The adventures and misadventures of Daniel the puppy as he tries to learn how to be a loyal and dependable friend to the little girl who lives next door.
Born on New Year's Day of 2006 (the Year of the Dog), the puppy Daniel explores the world with his parents and the girl Lin, and learns how to become "man's best friend."
In this book, we have hand-picked the most sophisticated, unanticipated, absorbing (if not at times crackpot!), original and musing book reviews of "The Year of the Dog.
This funny and profound debut novel by prolific illustrator Lin tells the story of young Pacy who, as she celebrates the Chinese New Year with her family, discovers this is the year she is supposed to "find herself." Illustrations.
... dog's momentary lapse in judgment. You certainly couldn't pin it on the dog ... again and again over the years, a rather simple story of a wayward boy and ... year half lay fallow and half in crop. The fields had to be worked — plowed ...
... year , -a real Bull pup . Try and see what you can do in this line , and let's hope that the boys will form another club , that will so far distin- guish itself as to give us a dog show now and again . Of course we shall have the Chicago ...
... dog's adult life (assuming no serious injury or illness) and then rises again as the dog passes 7 years of age and becomes a senior citizen. Problems such as cancer, arthritis, and other age-related diseases may crop up after that time ...
... dog's severe itchiness was twice diagnosed as acute flea allergy (once by a leading veterinary hospital). It was a ... year of ineffective attempts. When in doubt, ask again. WAIT . . . OKAY! TEACHING YOUR DOG TO WAIT BEFORE EXITING ...
... again and again with hit-and-run raids on government troops. Fighting even broke out between the Pashtun tribal fighters led by Nek Muhammad and other Waziri Taliban leaders who declared jihad against foreign fighters from Uzbek ...