After he is abandoned on River Road, Nobody's Dog uses his persistence to find a home.

This book is about a six-year-old black boy who sees a dog alone in the park and ends up adopting it. His mum is a single mum. During the story they move from an apartment to a house, enabling them to adopt the dog, with the help of a Polish neighbour. This is a heart warming story with a happy ending, about friendship, answers to prayers and trust. Theres that dog again, said Luke. Lots of dogs were being walked, because it was Sunday afternoon. Some were on leads and some were off, chasing balls or sticks or just running. But this dog was all on its own. Luke cannot forget the lonely dog with its hungry brown eyes. It seems to be nobodys dog, so Luke and his friend Mr Bronzovi decide to look after it. But its not as easy as Luke thinks.

How does it feel to be abandoned? To wake up one morning cold and miserable in a strange, unfamiliar place where no one even knows your name? This is what happens to a cross-breed collie who is separated from his brother when his family finds two dogs too difficult to cope with. Will he survive? And will he ever find a home where he is really wanted?

A powerful debut novel about a boy who must face his past before finding a way to move forward. For thirteen-year-old Jakob, the summer is looking pretty bleak. His only friend has moved away and no one else seems to have any time for him -- except the girl who lives downstairs. But she's a little weird. Then again, so is Jakob. A few months ago, he was in a car accident that killed both his parents, and though he can't remember exactly what happened, he can't stop turning it over in his mind. No wonder people leave him alone. Then out of nowhere, a stray dog befriends Jakob. Together they begin to roam the city streets by night, discovering an exhilarating secret world where they can both taste a new kind of freedom. But as their nocturnal adventures take Jakob farther and farther away from the safety of home, the truth of that awful night begins to emerge. Will he be strong enough to face it -- and who will be there for him when he does? Exploring the heartbreaking loneliness of grief with sensitive assurance, Nobody's Dog is a powerful and uplifting tale about family, love and survival, and finding friendship in the most unexpected places.

Based on a true story a grandfather explains to his grandson the story behind the dog in portrait hanging on his wall. When he was a young farm boy the stray dog appeared and he wanted to keep him as a pet but his father refused. Some time later he became lost in the bush and the dog whom he thought had long gone, reappeared and comforted him until he was found. A sophisticated picture book. Suggested level: junior, primary.

Nobody's waggier than a dog - a meet-'n'-greet, belly-up, rub-a-dub dog. Often words cannot describe man's best friend, so sometimes you've got to break the rules! Susan Campbell Bartoletti unleashes a whole new pack of adjectives in this howling ode to the hound dog. Together, with Beppe Giacobbe's feist-y art, Bartoletti re-domesticates the dictionary and revolutionizes the way pets are portrayed, in a list poem wordsmiths and dog devotees will sit up and beg for.