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Rugby and Rosie

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I am a puppy raiser for a service dog organization and frequently take my pups to classrooms to teach. This book is a beautiful introduction to puppy raising, suitable for kindergarten to 4th or 5th grade level. I found the illustrations capture the young children, and the written description remarkably accurate, although the author herself is not a puppy raiser. This book would also make a great gift for any child that is a dog lover. After I first saw this book, I purchased ten copies; I am now down to my last two.

This book was read to a kindergarten class in NJ. The children enjoyed both the story and illustrations. Following the story, the children were introduced to an actual Seeing Eye puppy that we are raising. It was a great opportunity for the children to learn how animals are used to help others.

We just adopted our own guide-dog puppy so we truly enjoyed reading this book. It's very well written, wonderful illustrations and very true-to-life. It helped my young children understand the very process we will be going through in the upcoming year with our adorable golden retriever puppy. Though our dog is being trained to help with the handicapped (not the blind as in the book), the training is basically the same. A great book for kids -- whether or not you are training a very special puppy!

From a puppy raiser, this book it very faithful to the puppy raising experience. It describes, perfectly, all the emotions involved with this process.

As someone who is both a medical professional and a father, I found this story to be a wonderful one to share with my children.
They know that daddy is training a Therapy Dog to help his patients, so this book was particularly wonderful for them!
Enjoy and have tissues nearby (for yourself!)
Be well,
Dr. Ferraioli
www.drferraioli.com

A wonderful story w/ beautiful illustrations. Childeren of all ages will enjoy this story of a young boy and his family and the love they share w/ a puppy to raise and send it on to be the best friend and companion a blind person can ever have.

I take issue with the School Library Journal review: "The flat declarative sentences...do not evoke emotion or drama". WRONG! I, a former declared dog-hater, received this book as a gift for my kids. Not only have I read it dozens of times and it has not once failed to make me cry, but it inspired me to adopt a retired Labrador guide dog! This is one of my favorite children's books of all time.

Rugby and Rosie is a well-done children's book that helps explain the important elements of raising a guide dog puppy. I have read this book aloud to a fourth grade class. The story created good dialog and the children learned about how dogs can help those with disabilities.

Well, I happen to have a chocolate lab named Rugby and I just had to have this book! The book is a wonderful story for children of all ages! It helps to teach responsiblity! My Rugby and I just loved it!