Dog Stories  

Fiction for older readers. Unless otherwise noted, all books may be found
in the juvenile fiction section, arranged by the author’s last name.

Sounder by William H. Armstrong
The young son of an African-American sharecropper learns to hope and persevere through tragic times with the help of the devoted dog Sounder. (grades 6+)

The good dog by Avi
Lupin, a wild wolf, tries to recruit a family’s malamute to replenish his dwindling wolf pack. (grades 5+)

Togo by Robert J. Blake
Togo, a Siberian husky, leads a team that rushes to bring diphtheria antitoxin from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska in what eventually becomes the path of the Iditarod race. (j Ed BLAKE—picture book; grades 3+ to read on their own.)

War dog : a novel by Martin Booth
A dog is requisitioned by the British Army and sees duty throughout the second World War. (grades 5+)

Fire, bed & bone by Henrietta Branford
An English hunting dog tells what happens to her beloved family when they are arrested on suspicion of being part of a peasants' rebellion in 1381. (grades 6+)

The incredible journey by Sheila Burnford
Two dogs and a cat set out through the Canadian wilderness to make their way back to their beloved family. (grades 5+)

My dog, my hero by Betsy Byars
Eight dogs compete for the title of My Hero. (grades 3-6)

Tornado by Betsy Byars
During a tornado, a family listens to a man’s story about a dog that was blown into his life by a tornado when he was a boy. (grades 2-4)

Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
Henry Huggins’ dog begins a string of bewildering adventures when he becomes lost. Also Strider by the same author. (grades 3-5)

Love that dog by Sharon Creech
A student expresses his great love for his dog, and comes to appreciate poetry, when he studies famous poems in school. Told in verse.  (grades 4+)

Hurry home, Candy by Meindert DeJong
A lost dog searches for a loving home. (grades 4+)

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Good things that happen to Opal in her new Florida town because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie. (grades 3+)

Chuck and Danielle by Peter Dickinson
Although her pet whippet Chuck, is terrified of everything, Danielle is sure that he is going to save the universe one day. (grades 3-5)

The original adventures of Hank the Cowdog
by John R. Erickson
Hank the Cowdog becomes an outlaw with the coyotes. (grades 4-6)

I, Jack by Jack the dog as told to Patricia Finney
Jack, a Labrador Retriever, tells about his daily life. (grades 4+)

Jim Ugly by Sid Fleischman
Jake and his father’s dog Jim Ugly, travel through the Old West trying to find out what really happened to Jake's father. j M FLEISCHMAN (grades 4-5)

Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
Little Willie hopes to help his grandfather with the winnings from a dog sled race. (grades 3-5)

Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
A family of poor Texas farmers befriends a big, old, yellow stray dog that one day proves its great courage with a noble sacrifice. (grades 6+)

Eliza's dog by Betsy Hearne
During a vacation in England, a girl acquires a bouncy sheepdog.  (grades 4-6)

The angel's command : a tale from the castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques
A boy & dog gifted with eternal youth and the ability to communicate without words, encounter adventures on the high seas. (grades 6+)

Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones
When Sirius the Dog Star is sentenced to life on Earth as a real dog named Leo, he becomes the pet of a mistreated Irish girl and faces dangerous encounters from both the earthly and luminary worlds. (grades 6+)

Seaman :  the dog who explored the West with Lewis & Clark
by Gail Langer Karwoski
Seaman, a Newfoundland, explores the West with his master Meriwether Lewis of the Corps of Discovery led by Lewis and Clark.
Also: Lewis and Clark and me : a dog's tale by Laurie Myers. (grades 5+)

Titus rules! by Dick King-Smith
Queen Elizabeth's youngest dog earns the title "king among dogs." (grades 2-4)

Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard
Danny and the Irish Setter Red have adventures together in the mountain wilderness. (grades 5+)

Lassie come-home by Eric Knight
The classic story of a loyal collie that travels over 1,000 miles in Great Britain in order to return to her loving young friend, Joe. (grades 5+)

The call of the wild by Jack London
A dog in the Klondike gold fields becomes the leader of a wolf pack. (grades 6+)

White Fang by Jack London
A dog who is part wolf makes peace with man in the northern wilderness. (grades 6+)

Stay! : Keeper's story by Lois Lowry
Keeper the dog tells of his adventures with his human masters and his quest to find his little sister. (grades 4-6)

Dog Friday by Hilary McKay.
Robin is determined to keep an abandoned dog from being impounded by the police. (grades 5+)

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
A West Virginia boy cares for a lost beagle whose real owner is a mean-spirited man . (grades 4+)

Down Girl and Sit : smarter than squirrels by Lucy Nolan
A dog who thinks her name is Down Girl and her friend Sit try to keep the world safe from everyday creatures including Here Kitty Kitty. (grades 3-4)

My life in dog years by Gary Paulsen
The children’s author describes some of the dogs that have been special to him throughout his life. j 92P PAULSEN Pau (grades 5+)

Where the red fern grows by Wilson Rawls
The classic story of a young boy who becomes the owner of two hound dogs and teaches them to be hunters. (grades 6+)

The hundred and one Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
Pongo and his wife rescue their 15 puppies from the vicious Cruella de Vil. (grades 5+)

The green dog : a mostly true story
by Suzanne Fisher Staples
During the summer before fifth grade a lonely girl gets a dog.  (grades 4-6)

The trouble with Tuck by Theodore Taylor
A blind dog is taught to trust a seeing-eye companion dog. (grades 5+)

Lad, a dog by Albert Payson Terhune
The classic story of a courageous and loyal collie. (grades 6+)

The Rosie stories by Cynthia Voigt
The adventures of a family’s special dog, Rosie. (grades 3-4)

The kingdom by the sea by Robert Westall
A 12-year-old boy and a stray dog search for safety in World War II England.
(grades 6+)

Silver by Gloria Whelan
Rachel plans to train her puppy to become a champion sled dog racer but he mysteriously disappears. (grades 3-4)

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