"trivial aspects of reading and left children far behind their peers in Europe. Dick and Jane Dick and Jane are the main characters in popular basal readers written by William S. Gray and Zerna Sharp and published by Scott Foresman, that were used to teach children to read from the 1930s through to the 1990s in the United States. The main characters, Dick and Jane, were a little boy and girl. Supporting characters included Baby (or Sally), Mother, Father, Spot (originally a cat in the 1930s, but a dog in later editions), Puff the cat, and Tim the teddy bear."
"2000, as ""Dog And Duck - The Best Of Friends"". Dog and Duck (TV series) Dog and Duck is a British preschool children's television show that was broadcast on CITV between 2000 and 2003. Dog and Duck was produced by United Productions, later part of the UNM Group (United News & Media) for Meridian. The show centres on the characters of Dog and Duck, two toys who came alive when their owners were not looking. Other characters in the series included Piano, Tele and Elephant. The show featured a young Carrie Hope Fletcher as Jenny. The series was produced by"
"Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, among others. Dog Jack Dog Jack is a 2010 film based on the book of the same name by Florence W. Biros. The story is based on the true story of the mascot of the 102nd Pennsylvania Regiment The story revolves around an escaped slave boy named Jed (Benjamin Gardner) who joins the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is accompanied by his dog Jack (the namesake of the story) who becomes the mascot of the regiment during the war. The film was shot mostly in and around the borough of Darlington, Pennsylvania just"
"a dormitory with Mike and Psmith in ""Mike and Psmith"". He is the proud owner of a clockwork rat, and also two Aberdeen Terriers, named John and Jane, which he keeps in a pub near the school during term. Maid to Kay Derrick, Miss Lippett joined the Derrick household at the age of twelve (her mother being housekepper to the Derrick's neighbours), and become Kay's personal maid on her eighteenth birthday, sticking to her post despite subsequent changes of fortune. A solid little figure with a perky nose, tow-coloured hair and a wide, friendly mouth, she is a temperamental girl,"
"Dog Jack Dog Jack is a 2010 film based on the book of the same name by Florence W. Biros. The story is based on the true story of the mascot of the 102nd Pennsylvania Regiment The story revolves around an escaped slave boy named Jed (Benjamin Gardner) who joins the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is accompanied by his dog Jack (the namesake of the story) who becomes the mascot of the regiment during the war. The film was shot mostly in and around the borough of Darlington, Pennsylvania just outside the city of Pittsburgh. Other"
"The Good Dog The Good Dog is a children's novel by Newbery Medalist Edward Irving Wortis published under his pseudonym, Avi, in 2001. Written for ages 8–12, the book has been described as having ""a very cinematic feel"" comparable to the movies """" and ""Beethoven"". The story is set in the town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It is recounted from the dog's point of view, with animals communicating with each other in English. The protagonist is a Malamute named McKinley, who protects his ""human pup,"" Jack. While helping a runaway greyhound named Duchess, McKinley meets the wolf, Lupin, who is"
"bad tempered and most unsociable"", but everybody respected her. Jock’s father is only described as an imported dog in the book and there’s an ongoing debate on whether he was an American Staffordshire Terrier or of a breed like the Bull and Terrier. FitzPatrick describes the puppies: ""Five of the litter were fat strong yellow chaps with dark muzzles—like their father. The sixth one was about half the size of the others. He wasn't yellow like the others, nor dark brindled like Jess, but a sort of dirty pale half-and-half colour with dark faint wavy lines all over him; and"
"Lucky and Squash Lucky and Squash is a 2012 American children's book written by Jeanne Birdsall and illustrated with watercolor paintings by Jane Dyer published by Harper. The two eponymous characters are dogs based on Birdsall's and Dyer's actual dogs, Cagney and Scuppers, a Boston Terrier and a Tibetan Terrier respectively. ""Lucky and Squash"" received generally positive reviews. A ""School Library Journal"" article praises Birdsall's writing, describing the story as funny, sweet, heartwarming, and suspenseful. A ""Publishers Weekly"" review refers to ""Lucky and Squash"" as almost being """"Emma"" meets ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"" with wagging tails"" and states that Birdsall's"
