A vocabulary-building story about dogs engaged in every imaginable type of activity.

Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story, from her nurturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal.

A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.

Recounts the heroic and adventurous life of a thoroughbred collie that was particularly devoted to his owners.

Angus decides to explore the world, so a cat sees him off and a milkman shows him home.

When Waggit is abandoned by his owner as a puppy, he meets a pack of wild dogs who become his friends and teach him to survive in the city park, but when he has a chance to go home with a kind woman who wants to adopt him, he takes it.

Harry the dog goes to fantastic lengths to make his neighbor stop singing.

"After her elderly owner passes away, Star--a deaf Australian shepherd--is brought to a local shelter. Star feels scared and alone--until she meets twelve-year-old Julian. After getting in trouble at school yet again, Julian volunteers at the shelter and realizes he can communicate with Star in a way that no one else can. Their bond continues to grow, and Julian and Star become inseparable. Then the unthinkable happens: Funding for the shelter dries...

Describes a day in the life of a seeing eye dog, from going with his owner to the grocery store and post office, to visiting a class of school children, and playing ball. Also describes their three-hundred mile walk from Boston to New York. Perry is no ordinary Labrador retriever. As a guide dog it is Perry's job to look out for his owner, Sarah. Follow Sarah and Perry through a typical day and discover the ways a guide dog helps a blind person and...

Biscuit the puppy runs away from his bath with his puppy friend, Puddles.