golden retrievers

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Fast facts about golden retrievers

Provides fun facts about golden retrievers, including their history, personality, and the best way to care for this type of dog.

Attack on Pearl Harbor

This time Ranger, the time-travelling Golden retriever, finds himself transported to the deck of the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941, where he rescues the young sailor Ben Hansen who is badly burned when the ship explodes--and there is a Japanese-American boy and girl in a rowboat who also need his help to find their father amid the chaos of the attack.

King & Kayla and the case of the unhappy neighbor

King the golden retriever struggles to communicate with his human, Kayla, as both try to clear Thor of having trashed Mr. Gary's yard.

Let's hear it for golden retrievers

An introduction to golden retrievers, covering the history of the breed, their physical traits as adults and puppies, temperament, behavior, unique talents, and care.

King & Kayla and the case of the unhappy neighbor

King the golden retriever struggles to communicate with his human, Kayla, as both try to clear Thor of having trashed Mr. Gary's yard.

Escape from the Twin Towers

Ranger the time-travelling Golden retriever was trained for search-and-rescue and even though he did not pass the tests he has used his training on his many trips to help people caught up in disasters; now he has arrived at the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001 just as the first plane hits, and he must rescue fifth-graders Risha and Max who are trapped in the wreckage, guide them to safety, and hopefully reunite them with Risha's mother who works on the ninety-first floor.
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Ginger

Ginger the golden retriever narrates the story of her life, from her birth in a puppy mill through the various people who have "owned" her.
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Golden retrievers

2020
Explores the dog breed, golden retriever, including the features, social behaviors, and more.
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Night of soldiers and spies

2019
Ranger the time-travelling Golden retriever and young Isaac Pope come together in 1776 during Washington's retreat after the Battle of Long Island, and Ranger stays with Isaac while he slowly recovers from Smallpox--but Ranger's real mission comes later when Isaac is sent to spy out the Hessian troops' intentions before the Battle of Trenton.
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Disaster on the Titanic

2019
"This time the mysterious box transports the golden retriever Ranger back to the shipyards of Belfast in 1912, where a ship is being prepared for her maiden voyage, and when he saves young Patrick Murphy from being crushed by falling boards, Ranger expects to be transported home; when he is not, he knows that somehow his job is not finished--but then, Ranger has never heard of the Titanic, and knows nothing of the fate that awaits Patrick, and all the other people on board"--Provided by publisher.

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