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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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This title introduces readers to the brave and intelligent animals, like hound dogs, that use their amazing senses to track down and rescue people in need of help. This series is at a Level 2 and is written specifically for emerging readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A dog's nose is 300 times more powerful than a human nose, so it's no wonder that dogs use their incredibly advanced sense of smell to do some very important jobs. Dorothy Hinshaw Patent explores the various ways specific dogs have put their super sniffing ability to use: from bedbug sniffers to explosive detectors to life-saving allergy detectors...and more. This dynamic photo-essay includes first-hand accounts from the people who work closely with...
Author
Series
Dog's purpose (Juvenile) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Trained as a search-and-rescue dog since puppyhood, Ellie can track and find people who are physically lost, but it is her owners, widower Jakob and lonely Maya, who challenge her to find a way to save people who are lost in other ways.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Readers will discover how detection dogs are able to use their noses to find everything from people, both alive and dead, to explosives to . . . whale poop. These working dogs work to please, work to play, and work for love."--
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Publisher
Kennel Club Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Dog Heroes of September 11th: A Tribute to America's Search and Rescue Dogs, now in its tenth Anniversary second edition, is the first and only major publication to salute the canines that served our nation in the recovery missions following the terrorists' strikes on America.
A testament to man's best friend and his most critical role in American history, this special book pays tribute to seventy-nine canine heroes and their handlers, retelling...
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Series
Language
English
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"In the new edge-of-your-seat thriller from New York Times-bestselling author Alex Kava, Ryder Creed, his K-9 search-and-rescue dogs, and FBI agent Maggie O'Dell find themselves at the center of a dire and mysterious case. In Chicago, a young man jumps from his thirtieth-story hotel room; along the Missouri river, a hunter and his son stumble upon a lake whose surface is littered with snow geese, all of them dead; and in southern Alabama, Ryder Creed...
9) Silent creed
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Ryder Creed and his K9 search-and-rescue dogs return in the second installment of an exciting new series, teaming up once more with FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell in their riskiest case yet. When Ryder Creed responds to a devastating mudslide in North Carolina, he knows that the difference between finding survivors and the dead is time. He and his sturdiest search-and-rescue dog, Bolo, get to work immediately, but the scene is rife with danger: continued...
10) Desperate Creed
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Series
Ryder Creed novels volume 5
Language
English
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Description
"In Alabama: A deadly outbreak of tornadoes sends K9 handlers, Ryder Creed and Jason Seaver with their scent dogs, Grace and Scout to search for survivors. As storms intensify and Ryder and Jason race against time to save victims, they end up racing to save themselves. In Chicago: Francine "Frankie" Russo is irritated when her young co-worker calls at 5:00 am for a video-chat and catches her in only a towel. She's so annoyed with Tyler Gates that...
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