Owney, the mail pouch pooch / Mona Kerby ; pictures by Lynne Barasch.

By:

Kerby, Mona

Contributor(s):

Barasch, Lynne [ill.]

Material type:

TextPublication details: New York : Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: {34} p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmISBN:

9780374356859 (trade)
0374356858 (trade)

Subject(s): DDC classification:

[E] 22
[Fic] 22

LOC classification:

PZ10.3.K4845 Own 2008

Summary: In 1888, Owney, a stray terrier puppy, finds a home in the Albany, New York, post office and becomes its official mascot as he rides the mail train through the Adirondacks and beyond, criss-crossing the United States, into Canada and Mexico, and eventually traveling around the world by mail boat in 132 days.

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Parents' Choice, January 2008.

Wilson's Children, October 2010.

School Library Journal starred, April 2008.

Book Links (A.L.A.), December 2008.

Booklist, April 2008.

Horn Book, July 2008.

Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2008.

Kirkus Review, April 2008.

Parents' Choice.

Wilson's Children.

School Library Journal starred.

In 1888, Owney, a stray terrier puppy, finds a home in the Albany, New York, post office and becomes its official mascot as he rides the mail train through the Adirondacks and beyond, criss-crossing the United States, into Canada and Mexico, and eventually traveling around the world by mail boat in 132 days.

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