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10 best books like Bruce (Albert Payson Terhune): Greyfriars Bobby, Whalesong, America the Beautiful: America the Beautiful, Basil in Mexico, Bark If You Love Me, 97 Ways to Make a Dog Smile, Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life, The Mystery of the Periodic Table, The Case of the Double Bumblebee Sting, Son of Charlemagne

Greyfriars Bobby
AuthorEleanor Atkinson
ISBN1406806773
When the time-gun boomed from Edinburgh Castle, Bobby gave a startled yelp. He was only a little country dog - the very youngest and smallest and shaggiest of Skye terriers-bred on a heathery slope of the Pentland hills, where the loudest sound was the bark of a collie or the tinkle of a sheep-bell. That...
Whalesong
AuthorRobert Siegel
ISBN0062507982
Once upon a moonlit sea, a whale was born and began his song of his long and eventful journey through the great oceans.


Hruna’s voyage takes him to many things. Seals, dolphins and Ala the seagull all guide him on his travels and help him during times of great danger and great joy.

And...
America the Beautiful: America the Beautiful
AuthorRobert Sabuda
ISBN0689847440
Master paper engineer Robert Sabuda has interpreted the classic American anthem "America the Beautiful" in dazzling dimension. From the Golden Gate Bridge to Mount Rushmore to the Statue of Liberty, America has never looked more spectacular. This stunning keepsake masterpiece will be shared and...
Basil in Mexico
AuthorEve Titus
ISBN0070649006
The famous sleuth of Mousedom!

Basil of Baker Street continues his brilliant detective career as he solves three difficult cases, one right after the other:

"The Case of the Counterfeit Cheese"--in which mousedom is terrified as mice crack their teeth on phony cheese bits made of...
Bark If You Love Me
AuthorLouise Bernikow
A single city woman meets Mr. Right-he has amber eyes and a wily heart. There's only one catch . . . he has four legs and a tail.

Relatively indifferent to the natural world, allergic to dogs, and happily independent, writer Louise Bernikow never had a pet and knew nothing about caring for one....
97 Ways to Make a Dog Smile
AuthorJenny Langbehn
ISBN0761129030
It really works! Lower Ear Noogies. The Thumper. Lazy Man's Tetherball. Bobbing for Treats. The Hansel and Gretel: for an afternoon of fun, scamper about the house leaving a trail of plain popped popcorn in your wake.

97 Ways to Make a Dog Smile is a gift of pure pleasure for dogs and the owners...
Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life
AuthorMargaret Kim Peterson
ISBN0787976911
Keeping House is a wide-ranging and witty exploration of the spiritual gifts that are gained when we take the time to care for hearth and home. With a fresh perspective, mother, wife, and teacher Margaret Kim Peterson examines the activities and attitudes of keeping house and making a home. Debunking...
The Mystery of the Periodic Table
AuthorBenjamin Wiker
Leads the reader on a delightful and absorbing journey through the ages, on the trail of the elements of the Periodic Table as we know them today. He introduces the young reader to people like Von Helmont, Boyle, Stahl, Priestly, Cavendish, Lavoisier, and many others, all incredibly diverse in personality...
The Case of the Double Bumblebee Sting
AuthorJohn R. Erickson
ISBN0141303980
I listened to the audio version of this book with my eight-year-old. I think it is my third time through this book. It was still funny. For years this series of books has been a standard on road trips for our family. They are funny and entertaining for all ages (mostly because Erickson includes intended...
Son of Charlemagne
AuthorBarbara Willard
ISBN1883937302
The year is 781 A.D. King Charles of the Franks is crossing the Alps with his family and court on a journey to meet with Pope Hadrian. One frosty night he speaks to his young son Carl of his plans for the future: "When we come to Rome you will know that I am naming you my heir. One day you will rule over all my lands..."...
The Truth about Dogs: An Inquiry into Ancestry Social Conventions Mental Habits Moral Fiber Canis fami
AuthorStephen Budiansky
I really didn't enjoy this book at all. Which is a surprise, since I adore to read about dogs. But this book didn't offer any new information (other than offering an explanation for why my dog peed around Mary D.- because she's so tall!); what was the most upsetting was that the author didn't actually seem...
Wild Blood
AuthorKathryn Lasky
ISBN0545683009
After adopting an orphan human boy, the First Herd is finally ready to make the treacherous journey across the mountains to find the Sweet Grass that promises survival. But when their leader, Estrella, is captured by cruel men, it delivers a blow to the very heart of the herd. If the horses turn back, they'll...
All Shots
AuthorSusan Conant
ISBN0425217442
Holly Winter the malamute trainer knows she's not the only Holly Winter living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but it would be so much nicer if Holly number two weren't a dog-hating academic... and if a third woman calling herself Holly Winter didn't happen to be dead. Holly number one can attest to this...
Argos
AuthorPhillip W. Simpson
ISBN0996890432
Loyalty has no limits

Raised from a pup by Greek hero, Odysseus, Argos has come to learn the true meaning of love and loyalty. But when Odysseus leaves for the Trojan War, little does Argos know it will be 20 years before he sees his master again. With Odysseus gone his wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus,...
Vet in Harness
AuthorJames Herriot
ISBN0330443569
The Yorkshire dales have never seemed more beautiful for James - now he has a lovely wife by his side, a partner's plate on the gate and the usual menagerie of farm animals, pets and owners demanding his constant attention and teaching him a few lessons along the way.

All of the old Darrowby friends...
Uncompromising: A Heart Claimed By a Radical Love
AuthorHannah Farver
ISBN0802411673
Ask any girl on the street what womanhood is about, and you’ll get a blank stare in return. No one knows. Young women are devoid of vision beyond popularity, material wealth, a cute boyfriend or a dream career. Even in Christian circles, significant questions are often left unanswered: What’s the...
The Dangerous Book of Heroes
AuthorConn Iggulden
From the co-author of the bestselling ‘The Dangerous Book for Boys’, this is a book of heroes, new and old, known and sadly forgotten, now to be glorified as they ought to be.


From Captain Scott to Joe Simpson, from Douglas Bader to Ernest Shackleton, from Gertrude Bell to Emily Pankhurst,...
The Gift of the Deer
AuthorHelen Hoover
One Christmas Eve an emaciated deer stumbled across the yard of Helen Hoover's remote cabin in northern Minnesota. Barely surviving the brutal winter, gaunt from starvation, blind in one eye from a hunting wound, he became the central character in Hoover's popular book The Gift of the Deer. Hoover...
Finding Mr. Right
AuthorEmily Carmichael
It takes a heavenly dog to make a hell of a match--

Right before her untimely death, Lydia Keane made one terrible mistake--she had an affair with her best friend Amy's husband. Barred from the afterlife until she makes amends, Lydia has been ordered back to Earth for one final mission: to find...
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