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Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 53
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When they help out at a guide dog training school, the Alden children meet several people who seem obsessed with a particular dog named Ginger.
2) Guide dogs
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the breed, selection, and training of guide dogs.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Company
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
Tells how a golden retriever is trained as a service dog, to help someone who has trouble moving their arms or legs, and later as a guide dog for a man who cannot see.
5) Guide dogs
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
500L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Beginning readers will learn all about the hard-working canines that help their owners handle any obstacle."--
Author
Series
Dog's day volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sammy, a golden retriever, becomes a guide dog for Jessie, a college freshman who is blind, and constantly watches their big-city surroundings to keep her safe. Includes back matter about the breed and the role of the working dog.
7) Buddy
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
A German shepherd describes her life as the first guide dog trained to serve the blind.
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
Adjusting to middle school becomes easier for twelve-year-old Maggie when she finds that her biology teacher, who is blind, can learn a few things from her about working with his guide dog.
9) Bear
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bear is a guide dog who would do anything for his owner Patrick - and embarks on an epic quest from the forest to the city to regain his sight so he can protect his best friend.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This fractured fairy tale weaves the story of Elena Choine. She wishes she could hide the snow-white streak in her hair from her former beauty queen stepmom. More than anything, she wishes for a dog. She grants one of her wishes by walking six neighborhood dogs. The job introduces her to Zach and his seeing-eye dog. As the teens get to know each other, Elena feels seen. Will her wish to repair her relationship with her stepmother come true?" -- Page...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The story of a dog, and the extraordinary difference she made in every life she touched. After 60 years in show business, White has earned her reputation as an American icon. She may be a bona fide television pioneer, but throughout White's life, her heart has always been with the animals--and one special golden retriever." --Publisher's description.
13) Guide dogs
Author
Series
Publisher
KidHaven Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the breeding, training, and work done by guide dogs for the blind.
Publisher
Twin Cities Public Television
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This primetime PBS documentary follows the inspiring stories of people with disabilities as they experience the heartwarming and sometimes challenging process of being matched with and receiving a service dog.
15) Raising Lumie
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
267 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Newly orphaned and living with the half sister she hardly knows, twelve-year-old Olive rediscovers her hope when she starts training a guide dog puppy.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
533 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"By April 1916, the fervor that accompanied war's outbreak has faded. In its place is a grim reality. Throughout Germany, essentials are rationed. Hope, too, is in short supply. Anna Zeller, whose fianc,̌ Bruno, is fighting on the western front, works as a nurse at an overcrowded hospital in Oldenburg, trying to comfort men broken in body and spirit. But during a visit from Dr. Stalling, the director of the Red Cross Ambulance Dogs Association, she...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Moving to inner-city Boston after his parents' divorce, eleven-year-old Nicky struggles to cope with the changes in his life, including acquiring a former guide dog that leads to a mystery for Nicky to solve.
19) Helping dogs
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Clubhouse
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
pages ; cm.
Language
English
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