Tim Jessell

In 1947, eleven-year-old Alex and her impulsive, older brother Chuck befriend an army scientist who shares their interest in rockets and outer space travel.

Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companion: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle guarded his well-being, and a horse led him across a desert. Through his interactions with dogs, horses, birds, and more, Gary has been struck with the belief that animals...

Based on a true story but told in a fictional form, Buddy, a German Shepherd dog, describes her life as the first guide dog trained to serve the blind. You will learn about the history and training of guide dogs for the Seeing Eye School and the Lady Boss, Mrs. Eustis, who started it all because she thought it was a criminal waste for dogs as strong of character and as intelligent and energetic as German Shepherds to lie on a rug before a fireplace...

"George Washington's foxhound Sweetlips narrates the story of her master's transformation from farmer to Father of our Country"--

Barry der Menschenretter, a Saint Bernard dog, reflects back on his life in the early 1800s at the Hospice of the Great Saint Bernard in the Swiss Alps, where he rescued some forty people from avalanches. Includes facts about the breed and the hospice.

"A dachshund loses his hind leg in an accident and finds his life's calling as a therapy dog"--

Sunny, a pampered Pekingese dog, narrates the tale of the voyage and sinking of the Titanic.

"Sled dog Togo--the true hero of the 1925 Serum Run--narrates the story of his life working with musher Leonard Seppala"--

During a trip to Oregon, the Aldens are astonished when Watch discovers a backpack filled with valuables, a finding that compels them to learn what happened and return the backpack to its rightful owner.

One stormy afternoon, the Aldens take a shortcut through the Greenfield Cemetery and discover a strange local superstition! According to legend, it's good luck to leave presents in a certain spot in the cemetery—and bad luck to anyone who doesn't. But since there's no such thing as ghosts, there must be a reason for this weird tradition. The Boxcar Children are determined to find out what it is.