Miles, Ellen
Summary: Lizzie has competition as a foster puppy parent at Caring Paws! While volunteering, she meets Harper, who might know more about dogs than Lizzie does! But when Sparky, a tiny Chihuahua mix, arrives with an injured leg, the two girls will have to team up to find this sweet, strong puppy a perfect home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MILHarrington, Chris
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction HarringtonKugler, Rob
Summary: "Rob Kugler's A Dog Named Beautiful is an uplifting and unforgettable story of a US Marine, his extraordinary dog, and the road trip of a lifetime."--Provided by publisher. US Marine Rob Kugler not only gave a year of his life in service to his country, but he had also lost a brother in the fighting. Lost in grief, Rob found solace and relief in the one thing that never failed to put a smile on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KUGMontalván, Luis Carlos
Summary: Follows service dog Tuesday as he travels with former Captain Luis Carlos Montalván on a train, boat, bus, horse, and pedicab to get to a special event.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.4 MONFrey, Sarah Kathryn
Summary: "Alice Eloise's Silver Linings is the story of a silly, playful Double Doodle pup named Alice Eloise who dreams of becoming a service dog for her best friend, Sarah Kate. But no matter how hard she tries, Alice Eloise just can't tame her natural silliness into the serious respectability service dogs so often possess. Sarah Kate believes in Alice Eloise, encouraging her to look for the 'silver...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Once Upon a Silver Lining 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FREKim, Carol
Summary: "Shawn and Kat Choi try to find a new activity that a goldendoodle with failing eyesight will love"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Published in the United States by Jolly Fish Press, an imprint of North Star Editions, Inc. 2019
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Summary: In 1940s New Orleans, Fish Elliot is a polio-survivor with a knack for inventing and building things, and his African American neighbor Olympia is a girl with a talent for messing things up, but they are united in an effort to save a starving stray dog they call Liberty--and when Liberty is caged by a nasty farmer, they find an unlikely ally in a German prisoner of war, Erich, who is not much...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LARKensky, Jessica
Summary: Rescue thought he'd grow up to be a Seeing Eye dog -- it's the family business, after all. When he gets the news that he's better suited to being a service dog, he's worried that he's not up to the task. Then he meets Jessica, a girl whose life is turning out differently than the way she'd imagined it, too. Now Jessica needs Rescue by her side to help her accomplish everyday tasks. And it turns...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: JE CD Fiction KenskyMontalván, Luis Carlos.
Summary: "Based on the New York Times bestseller, UNTIL TUESDAY, this full-color picture book filled with adorable photographs tells the story of the amazing service dog who helps former U.S. Army Captain Luis Carlos Montalván overcome his combat-related wounds"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt & Co 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MONJohnson, Terry Lynn
Summary: McKenna, fourteen, is losing her vision to Stargardt's disease, but that will not stop her from competing in a rigorous new sled dog race through the Canadian wilderness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Summary: "Ten-year-old perpetual new kid Robyn has rules about starting a new school, but she learns some rules are worth breaking when she signs up her special needs dogs for agility training"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FINFinke, Beth
Summary: "This series explores disability in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. This book explores service dogs and how they assist their handlers. Engaging inquiry-based sidebars encourage students to LOOK, THINK, MAKE A GUESS, ASK QUESTIONS, and CREATE. Books are authored by writers with disabilities and the series has been developed in partnership with Easterseals who is leading the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Disabilities FinkeSummary: "FAR FROM THE TREE follows families meeting extraordinary challenges through love, empathy, and understanding. This life-affirming documentary encourages us to cherish loved ones for all they are, not who they might have been. Based on Andrew Solomon's award-winning, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling non-fiction book "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sundance Selects 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FAREstreich, George.
Summary: The author discusses the raising of his daughter, Laura Estreich, with Down syndrome.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ESTREICH, GEORGE ESTBodeen, S. A. (Stephanie A.)
Summary: Emma and her father discuss what they will do when the new baby arrives, but they adjust their expectations when he is born with Down syndrome.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Woodbine House 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Social Emo Stuve-Bodeen 1998Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.
Summary: It is 1871 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose, still grieving from the death of her parents, takes her brother Gideon, who has Down syndrome, escapes from her uncle and aunt, taking a train to Chicago--but disaster seems to follow her there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2013
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y DA BARO'Hair, Margaret
Summary: Sofia Sanchez, a girl with Down syndrome, shares her message of perseverance and bravery with kids everywhere.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024