Piper's Journey Home: The True Story of a Rescue Puppy, by Dave Osborn (Adriel Publishing, 2024. $12.99, 56pp, grades 2-5, ages 4-16) Review by Skye Anderson
A lovely book highlighted by an adorable dog on the front cover - Piper! With one ear up and one ear down, his German Shepherd Dog ear and his Labrador Retriever ear, respectively.
Piper starts life out in the country, cold and always hungry. One day, a woman spies him and takes him home to foster. Skinny little Piper recovers quickly and is adopted by a family who teaches him how to live in a home.
Soon they test and discover Piper's breed mix and the idea that Piper might make a very good therapy dog which makes the reader think there is a second book in the works!
The Author
But the magic of Piper's Journey Home is the fact that Piper wrote it and he wrote it for little tykes - in short sentences they can understand and short words that they know. In his own voice, just as I imagined a dog would talk. This writing style also makes me want to read the next book, in which Piper becomes a therapy dog.
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