Bolte, Mari
Summary: Rossi is a yellow Labrador retriever in training to be a service dog like his great-grandma, Roselle, who was at the World Trade Center on 9/11--but sometimes he finds it difficult to focus on his job, and would rather be chasing tennis balls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2024
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Summary: Award-winning author Connie May Fowler chronicles the emotional battery and physical abuse that she suffered from her boyfriend and explains how the dedication of her dog Kateland got her through the difficult times.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 813.54 FOWGrogan, John
Summary: Follows the life story of an exuberant Labrador retriever who gets into perpetual trouble and experiences a range of inspiring adventures, from shutting down an entire beach to guarding a seventeen-year-old neighbor after a stabbing attack.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.752 GROTubb, Kristin O'Donnell
Summary: Luna has always wanted to be a therapy dog at Therapy Dogs Worldwide. Now she's a whisker away from reaching her fifty-visit pin that will make it official. But when her "clients"--the children who visit her--are put into a therapy group, Luna's routine is upended. Like the moon, Luna shows different faces at different times. And her clients each have different needs--Beatrice is tangled in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: "Simple text and photographs present the Labrador breed and how to care for them"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J636.752 MILMathea, Heidi
Summary: Provides photographs and information about Labrador retrievers, discussing their personalities, physical characteristics, care and feeding, and what they need to be healthy and happy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2011
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Summary: Young readers learn about the Labrador retriever, its history, and personality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: John and Jen are journalists who are a newly married couple. Marley is the adopted puppy that no one wants, a high-strung lab who is virtually untrainable. Marley shreds cushions, destroys floors and walls and most everything in between. Instead of taking him to the pound, they love their dog and he faithfully loves them in return. John and Jen eventually have three children and Jen gives up...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD/Blu MarleyRoe, Monica M.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Hailey has high expectations for her family's annual duck hunt, but between her excitable young dog Cocoa ruining several shots and a strained family dynamic she learns that wanting a certain outcome does not guarantee it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ROEMcDonald, Megan
Summary: When a puppy who is being trained as a police dog goes missing, third-grader Judy forms a detective agency to solve the mystery, imitating her literary heroine, Nancy Drew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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Summary: "Some dogs were born to lend a helping hand (or paw!). Zeus, a chocolate lab puppy, is one of them. With his courage, smarts, and strength his purpose seems clear: he'll become a water rescue dog! When a young boy named Kimo is tasked with training Zeus, they quickly become best friends. But Zeus's excitement makes training hard, and worse yet, becoming a working dog means being separated from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Starscape, Tor Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CAMQuindlen, Anna.
Summary: Author Anna Quindlen reflects on how her life has unfolded in tandem with her dog's life and on the lessons she's learned by watching him: to roll with the punches, to take things as they come, to measure herself not in terms of the past or the future but of the present.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 818.5403 QUIBlum, Jenna
Summary: Since she adopted him as a puppy fifteen years earlier, Jenna Blum and Woodrow have been inseparable. But Woodrow is aging. As he begins to fail, the true nature of his extraordinary relationship with Jenna is revealed. Jenna may be the dog parent, but it is Woodrow, with his amazing personality and trusting nature, who has much to teach her. Jenna discovers, over the months she spends caring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 BLUQuindlen, Anna.
Summary: "The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed," writes Pulitzer-winning author Quindlen about her beloved black Labrador retriever, Beau. With her trademark wisdom and humor, Quindlen reflects on how her life has unfolded in tandem with Beau's, and on the lessons she's learned by watching him: to roll with the punches, to take things as they come,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5403 QUIAckerman, Lowell J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: T.F.H. Publications 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.752 ACKKendrick, Beth
Summary: "Set in the charming seashore town of Black Dog Bay, Delaware. When Jocelyn Hilliard finds herself named legal guardian for the late Mr. Allardyce's prized Labrador retriever show dogs, she's confronted at every turn by her late benefactor's estranged son who thinks he's entitled to the inheritance left to the dogs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KENKern, Kerry V.
Summary: The book covers in detail the selection, care and training of a Labrador retriever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.752 KERWeiss-Agresta, Lisa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Howell Book House 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.7 WEIStone, Lynn M.
Summary: A brief introduction to the physical characteristics, temperament, uses, and breeding history of the labrador retriever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Pub. 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.7527 STOWilcox, Charlotte.
Summary: An introduction to North America's most popular dog, which includes its history, development, uses, and care.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 1996