 | Nop's Trials by Donald McCaig
Buy used from: $0.29 Donald McCaig has a masterly knowledge of both dogs and the novel, as Nop's Trials thoroughly showcases both these talents. Must read novel for any dog lover!
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 | The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Buy used from: $0.64 A true classic of dog literature! White Fang is also excellent, but I think that Call of the Wild is the best.
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 | Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.05 Albert Payson Terhune is the climax and epitome of dog literature. Lad a Dog is the best known, but I've enjoyed his others even better. Don't neglect APT.
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 | Shiloh (Newbery Medal Book) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $0.01 As usual, the book is much better than the movie. I read this years ago and was thoroughly enchanted with the story of a boy's struggle for what was right when it comes to a dog he loves.
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 | Old Yeller (HarperClassics) by Fred Gipson
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 The book that the movie was based on. Fred Gibson also wrote two other dog books.
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 | Gray Dawn by Albert Payson Terhune
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.18 Once again, Terhune. His stories flow, but each chapter is a story within itself, great for reading out loud.
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 | My Dog Skip by Willie Morris
Buy used from: $53.74 Another great book that was made into a movie. The book itself is magical and filled with a charm that I wished I owned a dog during those days.
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 | Kazan by James Oliver Curwood
Buy new: $27.95 / Used from: $2.40 Curwood wrote a number of dog books, based on sled dogs and adventures in the north, similar to London.
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 | Lad of Sunnybank (Thorndike Press Large Print Perennial Bestsellers Series) by Albert Payson Terhune
Buy used from: $1.50 Yes! Rejoice that they're finally reprinting a number of Terhune dog books.
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| Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
Buy used from: $0.79 The original Lassie. Don't settle for the paraphrased children's version.
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 | The Critter and Other Dogs by Albert Payson Terhune
Buy used from: $0.23 Another fabulous Terhune book. These are all individual short stories.
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 | Savage Sam (Perennial Library) by Fred Gipson
Buy new: $16.00 / Used from: $6.71 Savage Sam is a sequel to Old Yeller, just as good.
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 | Baree: The Story of a Wolf-Dog by James Oliver Curwood
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $0.01 Baree is the sequel to Kazan
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 | The Way of a Dog: Being the Further Adventures of Gray Dawn and Some Others by Albert Payson Terhune
Buy new: $26.95 / Used from: $1.89 Need I say Terhune was prolific?
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 | Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Classic story. Kjelgaard is another prolific dog writer.
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| Treve by Albert Payson Terhune
Buy new: $28.95 / Used from: $20.22 Have I mentioned Terhune rocks?
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 | Stormy by Jim Kjelgaard
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 This is about a Labrador Retriever and boy surviving together.
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 | Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $6.90 Classic! Two coonhounds and the boy who grew up with them.
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| Desert Dog by Jim Kjelgaard
Buy used from: $5.88 This is another Kjelgaard story, this one about a greyhound surviving in the desert.
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 | The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Buy new: $6.50 / Used from: $0.01 Another classic that many movies have been based off of.
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 | 101 Dalmatians (Puffin story books) by Dodie Smith
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 The original little known dog classic. Wonderful read.
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