Rescue and Jessica: a Life-changing Friendship
Hardcover – Picture Book, April 3, 2018
Candlewick Press · Hardcover · April 3, 2018
A New York Times bestseller!
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- Who it’s for
- A girl and her service dog build trust and find a way forward together.
- Themes
- Human-animal friendship, Teamwork and mutual support, Adapting to unexpected paths
- Genres
- Dogs, Special Needs, Friendship
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A New York Times bestseller! A 2019 Schneider Family Book Award Winner Based on a real-life partnership, the heartening story of the love and teamwork between a girl and her service dog will illuminate and inspire. Rescue thought he’d grow up to be a Seeing Eye dog — it’s the family business, after all. When he gets the news that he’s better suited to being a service dog, he’s worried that he’s not up to the task.
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Then he meets Jessica, a girl whose life is turning out differently than the way she'd imagined it, too. Now Jessica needs Rescue by her side to help her accomplish everyday tasks. And it turns out that Rescue can help Jessica see after all: a way forward, together, one step at a time. An endnote from the authors tells more about the training and extraordinary abilities of service dogs, particularly their real-life best friend and black lab, Rescue.
Teamwork, Step by Step
A girl and her service dog build trust and find a way forward together.
Come here for
- A warm story of friendship and shared problem-solving
- A service dog’s perspective on learning a new role
Expect
- A picture-book story based on a real-life partnership
- An endnote about service-dog training and abilities
Where it sits
| Special Needs | 60% |
|---|---|
| Friendship | 46% |
| Dogs | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Dog Stories
- Everyday Routines
- Special Needs
- Authors
- Jessica Kensky, Patrick Downes
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- April 3, 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Human-animal friendship · Teamwork and mutual support · Adapting to unexpected paths
- Reading lane
- Dog Stories