Dogs in Books

Quiz instructions: How well do you know these canine characters and books?

Inspired by Wesley Banks blog on 100 Best Dog Books of All-time https://wesleybanksauthor.com/best-dog-books/

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Hint	Answer
The big red dog	Clifford
Stephen King novel that fits this category.	Cujo
1961 children's novel by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys and trains two coonhounds for hunting.	Where the Red Fern Grows
One of Jack London's famous dog books about a wild dog's journey to domestication	White Fang
Fred Gipson tearjerker about the bond between boy and dog. Became a Disney movie.	Old Yeller
This novel tells the story of 3 pets who travel over 300 hundred miles to return to their family	The Incredible Journey
This author has written a number of dog books including A Dog's Promise about a dog who helps a family on the verge of breaking apart.	W. Bruce Cameron
Beverly Clearly's dog companion to Henry Huggins	Ribsy
Heartwarming true story of a loyal little Skye terrier who became a beloved Scottish legend.	Greyfriar's Bobby
John Steinbeck's canine traveling companion	Charley
Schulz's doghouse rooftop dog is a faithful beagle.	Snoopy
Jack London's novel about Buck who travels from California to the Yukon gold rush.	The Call of the Wild
There are a few novels about how this dog saved Nome, Alaska by bringing medicine	Balto
Autobiographical book written by John Grogan about "the world's worst dog"	Marley and Me
This dog and boy novel is by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	Shiloh
This giant Great Dane was a favourite of yesteryear.	Marmaduke
Eric Knight's novel about a rough collie's multi-mile trek to be reunited with his boy	Lassie Come Home
Written by Garth Stein and narrated by Enzo told through the narrative device of car racing	The Art of Racing in the Rain
Name of the Rottweiller featured in picture books by Alexandra Day	Carl
Is this dirty dog a white dog with black spots or a black dog with white spots created by Gene Zion	Harry
Kate DiCamillo's novel about how Opal and her stray dog help change a community	Because of Winn Dixie
John Muir's account of his adventure on an Alaskan glacier with this dog	Stickeen
Nonfiction book by Gary Paulsen is an account of dogsled racing	Winterdance
Alexandra Horowitz gives us an insight into what our faithful friends perceive in this book	Inside of a Dog
William H. Armstrong's Newbery winning novel about a dog who befriends a boy.	Sounder
Matt Haig's novel about a loyal dog trying to hold a family together	The Labrador Pact
Steven Rowley's debut novel about a daschund and her owner	Lily and the Octupus