Picture Book 6 / The Stray Dog

Title	The Stray Dog
Author	Marc Simont
Illustrator	Marc Simont
Publication Year	2001
Awards	Caldecott Honor
Publisher	Harper Collins Publishers
ISBN	0-06-028934-1
Readability Score (GLE = Grade Level Equivalent)	Lexile	60L
	DRA	16
	GLE	1.8
	Guided Reading	I
Genre /      Sub-Genre	Animal Stories
Theme	Falling in love with a dog
Primary Character	Willy
Secondary Characters	A Family (mom, dad, girl, boy) and a dog catcher
Classroom Use	To teach about Dogs, Kindness and Charity
Book Summary	A family goes on a picnic and sees a stray dog. They play with the dog and name him Willy. The end of the day they say good-bye and all week long they think about the dog. When the family goes back to the park for the picnic a week later they are looking for the dog along with a dog catcher. The boy and girl tell the dog catcher that he belongs to them and they take the dog home.