By Kate Klimo Dog Diaries #2: Buddy: 02 Paperback - February 2013

Dog Diaries #2

by Kate Klimo

A German shepherd—the first dog trained at Dorothy Eustis's famous Seeing Eye guide-dog school for the blind—looks back at her life. Chosen for her intelligence, obedience, and willingness to learn, Kiss knows there is more to life than chasing balls and chewing bones. She is a Noble Creature and Great Things await her. But after spending months learing to take care of her beloved trainer Jack, why does he suddenly want her to take care of Morris—a strange, clumsy man who wants to wants to change her name to Buddy? Could it be that Morris needs Kiss to take care of him even more than Jack did? Based on a true story, and featuring realistic black-and-white illustrations by Tim Jessell (plus an appendix with information about German shepherds, the history and training of guide dogs, hosting guide-dog puppies, and much more), this canine confessional is pitch-perfect for smart, dog-crazy, early middle-grade readers!

Genres: Dogs, Animals, Historical Fiction, Childrens, Fiction, Young Adult, Juvenile

Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Kate Klimo spent her early years amidst the cornfields of Iowa where the winters were prodigious. Often, when the snows flash-thawed in the spring, she would find her backyard filled with the flapping, resurrected bodies of fish her ice-fishing father had stored in the snowdrifts. Thus sprang into her young head the unshakable notion that, all winter long, fish escaped from the rivers and magically swum through the snow banks of Mount Vernon, Iowa.

When she moved to the little town of Sea Cliff, on Long Island Sound, she met her best friend Justine in the Stenson Memorial Library at the main desk, where they often checked out the same fantasy writers. Together, they read C.S. Lewis, E. Nesbit, Edward Eager, and George MacDonald and embarked on a tireless search for portals to magical worlds, extending from abandoned Victorian mansions to the decrepit local five-and-dime to the sandy cliffs sweeping down to the Sound.

With her propensity for magical thinking and long-standing love of fantasy, does it come as any surprise that Kate grew up to be in the book business? But after over 25 years of heading up Random House Children’s Books, with the publication of The Dragon in the Sock Drawer in March 2008, Kate began to ease over to the author’s side of the desk.

Now a full-time author, in addition to numerous one-off titles, she has written the middle-grade series The Dragon Keepers series and the Dog Diaries as well the Centauriad for young adults. Under the pen name Bonnie Worth, she has penned over a dozen books in the best-selling Cat in the Hat Learning Library. She lives in New Paltz, New York with her husband and two horses.

Reviews

[Shai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Any novels that has a dog as its lead character really interest me. What I like on this particular book in the series is how it tells us the history of the Seeing Guide-dog school. It gives awareness that dogs are not only man's best-friend but they are a huge help specifically on guiding blind people.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was very impressed and felt I learned a lot about the beginning of guide dogs. The subject matter really interested me and I felt like the thoughts of the dog were handled well and believable. Definitely going to read more from this series.

[Alana Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!

[Jennifer Hunt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good solid kids series. Reading aloud to my 7 and 8 year old sons. I enjoy the historical aspects.

[Anthony C · Rating 5 out of 5]

BUDDY is a great book because in the book it is challenging and exciting. In the beginning of the book kiss was just an ordinary dog feeding on his mothers milk until he was 6 years old. When kiss was six he and other golden retrievers played weird games, when ladyboss shot a gun all of the other golden retrievers wimpered, howled, bayed, and hid behind their paws except for him he just sat there staring at the gun when it went off and gala his friend also just sat there. Both of them wanted to whimper, but they were smart and new that it was just a game. A couple days latter kiss got an owner and he asked gala why is this farmer bringing me home with him I didn't do anything wrong kiss wasnt happy because he will never see his friend again. So, the farmer and kiss went to the farmers ranch and herded sheep into a pen, afterward he got a lot of food and water evryday he goes out there and herders sheep he got so tired after a few more days he went back to the lady bosses work, he was so excited to see gala again. The next day Jack brushed kisses coat until it was shiny he asked gala what's the occasion, she said there's something special at the ladybosses house for you. Instead of jack putting on my working harness he marched me straight to the ladybosses house, the aid, cook, and her husband George said hi to me as i walked in the house when the ladyboss saw me she said good luck kiss. In the middle, i met a person and he had food in his hand, but one of the games that he learned was to never take food from a stranger and this guy was a stranger i just sat and looked then the stranger said c'mon take the food its ok its good food so i went up to the food in his hand slowly and when i took the food out of his hand I realized that he was looking right over my head. Jack came back in the room and told kiss that your working for Frank now and you have to follow his orders, he is blind so your going to have to guid him through the world. Then from that moment on Frank named kiss to Buddy. They went everywhere together they went to New York and crossed one of the biggest streets in the world. In the end, it was buddy's birthday when he woke up all of his friends were their in Mr. Franks house i saw jack, ladyboss, Mr. Frank, and gala my best friend all singing happy birthday to me.

