Famous Literary Pets
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Love me, love my dog. -Latin Saying
My first pet was found in a book and I still lovingly recall all of the wonderful pets I met when I was a child.
Here is a collection of memorable and famous literary pets I have met, lived with, and grown to love.
I hope that you find an old friend here too.
Photo credit: Playingwithbrushes
My first pet was found in a book and I still lovingly recall all of the wonderful pets I met when I was a child.
Here is a collection of memorable and famous literary pets I have met, lived with, and grown to love.
I hope that you find an old friend here too.
Photo credit: Playingwithbrushes
Clifford
Cleo: Have I ever steered you wrong?Clifford: No,we just met!
Clifford: We never wen't to Rocky Point for a long time!
Cleo: Then,let's go!
Join your favorite big red dog for games, activities and fun!
Bring Clifford into your classroom with these fun activities, interactive storybooks, and phonics fun for early readers.
Curious George
"He was a good little monkey and always very curious." From Curious George
"He poured in some soap. First a little, then a little more, then the whole box. He pushed the handle and the machine started to wash. Suds began to float right out of the machine and over the top! Soon, suds were everywhere!" From Curious George
Visit the Curious George fan page.
Visit pbskids.org for Curious George games, video clips, and printables.
Harry
View the Harry the Dirty Dog unit study and lapbook.
View the Harry the Dirty Dog Kindergarten Unit Plan.
Hedwig
"Don't count your owls before they are delivered..." - Albus DumbledoreDid you know?
J.K. Rowling considered snowy owls to be "the most beautiful owl of all," ergo her choice in Hedwig's colour.
Learn more about the snowy owl from National Geographic Kids.
Photo credit: Avia Venefica
Max
Did you know? Marc brown writes as well as illustrates his Arthur books. The names of his two sons, Tolon Adam and Tucker Eliot, have been hidden in all of the Arthur books except for one. He also has a daughter named Eliza Morgan, whose name appears hidden in at least two books.
Old Yeller
AwardsOld Yeller won a Newbery Honor award in 1957.
Pongo and Perdita Dalmatian
How it all started.The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or the Great Dog Robbery is a 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith. A sequel entitled The Starlight Barking continues from the end of the first novel.
Shiloh
Did you know?
The story of how Marty finds Shiloh closely mirrors the actual event in which Phyllis Reynolds Naylor and her husband, Rex Naylor, found an abused female stray near the Middle Island Creek in the unincorporated community of Shiloh, Tyler County, West Virginia.
Snoopy
Did you know?
The original drawings of Snoopy were "slightly patterned" after Spike, one of Charles Schulz's childhood dogs.
Did you know?
Following the Apollo I fire, Snoopy became the official mascot of aerospace safety, testing and the rebuilding of the Apollo Program, due to his refusal to accept defeat and his "'outside the doghouse' way of looking at things." A series of Snoopy-in-Space ("Astrobeagle") products arrived with this campaign, and originals are still prized.
Join the Snoopy fan club on facebook.
Color some Snoopy pictures.
Wilbur
"But, Charlotte," said Wilbur, "I'm not terrific."That doesn't make a particle of difference," replied Charlotte. "Not a particle. People believe almost anything they see in print."
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"It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer."
- E.B. White (Charlotte's Web)
Visit the Harper Collins Children's web site for Charlotte's Web fun and games.
Visit the Charlotte's Web movie site.
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Winn-Dixie
SynopsisBecause of Winn-Dixie, a big, ugly, happy dog, 10-year-old Opal learns 10 things about her long-gone mother from her preacher father. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal makes new friends among the somewhat unusual residents of her new hometown, Naomi, Florida. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal begins to find her place in the world and let go of some of the sadness left by her mother's abandonment seven years earlier.
The Velveteen Rabbit
"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." The Velveteen Rabbit: Told by Meryl Streep (Official Rabbit Ears Video)
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Who is your favorite literary pet? Is there a pet that should be included on my list?
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vallain Feb 9, 2012 @ 7:46 pm | delete
- I always wanted a horse, so I fell in love with Black Beauty. That led me to read about National Velvet, Smoky, and other famous horses. I wanted to have them all.
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oxfordian
Jan 6, 2012 @ 10:19 am | delete
- It's really hard to choose. My love for animals began in the cradle and continues to this day. Although I think Pie (National Velvet) and Lassie are my earliest loves. I still remember watching Lassie Come Home and weeping so unconsolably by the time Timmy was burrying Lassie's toys -- by the time she finally appeared on the hill, I had been traumatized for life, even though it had a happy ending. I'll never get over Old Yeller and the Yearling. (I even wrote a couple of papers in graduate school on the relationship between children and animals in literature. I even made lenses out of them here on Squidoo). My #1 rule is that whatever the story, when it comes to having animals in them, they must, must, must have a happy ending. Tom Hanks said that he learned that lesson on his movie Turner and Hooch. "Never have a movie where the dog dies," he said. "People won't watch it for a second time." Thanks for such a lovely lens. Here's an angel blessing for you.
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JeanJohnson
Aug 28, 2011 @ 7:45 pm | delete
- I really enjoyed a lot of these books growing up, I have read some of them to my children. My favorite was snoopy but I also love the rabbit book. Enjoyed your lens.
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sheilamarie Mar 22, 2011 @ 1:02 am | delete
- I love these books! I've lensrolled this lens to my childrens-stories-about-animals lens. Good stuff!
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tiff0315
Mar 10, 2011 @ 6:53 pm | delete
- Wonderful lens! I forgot about some of these cute characters
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