Martha Speaks: Shelter Dog Blues (Chapter Book)

Martha Speaks: Shelter Dog Blues (Chapter Book) PDF Author: Susan Meddaugh
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547532407
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117

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Martha has lost her collar and ended up at the local animal shelter. It falls to her to organize a pound break for all her new doggy friends but she soon discovers freedom isn't much without a family. When Martha's owner finally comes to take her home, she realizes that she can't leave her shelter friends behind. Martha, Helen, and her friends cook up a spectacular plan--Wagstaff's first Top Dog Show--to find families for all of the pound pooches! The book will include a cast of characters introduction and two pages of word-fun activities.

Martha Speaks: Shelter Dog Blues (Chapter Book)

Martha Speaks: Shelter Dog Blues (Chapter Book) PDF Author: Susan Meddaugh
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547532407
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117

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Book Description
Martha has lost her collar and ended up at the local animal shelter. It falls to her to organize a pound break for all her new doggy friends but she soon discovers freedom isn't much without a family. When Martha's owner finally comes to take her home, she realizes that she can't leave her shelter friends behind. Martha, Helen, and her friends cook up a spectacular plan--Wagstaff's first Top Dog Show--to find families for all of the pound pooches! The book will include a cast of characters introduction and two pages of word-fun activities.

Shelter Dog Blues

Shelter Dog Blues PDF Author: Susan Meddaugh
Publisher: Martha Speaks Chapter Books (Q
ISBN: 9780547210506
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A collarless Martha lands in an animal shelter and makes new animal friends on whose behalf she organizes a dog show to help them find families.

Shelter Dog Blues

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ISBN: 9781448728992
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Languages : en
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Toby

Toby PDF Author: Hazel Mitchell
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763680931
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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A heartwarming story about the growing bond between a child and a new pet—inspired by the author’s experience with a rescue dog of the same name. When a young boy and his father move from one house to another, they decide to adopt a dog from the local rescue shelter. But their chosen dog, Toby, is having a tough time adjusting to his new life outside the shelter—howling all night, hiding fearfully from his new humans, forgetting where to go to the bathroom, and chasing a ball through the flower bed. The boy has promised to train his new companion, and he’s trying his best, but Dad is starting to get exasperated. Will Toby ever feel comfortable with his new family and settle into his forever home, or will Dad decide he’s not the right dog for them after all?

Dog Shelter Blues

Dog Shelter Blues PDF Author: Mark Conkling
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 1611390656
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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This hard-hitting story lights up the world of animal rescue with engaging characters and their pets, bringing hope out of personal tragedies. Danny Sandoval, a character from the author’s previous book, “Prairie Dog Blues,” joins up with his friends to take on Norma Jean Lawson and her Safe Sanctuary No-Kill Rescue Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Danny accuses Safe Sanctuary of negligent animal care, claiming they do more harm than good. Undaunted, Norma Jean puts up a fierce fight through her attorney, and sues Danny for libel and slander. Danny fights back, and both Danny and Norma Jean struggle with their own internal demons as they attempt to rescue dogs and cats, innocent creatures that sometimes bring a mysterious transforming power to broken lives. Their battle shows that bad motives often end in darkness, and that animals and a clean heart can reveal pathways to God’s healing. “Dog Shelter Blues” takes these beaten, everyday people on a breathtaking journey that ends with an astonishing triumph of good over evil. MARK CONKLING--teacher, homebuilder, realtor, finance manager, retired Methodist pastor--returns to writing with this second novel, the first being “Prairie Dog Blues,” also from Sunstone Press. Mark lives in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, works with his wife Patricia (Meadowlark Family Healthcare), walks his dog in the Bosque near the Rio Grande, frequents the recovery community (AA), writes fiction, and seeks daily peace of mind. His short fiction was published in the Minnetonka Review and Diverse Voices Quarterly. Years ago, as a university professor (PhD, philosophy and psychology), Mark published several academic articles in existential philosophy and psychology, including “Consciousness and the Unconscious in William James' “Principles of Psychology,” (Human Inquiries), “Sartre's Refutation of the Freudian Unconscious,” (Review of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry), and “Ryle's Mistake About Consciousness” (Philosophy Today).

Martha Speaks: Good Luck, Martha! (Reader)

Martha Speaks: Good Luck, Martha! (Reader) PDF Author: Susan Meddaugh
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547770472
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29

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Martha worries that her recent bouts of bad luck might be contagious! Uh-oh. Martha walked under a ladder—and then she broke a mirror—so now she thinks she’s jinxed! Helen tries to explain that all the accidents are just coincidence. But when a nearby toddler stumbles and a waiter takes a clumsy spill, Martha worries that her bad luck might be rubbing off on everybody else. Will Martha be spreading bad luck for seven whole years? Includes a "Test Your Knowledge" activity on common superstitions.

Hound Dog Blues

Hound Dog Blues PDF Author: Peg Stomierowski Gould
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504382102
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 87

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Nothing makes author Peg Gould smile like seeing Duke, her iron hulk of a dog, bound into the enclosed fields of the dog park near home with true hound-dog swagger, tail held high and wagging wildly. His velvety black hair and droopy jowls often are noticed and appreciated by onlookers as though they were sighting Elvis himself. Hound Dog Blues follows much of her reflection about life and death after she learns Duke has a terminal disease. Over the next weeks and monthsin trying to serve Dukes needs for exercise, rest, stimulation, and purpose, but also for effective anxiety and pain managementthe author is reminded of the early death of her mother from heart disease decades before. Ultimately, she is persuaded that our pets, with their shorter life spans, show us the way and have much to teach us about love, acceptance, and graceful loss. This is especially so if you are willing to uncover the depth of an animals anchoring role in your lifeand mourn the passing of a true companion.

