No Buddy Left Behind: Bringing US Troops’ Dogs and Cats Safely Home from the Combat Zone by Terri Crisp with Cynthia Hurn
Recommended for adults by Senior Librarian Kathryn Zimmerman
In 2007, Terri Crisp of SPCA International received a desperate email from a U.S. serviceman in Iraq. His unit would be shipping out soon and military regulations didn’t allow him to take his best friend, Charlie, a stray dog he’d adopted there. Charlie would never survive on his own; could he be sent to the soldier’s home in the States? Terri and her team did save Charlie and were then inundated with similar requests from other soldiers. This true story of the bond between U.S. troops and their dogs and cats will touch anyone who has ever loved a pet.
Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan
Recommended for children by Senior Librarian Pat Palahniuk
When William’s father walks out on the family, William’s mother decides that they need a dog. She takes William and his four year old sister, Elinor, to the animal shelter where they adopt not one, but four dogs, plus one cat! But these are no ordinary animals! These animals can talk! And Elinor is the first to understand them! When William’s mother announces that she is having a baby, we wonder how all this will end? And what do the animals have to say about this turn of events?