"distinguish between the two series. Among parallels in the two series : One significant difference in the two series is the absence of an analogue (in the Jane stories) to ""The Outlaws"" (in the William stories). While Jane has two close friends in Pug Washington and Chaw Smith, she does not command the kind of fidelity that William Brown commanded over the members of his gang - ""The Outlaws"". Thus, Jane tends to have more solitary adventures compared to William. Jane also does not have a pet in the beginning, unlike William - who had a pet dog Jumble, and"
"Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon that featured as a regular segment of the television series ""The Huckleberry Hound Show"" from 1958 to 1961. It stars two cute and cuddly twin mice children, the bowtied Pixie (voiced by Don Messick) and the vested Dixie (voiced by Daws Butler with a Southern American accent) and Mr. Jinks the Cat (voiced by Daws Butler impersonating Marlon Brando). Mr Jinks is an orange tuxedo cat who is always outfoxed by the mice, causing him to utter his trademark line ""I hates those meeces"
"Blink dog The blink dog is a fictional magical beast from the ""Dungeons & Dragons"" role-playing game, an intelligent dog that has a limited teleportation ability known as Blinking. The blink dog was created for ""D&D"", and has appeared in every edition of the game. Blink dogs are Good or Lawful, and therefore can be allies of the players. In ""The Geeks' Guide to World Domination"", Garth Sundem describes the blink dog as ""one of fantasy's signature creatures"". Blink dogs sometimes appear in games inspired by ""Dungeons & Dragons"", but are sometimes designed to be opponents. Blink dogs first appeared"
"Frank Brichau was credited as co-illustrator for the last two books. The series follows the adventures of Chick Bill, a young cow boy who lives in Arizona, helping people in need and righting wrongs. His companions include an Indian child called ""Little Poodle"" (""Petit Caniche"" in the French version), a gruff sheriff called Dog Bull and the latter's bumbling and dim-witted deputy, Kid Ordinn. Chick Bill and Little Poodle act as the series' heroes while Dog Bull and Kid Ordinn are the comic relief characters. Kid Ordinn is also the series' antihero and the real protagonist of many episodes. In"
"States, with events held to benefit local animal rescue societies such as the Animal Rescue League of Boston, and PAWS Chicago. The book was subsequently released in the UK on June 4, 2015. As part of the promotion for the UK launch, Dasher and Tuna took over the ""Marie Claire"" Instagram account for a day on June 3, and also appeared on the ITV programme ""This Morning"". Tuna (dog) Tuna is a Chihuahua Dachshund crossbreed dog, best known as an internet celebrity, and an internet meme. He was abandoned by his original owner near San Diego, and was adopted at"
"Luke the Dog Luke the Dog (1913-1926) was a Staffordshire Bull Terrier that performed as a recurring character in American silent comedy shorts between 1914 and 1920. He was also the personal pet of actress Minta Durfee and her husband, the comedian and director Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle. Although Luke never attained the stardom of the various dogs that portrayed Rin Tin Tin, Pete the Pup, or Lassie, he accomplished stunts on camera that those later canine colleagues may have found difficult or impossible to duplicate. Luke for six years gained widespread popularity among movie audiences, appearing in one- and two-reelers"
"a dragon named Dingo, chasing Terry and Princess Dawn. This led them to bizarre places with strange characters, such as the Blabbermouth of Echo Island, where the mountains were made of living Swiss cheese. The Princess had a pet named Bip — a vaguely doglike creature with tentacular legs, that sniffed clues like a hound dog, turned around by pulling in its tail and head and popping them back out at opposite ends, and communicated in the sounds of a soprano bugle. In most episodes, the Princess and her friends traveled in a flying car supported by a big balloon."
