Mogie, Kathi Appelt
Mogie, Kathi Appelt
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Mogie
The Heart of the House

Author: Kathi Appelt

Narrator: Laurel Kathleen

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/07/2014


Synopsis

Mogie is a real-life Labradoodle with a special talent: he always knows just what a sick kid needs! Get to know this passionate pup with this story by a Newbery Honoree.

Give that dog a puddle and he’d splash. Give him a whistle and he’d roll over. Give him a rule and he’d break it.

One day a passel of puppies was born. Each puppy was designated for a Very Important Job, like Service Dog, or Search and Rescue Dog, or Groomed for the Show Ring Dog.

Each puppy, that is, except Mogie. Mogie was a ball-chasing, tail-wagging, moon-howling pup. Not the kind of pup for any of those jobs!

But there is a place that is just right for Mogie: a very special house where sick children and their families can stay while they undergo long-term treatment. A place with children who NEED a ball-chasing, tail-wagging, moon-howling pup.

And there’s one little boy in particular who needs Mogie. And Mogie is about to prove he’s the best darn pooch in the passel. Based on a true story, this heartwarming picture book is published in conjunction with the Ronald McDonald House.

About Kathi Appelt

Kathi Appelt is the author of the Newbery Honoree, National Book Award finalist, and bestselling The Underneath as well as the National Book Award finalist The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man SwampMaybe a Fox (with Alison McGhee), Keeper, and many picture books including Counting Crows and Max Attacks. She has two grown children and lives in College Station, Texas, with her husband. Visit her at KathiAppelt.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by June

A sweet story about a dog who is the heart of the Ronald McDonald House. About a boy who gets sick and goes to the Ronald McDonald house and a dog who failed as a service dog, failed as a search and rescue dog, failed as a show dog and broke every rule. One day he broke the Ronald McDonald rule of no......more

Goodreads review by Jenny

Opening: Share this line from the story: "Give that dog a puddle and he’d splash. Give him a whistle and he’d roll over. Give him a rule and he’d break it." Today we are going to read a story called Mogie. Mogie is a dog that can relate to sick children and has passion for those children based on wha......more