Follows the career of a guide dog from its raising as a puppy, through the training process, and placement with a blind person.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 2-5-- A photo-essay about the training of a guide dog. Honey, a golden retriever, is born at Guide Dogs for the Blind in California. After initial screening at the school, she is sent to the home of a 4-H member, a little girl, where she stays for about 15 months. Once she is returned, Honey is introduced to and trained again with a new owner. Clear full-color photographs show the transition from puppy to working canine. The text is lucid and brief, highlighting points of this process. Although it has no index, the book would still be a good addition to materials on blindness. It is for younger readers and has a wider scope than Susan Kuklin's Mine for a Year (Coward-McCann, 1984; o.p.), and could supplement and introduce Beverly Butler's Maggie by My Side (Dodd, 1987), written from the viewpoint of the blind owner. --Margaret C. Howell, West Springfield Elementary School, VA
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
Honey, an ingenuous-looking golden retriever bred in San Rafael, California, to be a Guide Dog for the Blind, spends her early months as a 4-H project for nine-year-old Amy, and then returns to Guide Dogs to complete her training and placement--in her case, with Sister Anne Gelles, a teacher. In vivid, appealing color photos and clear, well detailed text, an excellent presentation of a perennially interesting subject. (Nonfiction. 6-10) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Caroline Arnold is the author of more than 100 books for children. She writes both fiction and nonfiction and recently has illustrated some of her books with striking cut paper art. To see prints and cards of her illustrations, go to www.etsy.com/shop/CarolineArnoldArt. Recent nonfiction titles include A Polar Bear's World, A Bald Eagle's World, Global Warming and the Dinosaurs, A Panda's World, Giant Sea Reptiles of the Dinosaur Age, Super Swimmers, and Easter Island. Her recent fiction books include Wiggle and Waggle, a collection of five stories for beginning readers, and The Terrible Hodag and the Animal Catchers, a tall tale.
Her books have received awards from the American Library Association, the National Science Teachers Association, P.E.N., and SCBWI. Recently she received the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for her body of work, the Leo Politi Award from California Readers, and from the Children's Literature Council of Southern California, the Best Written and Illustrated Suite of Nonfiction for children.
Caroline's interest in animals and the out-of-doors began when she was a child growing up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After majoring in art and literature at Grinnell College in Iowa, she received her M.A. in art from the University of Iowa. Some of her new books are illustrated with her own art. Caroline lives in Los Angeles and teaches part-time in the Writer's Program at UCLA Extension.
Her books have received awards from the American Library Association, the National Science Teachers Association, P.E.N., and SCBWI. Recently she received the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for her body of work, the Leo Politi Award from California Readers, and from the Children's Literature Council of Southern California, the Best Written and Illustrated Suite of Nonfiction for children.
Caroline's interest in animals and the out-of-doors began when she was a child growing up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After majoring in art and literature at Grinnell College in Iowa, she received her M.A. in art from the University of Iowa. Some of her new books are illustrated with her own art. Caroline lives in Los Angeles and teaches part-time in the Writer's Program at UCLA Extension.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful photos, moving story! Great for the classroom!,
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This review is from: A Guide Dog Puppy Grows Up (Library Binding)
This book is filled with photos of puppies and dogs in training. The reader will identify with Honey from her birth in the kennels to life with her puppy raisers, her training in guidework and finally, being paired with her blind partner. The book is a great way to attract children's/students' interest in learning about disabilities.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A Guide Dog Puppy Grows Up,
By Marcela (Argentina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Guide Dog Puppy Grows Up (Library Binding)
I need buy this book but I don't know how. I don't have shopping card. How can I buy this book? Thanks
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