Dear Hound by Jill Murphy
	List Price:   $14.99 Unit Price:   $11.99 You Save:   $3.00 (20%) ISBN-10:   0802721907 ISBN-13:   9780802721907 Publisher:   Macmillan; Walker & Company Category:   Beginning Readers Pub. Date:   September 2010 Pages:   192 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   9 to 12
Description/Notes
Alfie's your average deer hound puppycurious about the world around him, happy to chase the cat and laze around in his favorite beanbag bed, and very loyal to his boy, Charlie. So he's extremely upset when Charlie goes away and leaves him with a sitterupset enough that he escapes into the woods. With the help of some friendly foxes, Alfie learns to live in the wild, but he never stops thinking of Charlie and trying to find his way home. And Charlie, of course, never stops thinking of Alfie, either. Will these two be able to find each other before it's too late? Featuring irresistible black-and-white line drawings on every spread,Dear Houndis both an accessible, heartwarming story and the perfect choice for readers graduating out of early chapter books.