What i liked about this book is that it was fun just reading it.

This book made me feel happy, and emotional.

If you like books with dogs in them then this is the right book for you.

Ranger in time, and stick dog.

[Sarah Monzon · Rating 5 out of 5]

7 year old loved it! Wants to go to the library tomorrow to find more in the series.

[Katie Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter LOVED this book! She loved learning about Seeing Eye Dogs and the training they go through. This is her 3rd Dog Diaries book. My little first grader is hooked!

[Eben Holwick · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fun book to read with my youngest! She didn't want to stop. I loved learning about Morris Frank and how the first Seeing Eye school came about.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was an okay kind of book.

[Nevaehs · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 tri

Buddy is a german shepard who help disabled people who are blind. She is trained as a puppy to start helping people, at first she is not very good but eventually she gets a tad better. My favorite part is the beginning when she keeps calling her trainer "Lady Boss". I would recommend this book and it series to anyone who likes animals.

[MaryAnn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read several of these little books. They are about dogs, a species I am very interested in and have an affinity for. They regularly contain information about specific breeds and told in a way that one can consume and more importantly remember. However, they also often describe a time in history or something going on in history that a dog and their human associates are involved in. And seeing as these books are aimed at juveniles what I also find quite delightful is their descriptions of history which are much more truthful than what I remember being taught as a juvenile. I've learned about the settling of the American Colonies, as well as some realities of battle troops involved in the First World War. (Nobody on the Mayflower was known as a Pilgrim, that was a title bestowed later. There were many more adventurers and business people on that ship. The religious zealots were few and kept to themselves. They were considered rather odd and unfriendly. One of the first "soldiers" to survive a gas attack and serve as a model for treatment was in fact a dog. This same dog later served as an alert system for impending gas attacks.)

In this book I saw the predicament of the sight impaired before the development of service dogs and about the movement to bring the emancipation of these folks by way of training service dogs in the United States. Yes there is some humanizing of dogs that may not be exactly accurate but at least they exemplify human traits that more humans could use examples to follow.

[Tom brady · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was amazing book. I wanted to have a book about dogs and I found this book. My mom picked it out for me and i read the first few pages in the book and i was hooked. I thanked my mom for getting me this book. It is on a dog that is born in the basement of a house and when he grows up he starts saving people from avalanches.

[DEBORRAH J SCOTT · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Super Dog for people who can't see

This is a super good book, it has HAPPY and sad parts in it, but it makes you want to read more.!! I would recommend this book to anyone that's a dog lover.

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

Second in the inventive, interesting and engaging Dog Diaries series, sees the tale of Buddy, and it was again a story that kept your interest through ought. They are fairly brief, but quite interesting and worth reading. Roll on book three!

[Marlee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a wonderful story with lovely pictures and great information. It was really neat to read about a real dog. My daughter and I loved this story and I especially loved the information at the end.

[Radhika Gunawardena · Rating 4 out of 5]

A leisurely read about a truly amazing dog. I grabbed this book at the bookstore simply because of how good the Disney Movie "Love Leads the Way" was. I think the movie was better but this book is easy enough for my daughter to read and understand too.
And for that, it's of great value.

[Tanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Based on a true story, this one was actually leagues better than the first in the series. I loved learning about the dog that essentially created the concept of seeing eye dogs in the US, and so did my daughter. The real photos of Buddy at the back were a definite bonus!

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute listen about the life of the dog that paved the way for seeing eye dogs in America. I never really thought of the history of them or how they became a much needed companion to blind people but this book was a nice inspired story.

[♡ Carla · Rating 5 out of 5]

If I could give it more stars I would. Great book!

[Mohammed Rayyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent booke

[Raniafatima · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book

[A. Mills · Rating 5 out of 5]

❤️

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book series for children!

[Checkthebook · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the second book in a cute series about types of dogs and their roles throughout history.

[Aleena Grosjean · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am loving these little diaries! It only takes about an hour to read and they are based on true stories, but told from the dog's perspective. Very cool.

[Alyssa]

Yay! think the blind people. Buddy is so loyal

[Kerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed hearing Buddy's story of how she became the first seeing eye dog.

[Cassie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Library

[Melissa Brooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the dog diary series. Reading about dogs in history is so cool . The history of guide dogs is fascinating and I love seeing a guide dog perspective. A fun read for dog lovers

[Eliana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about Buddy, a guide dog. I liked this book because Buddy is a great dog and she (yes, she!) is very courageous! I liked how she was able to do lots of hard things for her blind owner.