When You Wander: A Search-and-Rescue Dog Story - Hardcover

Engle, Margarita

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805093125 ISBN 13: 9780805093124

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2013

Synopsis

When you wander
down a leafy path
I can smell
your invisible
trail . . .

This cozy story gently teaches children what to do if they lose their way, and reassures them that a search-and-rescue dog can find them wherever they are. And once a child is found, the dog will bring people to make sure that everyone gets home safe and sound.

Full of interesting facts about search-and-rescue dogs and tips for young children in case they get lost, Margarita Engle's When You Wander is a fascinating peek into the world of these amazing dogs and the children they save.

About this title

About the Author:

Margarita Engle is the author of several award-winning novels in verse, including The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor Book. Her picture book Summer Birds was a Kirkus Best Book for Children. She lives in northern California, where she enjoys helping her husband train his two wilderness search and rescue dogs, Chance and Maggi.

Mary Morgan has illustrated more than forty children's books and written several too, including Dragon Pizzeria. Mary and her husband divide their time between Semur en Auxois, a small village in France, their sailboat in the Mediterranean Sea, and visiting their family.

From Booklist:

Engle and Morgan pair up to describe the job of a search-and-rescue dog in very simple terms for very young children. A small child has wandered off, and the text and drawings show how the beautiful golden-colored graduate of “sniffing school” sets about finding the little rambler. Told from the dog’s point of view, the book’s panels and bubbles display what the dog smells as it practices its skills and puts them to use. Helpful advice, told in a nonfrightening manner, stresses the importance of staying in one place as the dog says, “Hug a tree. Think of me.” The warm, comforting pictures, created in watercolor, gouache, and colored pencils, reflect the soft nature of the text. Happy hugs go all around as the family is reunited, and dog and trainer break into big smiles. A final page gives helpful “Dog Nose Facts” and offers advice for parents and teachers in educating young kids about these canine heroes and what to do if lost. Preschool-Grade 2. --Lolly Gepson

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0805093125
• ISBN 13: 9780805093124
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Morgan Mary