Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends: A True Story

by Andrew Clements

Book Overview

Beginning readers will love reading about the true story of Tara and Tiree, two dogs who saved their owner's life. This Level 2 Ready-to-Read is sure to be a hit with pet lovers

Jim loves to go for long walks with his dogs, Tara and Tiree. One cold winter day, Jim falls through the ice on the frozen lake. Tiree tries to save him and falls through the ice too. What will happen if Tara tries to help them both?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689834411
• ISBN13: 9780689834417
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Beautifully illustrated, outstanding story

My son is four and not yet a reader, but he loves being read to--and in the first 24 hours of having this book we've probably read it at least a dozen times. A better choice than some other early reader books--with word choices that are neither too simple nor too repetitive. The story is told in such an engaging manner that it opens avenues for discussion--my son offers how he would help or serves up editorial comments ("That's not good...."). The illustrations are clean, warm and so evocative that my son has joined in offering voices to accompany the illustrations. He will certainly choose this book when he begins to read himself. A wholesome, believable and true story--quite a combination.

a interesting story for learning readers.

For my son who is a learning reader, this was a fascinating story. This is another good one in the Pets to the Rescue series. It seems to be hard to find books to interest boys learning to read and this was another one that served as an enticement to get to sit down and read. Again the "true story" aspect was particularly interesting to him.