Twelve-year-old Ben Brown runs away from the circus with his dog (and best friend) Sancho to seek out his missing father. He stumbles into the lives of young sisters Bab and Betty Moss who live with their mother in a quiet, tidy house. Ben's juggling skills, Sancho's trick of spelling his name with letter blocks, and the duo's other tricks of the trade charm the small family while Bab and Betty's whimsical antics and their mother's steady goodness...

Emily Elizabeth describes the activities she enjoys with her very big, very red dog and how they take care of each other.

A story of a boy and his dog in the Texas hill country ranks high in the annals of boy and dogdom. Gipson, in earlier books, has evinced an evocative quality which recaptures for the reader the sounds, the smells, the sights of the region he knows and loves, recaptures too the emotional quality, the moods of his central figure. This was particularly true in Hound-Dog Man, which for some readers was marred by the vernacular. In Old Yeller the story...

When White Ruff is stolen, he must encounter many hardships before he is reunited with the boy who loves him.

"One morning in May, five little dachshunds were born. They grew up the way puppies do, at first, but Pretzel kept growing ... and growing ... and growing! A long dog with a big heart, Pretzel falls head-over-tail for the little dachshund across the street. It may be a stretch, but can he convince Greta that he's more than what meets the eye?" --

A story of love between Romeow the cat and Drooliet the dog, inspired by Shakespeare's tale of Romeo and Juliet, but with a happier ending.

Clifford, the big red dog, displays his good manners by saying "please" and "thank you," waiting his turn, sharing, and being a good sport in games.

Call of the wild: 'Mush on!' Buck does not read the newspapers. If he had, he'd have known that for good strong dogs like himself trouble is brewing. Man has found gold and because of that Buck is kidnapped and dragged away from his sunny home to become a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing North. With strength, imagination and cunning on his side Buck must fight for survival. But will he ever trust Man again? White Fang: The adventures in the...