Yuma Public Library

When the evil Mrs. Stricker threatens to send Junior, Rafe Khatchadorian's dog, back to the pound, Junior and Rafe go to obedience school to learn how to follow the rules.

Barry der Menschenretter—a.k.a. Barry—the most famous St. Bernard dog in history, tells the story of his life for the first time. Eight-thousand feet above sea level, in the treacherous pass in the Alps between Italy and Switzerland, the monks of the hospice of St. Bernard have, since the 11th century, kept dogs to help them rescue travelers lost in the snow. In time, these dogs became a breed unto themselves, named for the hospice. They are responsible...

Born in a puppy mill, Ginger the golden retriever looks back on her life and the various people who have "owned" her. Abruptly separated from her mother, littermates, and the wire cage that was her whole world, Ginger is shuttled from one harrowing situation to another until she finally escapes, living as an outlaw with a pack of wild dogs. But freedom doesn't feel so good once she becomes hungry and cold and sick. Will Ginger ever find a fureverbeg for...

"Junior is in for a BARKing big adventure when the circus comes to town!"--

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

A stray dog's moving tale about life with Abraham Lincoln, our sixteenth American president and a true animal lover!

"Charles Dickens' dog Timber tells the story of his life with the great writer."--

"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.

"Susan--the corgi presented to Princess Elizabeth on her eighteenth birthday--reveals secrets of life in Buckingham Palace"--