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Summary: One day, Ruth and her mom are in the park and see a pet adoption fair. Ruth is drawn to a cute little dog, but they are moving soon and can't adopt. However, they can foster for a couple of months, and that's how they wind up with Ginger. Then Daisy. Then Cody, a special-needs dog with injured hind legs. Can Ruth help Cody find his forever home?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2024
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Summary: When Michael and Mia hear about an abandoned kitten at the animal shelter, they volunteer to take Otis in until they can find him a permanent home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2011
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Summary: Fostering cats and kittens when they are unable to commit to a full-time pet, Mia and Michael Battelli discover an adorable tuxedo kitten lost in the snow and work to rehabilitate him while searching for his owners.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2012
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Summary: When Mia discovers that Duchess's owner is moving, she offers to help. But it won't be easy finding someone who will want to spoil the pretty white Persian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
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Summary: "Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Charles is determined to help Moose, a giant Great Dane puppy. The problem is that this huge pup is scared of everything - loud noises, other dogs, even his own shadow!"--P. [4] cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2011
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Summary: Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Barkley takes Lizzies breath away ... literally! Barkley, the Great Pyrenees, is a ball of energy, and far too big for the apartment he has been living in. Lizzie does her best to teach him manners, but she can't make him smaller! Then...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MILFlorence, Debbi Michiko
Summary: "Truman the black lab might be an older rescue dog, but he's still got enough mischief beneath his collar to keep eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her animal-fostering family on their toes from morning till night" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
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Summary: Aunt Amanda knows that Lizzie can't turn down the chance to foster a new puppy, so she brings over a boxer - who loves to chew up everything in sight! Can Lizzie find the right owner for this special pup before her house is destroyed?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2009
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Summary: Charles finds a lost puppy during a backyard camping trip. Can he and his new friend David find Lucky a home?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2009
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Summary: "Waffles is exuberant, playful, and smart – maybe too smart! She’s quite the escape artist and Lizzie has her hands full trying to keep tabs on her." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2024
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Summary: Kaita Takano and her family know all about fostering dogs and cats, but what about reptiles? How will they find a forever home for a bearded lizard who loves being pampered like a queen? --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
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Summary: Lizzie has competition as a foster puppy parent at Caring Paws! While volunteering, she meets Harper, who might know more about dogs than Lizzie does! But when Sparky, a tiny Chihuahua mix, arrives with an injured leg, the two girls will have to team up to find this sweet, strong puppy a perfect home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2021
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Summary: "Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When their mom sits the family down for a talk, Charles and Lizzie are excited to hear that they'll be fostering Zig and Zag, twin Brittany puppies! Double the puppies should mean double the fun, but the twins are very hyper and need a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2022
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Summary: At Loon Lake Park, Charles and his Cub Scout friends are told that a dog has been abandoned in the parking lot. Louie, a not-so-small Newfoundland puppy, is quickly taken in and cared for by the group. Can Charles and his friends find Louie a perfect, and roomy, forever home?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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Summary: "Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When Lizzie meets Muttley at Caring Paws, she doesn't feel her usual excitement about the puppy. The little mutt prefers to spend all of his time sleeping. But the Petersons quickly learn that the heroic dog always come through when he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2010
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Summary: When Cocoa, a large chocolate Lab puppy, accidentally knocks over her elderly owner, Charles convinces his parents to foster the excitable dog, but can the Peterson household survive Cocoa's high-energy behavior?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2012
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Summary: "Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Lizzie can't wait to get to her best friend Maria's cabin for some rest and relaxation. When they arrive, the girls discover a box of three puggle puppies waiting for them. Lizzie loves taking care of the sweet dogs but it is a lot of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2016
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Summary: Lizzie needs to train Baxter, a Portuguese water dog puppy, to behave, but Baxter gets into trouble whenever he's left alone. Will she be able to get Baxter ready for a forever home?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2010
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Summary: Charles and Lizzie Peterson foster dogs and find them the perfect homes. Will they be able to take care of Skipper's litter and find forever homes for Skipper and all of her pups, too?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2006