"dog Toni II (a black French poodle who looked just like the family's old dog, Toni) to take her with him. Because of this, Marjorie hasn't said Damian's name since then. Despite Walter Prime's understanding about not telling her, Marjorie suddenly asks for Damian in a bout of dementia. Tess finds a Bible in the living room table and accuses Julie (who had given it to Marjorie) of taking advantage of Marjorie's condition to religiously manipulate her (since Marjorie has always been an atheist), which prompts Marjorie to urinate herself. Later on, Tess and Marjorie are sitting on the couch"
"Dog"". In that installment, coming home on the first day of school, Betty Jo meets a little male dog who immediately attaches himself to her and the Bradley family. Kate, at first, is against keeping him but by the end of the episode, she is won over by him and allows him to stay. Also, in that episode, the subject of Higgins's name is addressed. At first, different names are suggested by the sisters when he first arrives (""Spike"", ""Prince"", and ""Byron""), but they never decide, so the dog at that time is not actually named. Eventually, the character's name"
"Dogmatix Dogmatix () is a fictional tiny white terrier dog who is a companion to Obelix in the ""Asterix"" comics. Dogmatix is a pun on the words dog and dogmatic. In the original French, his name is ""Idéfix"", itself a pun on the French expression ""idée fixe"" (fixed idea) meaning an obsession. Dogmatix is the only animal among the main characters of the series. His role is minor in most of the stories, significant mainly as a 'bone' of contention between Asterix and Obelix as to whether he should be allowed to accompany them on their adventures. However, he is"
"was often shown keeping hamsters and white mice as pets (references are made to the cat Toothache which is referred to as Jane's, and Jane does manage to get her dog Popeye in the earlier books in the series). Three illustrators primarily illustrated the Jane books - for each of the publishing houses which published the Jane stories (John Hamilton, Newnes, and Robert Hale). Thomas Henry, the first illustrator of the William books, was the illustrator for Newnes, but did not depict Jane as the angelic girl with golden curls. The enduring image of Jane was due to the illustration"
"is a stunningly intimate revelation of the strong love that can develop between a family and a pet"" and was rated a 4.4/5. It was also rated a 3.9 out of 5. Rescuing Sprite Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish is a non-fiction work written in 2007 by Mark Levin, that tells his experience of rescuing a dog named Sprite from a local animal shelter that would change him and his family's lives forever. After much convincing, Mark Levin and his family adopted a Spaniel mix named Sprite and immediately the whole family developed a deep"
"Clinton acquired another chocolate Lab whom he named ""Seamus"". First Lady Hillary Clinton wrote a children's book called ""Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets"" in 1998. It included excerpts from more than 50 letters written to the First Pets by children and more than 80 photographs of Socks and Buddy. Buddy was a central character in Rick Cleveland's 2005 one-man show ""My Buddy Bill"", relating the writer's fictional friendship with Bill Clinton, which began when both men discovered their common interest in dogs. Buddy (dog) Buddy (August 7, 1997 – January 2, 2002), a male chocolate-colored"
"regular English language translators of the ""Asterix"" albums. Dogmatix Dogmatix () is a fictional tiny white terrier dog who is a companion to Obelix in the ""Asterix"" comics. Dogmatix is a pun on the words dog and dogmatic. In the original French, his name is ""Idéfix"", itself a pun on the French expression ""idée fixe"" (fixed idea) meaning an obsession. Dogmatix is the only animal among the main characters of the series. His role is minor in most of the stories, significant mainly as a 'bone' of contention between Asterix and Obelix as to whether he should be allowed to"
"Dogger (book) Dogger is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Shirley Hughes, published by The Bodley Head in 1977. It features a boy and his stuffed dog, who is lost, showing ""the distress the loss of a toy causes a child"". The boy's sister has an opportunity to earn Dogger back. Prentice-Hall published the first U.S. edition in 1978 under the title ""David and Dog"". 'Dogger' has received positive reviews. Kirkus Reviews found that ""The loss and retrieval of a favorite toy animal is agreeably handled"" and ""Pleasant, if unoriginal—as usual, Hughes' rumpled tots and general clutter make"
