The Poets Dog, Patricia MacLachlan
The Poets Dog, Patricia MacLachlan
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The Poet's Dog

Author: Patricia MacLachlan

Narrator: Michael Curran-Dorsano

Unabridged: 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/13/2016


Synopsis

From Newbery Medal winner Patricia MacLachlan comes a poignant story about two children, a poet, and a dog and how they help one another survive loss and recapture love. ""Just what I needed,"" raves Brightly. ""It's a heart-warming story of loss and love that filled me with hope for a better future and renewed my belief in good.""Teddy is a gifted dog. Raised in a cabin by a poet named Sylvan, he grew up listening to sonnets read aloud and the comforting clicking of a keyboard. Although Teddy understands words, Sylvan always told him there are only two kinds of people in the world who can hear Teddy speak: poets and children.Then one day Teddy learns that Sylvan was right. When Teddy finds Nickel and Flora trapped in a snowstorm, he tells them that he will bring them home—and they understand him. The children are afraid of the howling wind, but not of Teddy’s words. They follow him to a cabin in the woods, where the dog used to live with Sylvan . . . only now his owner is gone.As they hole up in the cabin for shelter, Teddy is flooded with memories of Sylvan. What will Teddy do when his new friends go home? Can they help one another find what they have lost?

About Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan (1938-2022) was the celebrated author of many timeless books for young readers, including Sarah, Plain and Tall, winner of the Newbery Medal. She was also the author of many beloved picture books, a number of which she cowrote with her daughter, Emily.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hilary

This is a very moving book about loss, moving on and trust. Two children are lost in a snowstorm and found by a very special Irish Wolfhound. This is a short book and very moving, hard not to cry at the end. This could be a good book for an older child to read that struggled with longer books or one......more