A dog Named Christmas
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Call Number: Fiction
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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Discovering that a local shelter is looking for temporary homes for their dogs over the Christmas holidays, Todd, a developmentally challenged young man, persuades his reluctant family to take in a special canine named Christmas, who teaches an entire community a lesson in the transforming power of love and goodwill.
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Heartwarming submitted by smgop on July 15, 2012, 9:01am A wonderful story about the goodness of a young man with mental disabilities who has a passion for nurturing animals. This book affirms that each person has immense dignity and gifts to bring the world, no matter if the world considers him to be less than whole.
PUBLISHED
New York : Doubleday, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 148 p. ; 20 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780385525985
0385525982
SUBJECTS
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Parent and adult child -- Fiction.
Youth with mental disabilities -- Fiction.
Christmas stories.