Author: Amy Hest
Title: The Dog Who Belonged to No One
Illustrator: Amy Bates
Genre: Children's Fiction
Sub-genre:
Theme: Friendship
Primary and secondary characters: Lia and the dog with the “crooked ears.”
Award(s) date of publication: 2008
Publishing company: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Brief summary and how you would use the book, with students:
This story tells of a stray dog who is lonely. He travels from town to town until he runs into Lia during a bad storm. Lia is also lonely, with no friends. Lia takes the dog home and they become fast friends. This book has great repetition and I especially love how the girl and dog's story run parallel to each other until they meet.
I would use this book in my classroom to introduce the idea of companionship. The book is filled with wonderful illustrations which are bound to keep the students’ attention.
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