once upon a time’
lasts forever.”
~Philip Pullman
(1996 Carnegie Medal acceptance speech)
Updated January 11, 2007
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