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Peachtree Publishers, 2010-03-08

Blue House Dog

Blue House Dog

Deborah Blumenthal, Author

Adam Gustavson, Illustrator

Hardcover

SKU:9781561455379

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A boy without a dogand a dog without an ownerfind each other in this powerful moving story of loneliness and redemption.
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Keywords and Themes: Animals Bereavement Boys & Men Death Dogs Grief JUV002070 JUV005000 JUV039030 Juvenile Fiction Social Themes

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 32

Subjects • Grief • Dogs • Grief in children

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement • Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dogs • Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men

A boy without a dog and a dog without an owner find each other in this powerfully moving story of loneliness and redemption.

Day after day, Cody watches Bones roam the streets. No one else thinks the old stray is special, but Cody does. He knows the dog is alone now. He watched them tear down the blue house where Bones used to live with an old man. Cody knows how it feels to lose someone too. Slowly--cautiously--Cody opens his home and his heart to the scruffy dog with one blue eye and one brown.

Inspired by the true story reported in the New York Times about a homeless dog in a suburban New York neighborhood, Deborah Blumenthal tells an affecting story of coming to terms with loss and learning to love again.

Adam Gustavson's full-color illustrations highlight the emerging relationship between a lonely boy and the dispirited dog who captures his attention, and finally, his heart.

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