Summary: The Lowry family is in transition. They have recently moved from the city to a small town and are having a hard time adjusting. Just when their spirits need lifting, they find themselves "adopted" by a stray golden retriever named Pilot. Pilot is not only very clever and very lovable, she's also very pregnant. Although the Lowry's give the puppies up for adoption, Pilot is determined to get...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY RETMessner, Kate
Summary: When the mysterious first aid kit takes golden retriever Ranger to New Orleans shortly before Hurricane Katrina hits, he finds himself helping Clare Porter and her grandmother, who are waiting for Clare's father at their home in the Lower Ninth Ward--and when the levees break and Clare is separated from Nana, Ranger must somehow get her to the relative safety of the Superdome, and reunite her...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MESCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION MESMessner, Kate
Summary: This time the mysterious box transports the golden retriever Ranger back to the shipyards of Belfast in 1912, where a ship is being prepared for her maiden voyage, and when he saves young Patrick Murphy from being crushed by falling boards, Ranger expects to be transported home; when he is not, he knows that somehow his job is not finished--but then, Ranger has never heard of the Titanic, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MESMiles, Ellen
Summary: Meeting an untrained English cream golden retriever while on a beach vacation at the Fair Harbor Inn, Charles Peterson and his pet-fostering family work to teach the rambunctious pup what she needs to learn to find a permanent home. Includes tips for travelling with your dog.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED PPMessner, Kate
Summary: Ranger the time-traveling Golden retriever was trained for search-and-rescue and even though he did not pass the tests he has used his training on his many trips to help people caught up in disasters; now he has arrived at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001 just as the first plane hits, and he must rescue fifth-graders Risha and Max who are trapped in the wreckage,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MESCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC MESMessner, Kate
Summary: Once again the mysterious box takes the golden retriever Ranger back in time, and he finds himself on Robert Falcon Scott's ship, the Terra Nova, headed for Antarctica, where his mission is to save Jack Nin, a Chinese-Maori stowaway from New Zealand, from the blizzards, unstable ice, and the other hazards that lie ahead for the doomed expedition.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MESCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC MESCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MESBrewer, Sonny.
Summary: This "mostly true" story about Cormac, an irrepressible golden retriever, will have you begging for more! The saga begins when author Sonny Brewer, away on a book tour, gets a call from his housesitter that Cormac, who has an abiding fear of thunder and lightning, ran away during a particularly harrowing storm. Knowing his family will be inconsolable, Brewer sets off to find their best buddy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: MacAdam/Cage Pub. 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BREBielakiewicz, Gerilyn J.
Summary: The golden retriever is one of the most popular dogs in the country. In fact, according the American Kennel Club, it ranks second only to the labrador retriever in popularity. Known for their easy temperament and boundless enthusiasm, golden retrievers have the ability to become wonderful family pets - with some socialization and training, of course. The Everything Golden Retriever Book is a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 BIEDoty, Mark.
Summary: When Mark Doty decides to adopt a dog as a companion for his dying partner, he finds himself bringing home Beau, a large golden retriever, malnourished and in need of loving care. Beau joins Arden, the black retriever, to complete their family. As Beau bounds back into life, the two dogs become Mark Doty's intimate companions, his solace, and eventually the very life force that keeps him from...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 811.54 DOTHarvey, Tom.
Summary: Presents the story of how Isabella, a golden retriever owned by the couple who run the Safari Zoological Park in Caney, Kansas, adopted three white tiger cubs--Nasira, Anjika, and Sidani--as her own, creating an unusual, interspecies family.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.756 HARBarnes, Nico
Summary: Text and photographs look at golden retrievers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Animal Pet BarnesBowman, Chris
Summary: This loveable, family-friendly dog is a people pleaser. Trained to hunt and retrieve, Golden Retrievers enjoy physical activity. Their obedient nature also makes them great as therapy and assistance dogs. Cozy up with this furry friend in this beginner book.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2017
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Summary: Budderball can't wait to go to the town fair. When he and the Buddies arrive, there are games to play, rides to go on, and races to win. But Budderball is most excited about the food at the fair. Cotton candy, popcorn, peanuts--it all sounds so delicious! When the hungry pup stumbles upon a pie-eating contest, he knows he's found a fair event made for him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SHEDoty, Mark.
Summary: Why do dogs speak so profoundly to our inner lives? When poet Doty decides to adopt a dog as a companion for his dying partner, he finds himself bringing home Beau, a large golden retriever, malnourished and in need of loving care. Beau joins Arden, the black retriever, to complete their family. As Beau bounds back into life, the two dogs become Doty's intimate companions, his solace, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Collins 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 DOTY, MARK DOTStone, Lynn M.
Summary: A brief introduction to the physical characteristics, temperament, uses, and breeding history of the golden retriever.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Pub. 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7527 STODoty, Mark.
Summary: Why do dogs speak so profoundly to our inner lives? When poet Doty decides to adopt a dog as a companion for his dying partner, he finds himself bringing home Beau, a large golden retriever, malnourished and in need of loving care. Beau joins Arden, the black retriever, to complete their family. As Beau bounds back into life, the two dogs become Doty's intimate companions, his solace, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2007