Amazing Gracie-Dan Dye It's a love story. A story of salvation. And a rags-to-riches story about a dog-yes, a dog-who launched Three Dog Bakery, the burgeoning international retail chain with 31 stores and counting. There is Dan, trapped in a dead-end job and grieving the loss of his pet of eighteen years. And there is Gracie, a deaf and partially blind albino Great Dane with a delicate constitution and penchant for small miracles. In the middle of a bitter Kansas City winter, Dan would save the loneliest pup in the litter, Gracie. And over the next ten years, Gracie would save Dan-helping him learn the meaning of happiness. Horshoe Series-Marguerite Henry Now three of Marguerite Henry's classic tales, which set the standard for the genre, are available in a lovely gift boxed set. Includes Misty of Chincoteague, Stormy, Misty's Foal, and Sea Star, Orphan of Chincoteague. I read these as a child, over...and over...and over! Brighty of the Grand Canyon By: Marguerite Henry Long ago, a lone little burro roamed the high cliffs of the Grand Canyon and touched the hearts of all who knew him: a grizzled old miner, a big-game hunter, even President Teddy Roosevelt. Named Brighty by the prospector who befriended him, he remained a free spirit at heart. But when a ruthless claim-jumper murdered the prospector, loyal Brighty risked everything to bring the killer to justice. The Black Stallion-Walter Farley Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, then rescued by a southbound freighter, a seventeen year old boy befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race. Written in 1941 and still a great read today Tailchaser's Song-Tad Williams Fritti Tailchaser a young ginger tom not yet a full grown hunter, is the main catamong a host of appropriately named feline peersin this extravagantly detailed fantasy. When his best friend, Hushpad, vanishes, Fritti embarks on a quest to find her, and so enters the list of jousters against the evils of the world. His many trials and adventures bring him into contact with a veritable galaxy of cats, who speak a language for which a glossary is provided. This feline epic culminates in a decisive battle with an evil cat god. The Book of Night With Moon-Diane Duane-1999 An ancient evil conquers the World Gates, located beneath Grand Central Station, four champions are called to defend the Earth from angry invaders of another dimension. They are a neurotic Tortie, a fearless alley Tom, a feral kitten and an Upper East Side house pet. Great Animal Fantasy! To Visit the Queen-Diane Duane-2000 The wizards of Grand Central Station are summoned to London where an ancient gate has turned into a timeslide, dragging innocents to and from other eras. The team is aided by a human child named Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and must save the life of Queen Victoria. Another kitty fantasy from Ms.Duane Unleashed-Laurien Berenson Series sleuth Melanie Travis (Hush Puppy), a special ed teacher who masquerades as a poodle breeder, hunts for the murderer of her boyfriend's ex-wife. Cat to the Dogs-Shirley Rousseau Murphy Cat to the Dogs is the latest entry in Shirley Rousseau Murphy's mystery series featuring a pair of cats who discovered one day that they have the amazing ability to read, speak, and solve crimes. Creature Discomforts-Susan Conant-2001 When Dog's Life columnist Holly Winter regains consciousness atop a cliff in Acadia National Park, she has no idea who she is. Not even the arrival of two beautiful and oddly friendly dogs, who happen to be her own Alaskan malamutes, Rowdy and Kimi, is enough to jar her memory. Instinct tells her that her fall was no accident and she'd best keep her amnesia a secret.