Owney, the mail-pouch pooch / Mona Kerby ; pictures by Lynne Barasch.
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TextPublication details: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., map ; 30 cmISBN: - 0374356858
- 9780374356859
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Historical Events | Kerby, Mona | Checked out | 05/07/2024 | 33111005543794 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
One rainy night in 1888, a stray dog wandered into the U.S. Post Office in Albany, New York. Workers found him the next morning asleep on a pile of mail pouches. The dog seemed to like the post office and the smell of the mailbags and the men's wool uniforms. When no one came to claim him, they named him Owney and made him their pet. However, Owney's loyalty and sense of adventure soon made it clear he wasn't just an average mutt. Over the course of nine years, Owney guarded the mail--not only in Albany but on mail trains that traveled all over the United States.
Accompanied by lively pen-and-watercolor illustrations, this is a delightful true story of a special dog whose faithful service earned him a trip around the world. Owney can be seen in the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum.
Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
"Frances Foster Books."
Includes bibliographical references.
In 1888, Owney, a stray terrier puppy, finds a home in the Albany, New York, post office and becomes its official mascot as he rides the mail train through the Adirondacks and beyond, criss-crossing the United States, into Canada and Mexico, and eventually traveling around the world by mail boat in 132 days.