Year of the Dog
Gung Hay Fat Choy! Happy Chinese New Year!
The start of the Chinese New Year falls on Friday, February 16, 2018 and this year is The Year of the Dog.
What does it mean to be born in The Year of the Dog?
It might come as no surprise that dog personalities often exhibit an amiable nature and unwavering loyalty to friends and loved ones.
In their younger years dogs may be nervously hyper-alert, and may bark and bite at any perceived threat. But as they mature, dogs often become more sure of themselves and remain aloof from those that anger them, especially loved ones, but they will always remain devoted.
In the larger social spectrum, a dog can always be relied upon to speak up in defense of the downtrodden — as the basic ideal of upholding justice becomes more finally tuned. With their considerable talents and innate qualities, those born under the sign of the dog usually excel as social activists, teachers, nurses or doctors.
Famous people born under the Sign of the Dog include Cher, Winston Churchill, Bill Clinton, Dorothea Dix, Benjamin Franklin, George Gershwin, Jane Goodall, Herbert Hoover, Madonna, and Shirley McLaine.
We are dog lovers here at Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Below is a (largish) selection of books about dogs.
Books About Dogs
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May Finds Her Way : The Story of an Iditarod Sled Dog
Author Betty Selakovich Casey Illustrated by Betty Selakovich Casey
$23.95 ISBN: 9781937054458 Binding: Trade Cloth Publisher: RoadRunner Press LLC Publication Date: 2015-05-04 -
Marvin's Shining Star : A True Story
Author John Otto & Payton Otto
$26.95 ISBN: 9781937054779 Binding: Trade Cloth Publisher: RoadRunner Press LLC Publication Date: 2014-11-25 -
Loon Chase
Author Jean Heilprin Diehl Illustrated by Kathryn Freeman
$11.95 ISBN: 9781607181163 Binding: Trade Paper Publisher: Arbordale Pub AGENCY CLOSED Publication Date: 2014-09-11 -
Jim's Dog, Muffins
Author Miriam Cohen Illustrated by Ronald Himler
$23.95 ISBN: 9781595720993 Binding: Trade Cloth Publisher: Star Bright Books Inc. Publication Date: 2008-01-01 -
How Smudge Came
Author Nan Gregory Illustrated by Ron Lightburn
$6.95 ISBN: 9780889951617 Binding: Trade Paper Publisher: Red Deer Press Inc Publication Date: 2003-01-14 -
Honest Dogs : A Story of Triumph and Regret from the World's Toughest Sled Dog Race
Author Brian Patrick O'Donoghue
$26.95 ISBN: 9780945397786 Binding: Trade Paper Publisher: Epicenter Press Publication Date: 2017-05-17 -
E. B. White on Dogs
Edited by Martha White
$33.95 ISBN: 9780884483410 Binding: Trade Cloth Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers Publication Date: 2013-05-23 -
Dogabet
Author Dianna Bonder
$8.95 ISBN: 9781552859407 Binding: Trade Paper Publisher: Whitecap Books Ltd. Publication Date: 2011-03-01 -
A Dog's Life
Illustrated by Gemma Correll
$27.95 ISBN: 9783832797423 Binding: Trade Cloth Publisher: teNeues Publishing Company (ENDED) Publication Date: 2017-09-11 -
Dog Breath
Author Carolyn Beck Illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan
$18.95 ISBN: 9781554551804 Binding: Trade Cloth Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Publication Date: 2011-11-02