Rosie: A Visiting Dog's Story
by Stephanie Calmenson
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Tells the story of Rosie, a therapy dog whose job is to cheer up the people she visits.Tags
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Into hospitals or nursing homes, anyplace where people "who are sad, sick, or lonely" need cheering up, a Tibetan terrier brings comfort and joy. Rosie's reallife adventures make for one of the outstanding nonfiction titles of the year.
“Rosie” by Stephanie Calmenson is about a dog who becomes a service dog that is trained to visit with humans. This dog was active with humans of all ages and eventually was able to be a certified trained dog that would interact with people who were disabled to help brighten their spirits. This book brought so much hope, light and joy to people who might otherwise feel hopeless with their conditions.
Rosie is a dog who visits lonely and sick people to help them feel better. The children really can understand putting important things into perspective.
age 3-5
age 3-5
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Stephanie Calmenson, a former early childhood teacher, children's book editor, and Editorial Director of Parents Magazine's Read-Aloud Book Club, is the award-winning author of over 100 children's books. Her work has been called "marvelous" (Publishers Weekly), "lyrical" (School Library Journal), "hilarious" (School Library Journal), "sweet, show more funny, and right on the mark" (Booklist) and includes such favorite books as Dinner at The Panda Palace, A PBS Storytime Book; The Principal's New Clothes and The Frog Principal (winner of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal); Late for School!; and Ollie's School Day (a Children's Book-of-The- Month-Club selection). About dogs, she has written May I Pet Your Dog? The How-to Guide for Kids Meeting Dogs (and Dogs Meeting Kids), (a Horn Book Fanfare Book and ALA Children's Video Award Winner); Rosie a Visiting Dog's Story (featured in The New York Times) and, with long-time collaborator Joanna Cole (Creator of The Magic School Bus series) the Ready, Set, Dogs! series, starting with No Dogs Allowed!, Teacher's Pets and Hot Diggity Dogs! (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1993
- Dedication
- To Rosie
- First words
- This is Rosie, my dog.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Rosie, you are a very good visiting dog," I said. "You are a very good friend."
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- Reviews
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- (4.50)
- Languages
- English
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- Paper
- ISBNs
- 6
- UPCs
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