Prairie Dog Blues

Prairie Dog Blues PDF Author: Mark Conkling
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 0865348014
Category : Domestic fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Mom wants to fix each of her children's problems--Jeff's gambling, Ida's promiscuity, Junior's drinking--and to create a normal family. She convinces Pop to sell the family land and give $500,000 to each child, believing the money will solve their woes. However, hundreds of prairie dogs and the City Council's animal ordinance stop the sale. The prairie dogs come up out of their holes and into each of the Corleys' hearts, mysteriously softening their hard edges, helping them to find healing deep in Mother Nature.

Black Dog Blues

Black Dog Blues PDF Author: Caroline Ambrus
Publisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 0958689660
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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Sarah was an artist who lived in a big house with her partner. He was a restless man and he would often disappear with no word about where he was going or for how long. Her daughter became concerned that Sarah was lonely. She suggested that Sarah should get a dog for company. So they went to the local pound and found a beautiful black dog. Sarah adopted her and called her Lady. Lady and Sarah spent many years together and Lady was growing old. Then came the terrible day when Lady died. Sarah was very sad for many months. She realised that she needed the company of a dog, so she and her daughter returned to the shelter and Sarah adopted a black dog which she named Bo. Then she decided that one dog was not enough, so she went back to the dog shelter and adopted another black dog which she named Billie. Bo and Billie did not get on very well at first. Billie had an ambition to be an only dog and they were both jealous for Sarah's attention. Then one day intruders broke into the big house. Bo and Billy joined forces to frighten the man off. After that the two dogs became the best of friends and the house was happy and peaceful once again. Sarah decided that she should get to know the people in the neighbourhood. So she arranged a street party which starred her two black dogs, Bo and Billie.

Hound Dog Blues

Hound Dog Blues PDF Author: Virginia Brown
Publisher: BelleBooks
ISBN: 161194113X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239

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Who says a Gen X hipster can't solve old-school mysteries? Harley Jean's a failed college student. Her brief career in corporate banking went up in flames. She can't find Mr. Right and might settle for Mr. Wrong. She's twenty-six-years old--staring down the barrel at thirty--and now she works as a tour guide in the whacko land of Elvis. She's named after a motorcycle. Her dad's an Elvis impersonator. Her Mom talks to spirit guides. Someone kidnaps her family's dog--named King, in Elvis's honor. There's a ransom note. And then, things really get weird. Memphis tour guide Harley Jean Davidson is about to enjoy a rare day off when her parents call with news that King, their border collie, has been dognapped. Harley Jean's mom insists the culprit is Bruno Jett, their next door neighbor. Harley Jean would rather run over her own foot with a motorcycle than talk to him. He's drop-dead gorgeous--with a dangerous attitude she'd like to avoid. But King has to be rescued, so she sets off to find him. Harley Jean gets more than she bargains for when she finds a body, as well. Bruno Jett is definitely involved, but how? The Memphis P.D. wants to pin the murder on Harley Jean's dad. Now it's up to her to clear his name . . . and avoid becoming the killer's next victim. Leaving corporate banking for a job free of stress had been a matter of survival. So here she was, in her late twenties and burned out, but finally in a job she didn't have to take home with her at night. It was a good trade-off--most of the time. At least, when she didn't have to deal with a very sexy possible murderer . . . The basement door opened. Looking up, she saw Jett through the cracks in the wooden stairs. For a moment he just stood on the top step, the door propped open with his foot, then he let it close softly behind him but remained still and silent. He knew someone was here. The lights . . . she'd left the lights on. She barely breathed, just shallow breaths to keep from passing out, afraid he'd hear her. Bruno Magli shoes descended to the second riser. She briefly closed her eyes, thoughts of O.J. and his infamous shoes reverberating ominously in her brain. Surely, it was coincidence. The shoes descended another step, then another, and she held her breath until her ears rang and her lungs ached. The shoes stopped on the second from the bottom stair. She saw denim though the gaps, dark socks, long legs--she looked up and her gaze locked with dark blue eyes peering at her through the risers. Oh damn. He smiled, but it wasn't a very nice smile. "Well," he said, "I seem to have an uninvited visitor." "I . . . uh, was just looking for you." "And now you've found me." He reached the floor and turned to look at her where she'd edged out from beneath the stairs to feel for an escape route in the concrete block walls. "Why yes," she said, aware she spoke too brightly, "here you are. Now that you're home, I'll just be going." "No, I don't think so." He moved a few steps closer, near enough she could see the cold, dangerous gleam in his eyes. Uh oh. "Oh, I don't mind," she said, "really. I think I hear my mother calling me." "They're not home." She stared at him suspiciously. "And how do you know that?" "Because that obscene, puke green van is gone from the driveway." "Oh." That sounded logical. After all, it had been Bobby's first clue. So maybe Jett hadn't done anything to them or was responsible for them leaving. Maybe. He loomed over her. "I don't like you being here, and I don't like my privacy violated. Usually, I tend to get nasty about things like this." Uh oh. Not at all a promising conversation. Virginia Brown is the author of more than fifty novels, most recently the bestselling Dixie Diva Mysteries and the acclaimed mystery/drama, Dark River Road.