Helping Dogs
Will be published approx. on 30. March 2007
Book
Hardback
80 pages
978-0-7910-9035-0 (ISBN)
Description
Lets you discover how helping dogs are trained to aid their handlers in leading independent, happy lives. This book contains stories that explain how a guide dog can lead a blind person safely across a car-filled street, a hearing dog alerts his deaf handler to her crying baby, and a service dog helps a person in a wheelchair prepare for bedtime.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Broomall
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
Illustrations
full-colour photographs, glossary, further reading, web sites, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 169 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
319 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7910-9035-0 (9780791090350)
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Person
Marie-Therese Miller holds a B.A. in psychology and an M.A. in writing from Manhattanville College. She has written nearly 100 nonfiction articles and stories, primarily on family and health topics, for Girls' Life and Guideposts for Kids, among other publications. She also contributed a story to Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul 2.