Just a Dog By Helen Griffiths
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I read this many years ago and remember loving it Just a Dog Read this with my 10 year old daughter We laughed and we cried Wonderful book and a great start for talks about some of the really big issues in life Just a Dog Heart wrenching story the author of which deserves to be widely recognised I also loved her other book The Greyhound Just a Dog 
Follows the adventures of a mongrel dog that alternately experiences human kindness and cruelty until she at last finds a loving home Just a DogAlthough Helen Griffiths retired from writing junior fiction some 30 years ago her books are still being read by fans and new readers in various parts of the world perhaps because the themes are timeless and therefore dont date. Just a dog big moe She wrote her first story with chalk on a school slate when she was 5 years old was awarded the Matthew Arnold Memorial Prize given only every 3 years to a London school child when she was 12 and had her first book published at age 17 This was Horse in the Clouds which immediately became an international success She was commended by the prestigious Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal Awards for The Wild Horse of Santander received the Dutch Silver Pencil Award for Witch Fear voted the best childrens Although Helen Griffiths retired from writing junior fiction some 30 years ago her books are still being read by fans and new readers in various parts of the world perhaps because the themes are timeless and therefore don t date. Book just a dream She wrote her first story with chalk on a school slate when she was 5 years old was awarded the Matthew Arnold Memorial Prize given only every 3 years to a London school child when she was 12 and had her first book published at age 17 This was Horse in the Clouds which immediately became an international success She was commended by the prestigious Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal Awards for The Wild Horse of Santander received the Dutch Silver Pencil Award for Witch Fear voted the best children s book of the year in Holland and was given the honorary title of Daughter of Mark Twain for her only adult novel The Dark Swallows. Dog man on kindle Most of her books have been published throughout Europe and in the USA as well as in countries as diverse as Argentina Iceland and Israel while Witch Fear The Mysterious Appearance of Agnes in USA still sells in Germany Hoxentochter. This book just ate my dog activity Born in London brought up in West Yorkshire and living some 20 years in Spain before finally settling in Bath a city totally unknown to her before her arrival there these very different places forged her writing career as well as her character She has worked as a cow girl a secretary a teacher of English as a foreign language among other things as well as writing books and being a wife and mother In Spain she was always rescuing street dogs in Bath she somehow managed to acquire as many as 5 horses looked after by her daughters One of her best loved books and which received many fan letters from young readers was Just a Dog a partially true story of how Shadow became a much loved member of the family and who eventually was brought to Bath because of her astonishing faithfulness and intuition. This book just ate my dog activity Her husband s sudden death in a car crash while the children were still young brought Helen back to England and it was in Bath that she became a Christian giving her a totally new life She has written several books for a Christian publisher under her married name Helen Santos which have also been published internationally But this apart for some 15 years she has had a teaching preaching ministry and her sermons if published would doubtless fill a dozen books. Book just a dream Michigan where a detailed biography can be found She now has the company of 2 little dogs as well as regular visits from grandchildren who have persuaded her to republish some of her most popular titles as e books The Greyhound and The Dark Swallows are now available on Kindle and the cover artist being one of her granddaughters and The Last Summer is in preparation. Just a dog print She wrote The Dark Swallows while she was very young basing the main plot on a true story told to her by a next door neighbour about her mother and brothers during and after the Spanish Civil War Before republishing many years later she felt some revision was needed The story is the same but she trusts that anyone re reading it might find it enhanced by the revisions while new readers might be satisfied. Poem its just a dog com site_link Terribly tragic wonderful story of a poor sweet mongrel dog searching for a home and a person who would love her another book to read with a couple boxes of kleenex Just a Dog I read this book in 1976 and absolutely LOVED it I am THRILLED that Helen Griffiths is on Goodreads and I ordered a copy there aren t many around any and it will be in my library again forever Just a Dog Oh my GOODNESS that was just a world of sad Thankfully a happy ending but so many lost owners and so much cruelty and neglect for a poor young stray to bear before her happy ending that I almost couldn t take it It made me want to run out and rescue the next loose dog I see RIGHT NOW As a currently dogless person just the description of tickling the puppy s silky belly drove me mad with longing Just a Dog I nearly didn t finish this book. Book just a dog book the cruelty inflicted on this stray was awful and it seemed to be never ending From children and adults alike But I don t like giving up on bookssometimes I m greatly surprised While the ending finally was a happy one for this little dog it was not the best one I ve read I was even surprised to find it was written in 1974 and is for young adults I had expected it to be written in the 40 s or early It is however partially based on a real dog All I know is that while my heart breaks when I see a stray now it will make it worse And in the end if a book makes you think differently then it s worth reading Just a Dog This is not the book I wanted to start the New Year with sigh Back when I was 8 or 9 years old my mom gave me this book for Christmas I tried to read it then and gave up The language wasn t really for kids and the story was not a happy friendly book. Kindle just for reading The author here has obviously tried to do for dogs what Anna Sewell did for Black Beauty She shows the gritty and extremely harsh reality of what life is like for stray dogs through every means imaginable Within the first pages we have puppies dying and brutality Abuse and starvation follow Through the eyes of this dog we see life in the harshest reality where survival is not guaranteed and in fact manymany dogs die. Book just a dream But even the ones who help this dog are cruel They reach out but the dog still suffers What protection ever comes for her is at a price And even when finally visit the animal shelter we know only cruelty and neglect there too with death imminent so sadso utterly sad here This was not a children s book I m glad I couldn t get through this book as a child To think I ve carried it with me since through a dozen moves with my thought being that I would read it someday entirely on the strength of it having been a gift from my mother who is gone now Which leaves me the quandary to keep the book for the sentimental attachment my mother gave me very few books or to let it go and perhaps find someone who appreciates it because I will not read it again. Book just a dream When this book was written I suspect that there needed to be a lot of reform in animal shelters seriously they were just the pound back then And maybe we didn t understand a lot of things But having taken in many rescues and strays over the years what I felt this book lacked was any kind of balance Because there are people who love and show that love to animals I wish we d been given the chance to see and enjoy a happy ending It s hinted in the words written afterwards But even Black Beauty knew love at the end and healing Hereyou can only hope this dog does Though the note in the end doesn t give a lot of reassurance It sounds like she was forever damaged by these experiences And that s just sad and leaves me with little hope for the dog we re rehabbing now. Kindle just for reading I m giving 2 stars The book was technically proficient but lacked balance and was too heavily skewed onto the author s own agenda without acknowledging that any other side even exists to that story Just a Dog
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| 0671421662 |
| 9780671421663 |
| English |
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