Frank Carlson Library

"Engaging images accompany information about the hound group. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--

While Charlie, a sleepy basset hound, tells about the busy life of a ranch dog, his best friend Suzie, a Jack Russell terrier, is getting the work done.

The Good Beasts of Avantia have been taken hostage by the Evil Wizard Malvel. Each is being guarded by a new evil Beast in the Dark Realm. In order to rescue Tartok, Tom must go against Kaymon the Gorgon Hound, a Beast unlike any he has faced so far on his Quest. Kaymon prowls the ruins of a forgotten castle. Will Tom be able to defeat this menace and come one step closer to stopping Malvel forever?

Two friends are determined to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Featuring valuable lessons about honesty, friendship and fair play.

A young fox named Tod is taken in by an old woman after his mother is killed by a hunter. Full of mischief, young Tod befriends Copper, a hound dog pup. The two become such good friends that their friendship becomes endandered when they grow up. Copper's owner, Amos Slade, wants to kill Tod and he'll do anything to get him. He even has his other dog Chief to help him. As Tod and Copper get older they start to become more of enemies. Will they ever...

Introduces the beagle, a type of dog known as a scent hound because of its great sense of smell, and explains that beagles and dogs like them, besides being hunting dogs and pets, can be trained to find bedbugs in dark places by their smell.