"one of fantasy's signature creatures. In an episode of ""The Littlest Hobo"" called ""Dragonslayer"", several young children playing a live action version of ""Dungeons & Dragons"" refer to the title character as a blink dog. Blink Dogs appear as an early encounter in the ""D&D"" based web-comic Table Titans (written by Scott Kurtz). Blink dog The blink dog is a fictional magical beast from the ""Dungeons & Dragons"" role-playing game, an intelligent dog that has a limited teleportation ability known as Blinking. The blink dog was created for ""D&D"", and has appeared in every edition of the game. Blink dogs"
"trying to recruit dogs into her shrinking pack. McKinley must deal with Jack's desire to join the wolf pack, protect Lupin from hunters (including Duchess' ruthless owner, Pycraft), and figure out how to handle the local rival Redburn, an ambitious Irish Setter who wants to claim the role of head dog from McKinley. By the end of the book, after overcoming many obstacles, some with the help of his best friend Aspen, a female Retriever (breed not specifically named in book) that lives next door, McKinley is transformed from a happy-go-lucky pet into a true leader. ""Horn Book Magazine"" said"
"name was Amy.) Dicksee studied art at the Slade School, London, on a scholarship. His first painting was exhibited in 1881. Dicksee specialised in sympathetic paintings of hounds, such as ""After Chevy Chase"" and ""Silent Sympathy"", but he also painted big cats at London Zoo, of which he was a fellow. His paintings were usually done from life; he kept numerous dogs as pets. Those pets featured in his etchings included a bloodhound, a French bulldog named ""Shaver"", and several pugs and bull terriers. Many of Dicksee's works, especially those painted during the war, depict the dogs accompanying melancholy young"
"""hack writing"" and did not understand why it was so popular. Because of its reception, he went on to publish two additional novels featuring Lad and one featuring Lad's son, Wolf, as well as many other fictional stories featuring dogs. Warner Brothers released a film adaptation in June 1962. A series of four children's picture books based on three of the stories from the novel were published by Margo Lundell between 1997 and 1998. A Rough Collie named Lad lives at the Place with his Master, Mistress, and his mate, Lady. When Knave, a younger collie, is boarded at the"
"ensconced in the Queen Vic. Watch out Walford, The Carters are coming!"" Dyer said that Mick is protective of Nancy and does not think her fiancé, Wayne Ladlow (Malachi Kirby), is good enough for her. It was reported that Mick would be ""shocked"" to learn that Johnny is gay. Further details of the family's dog were revealed on 10 November. The dog is called Lady Di, named after Diana, Princess of Wales. ""Inside Soap"" reported that Lady Di is ""the apple of [...] Mick's eye"", would help show a softer side to his character, and adds credence to his patriotism."
"tricky and money-grubbing personality, willing to swindle even his colleagues the Changelings (intelligent rats). However, over the course of the book, he develops a conscience and eventually sacrifices one of his nine lives to save his friend Dangerous Beans. He is last seen at the end of the book setting up a new scam, which seems to be related to the story of Dick Whittington. Gaspode is a small terrier-like dog featured in seven novels. He possesses human-level intelligence and the ability to speak, as well as an extensive collection of diseases (including 'Licky end' which is only found in"
"were a dog called Spot, a Dalmatian, a black Labrador retriever and a horse called Archie, which can be found in three colours: white with black spots, brown and a palomino. Every year a new fashion booklet was issued, showing any new Daisy dolls, and all her latest fashions for that year. Each booklet had a theme; the first, in 1973, being called ""My Fashion Diary"", telling all about Daisy's year and the various outfits she wears each month for various occasions. The 1974 booklet is called ""My Round the World Holiday"", in which Daisy travels the world, showing off"
"In some stories he dates Clarabelle Cow while other times he is shown as a single parent. His original name was Dippy Dawg. Pluto is Mickey Mouse's pet dog who was first introduced in 1930 as Minnie's dog Rover and in 1931 as Mickey's dog. Unlike the anthropomorphic Goofy, Pluto is characterized as a normal dog who walks on four legs, and almost never speaks. Clarabelle Cow is a tall, anthropomorphic cow who is Minnie Mouse's friend and is introduced in 1928. She is prone to gossip and occasionally plays a well-meaning but ineffective parent figure to Donald Duck. She"
"Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Vietnamese and Welsh. Although always described as a cowboy, Luke generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowess. A recurring task is that of capturing bumbling gangsters the Dalton brothers, Joe, William, Jack and Averell. He rides Jolly Jumper, ""the smartest horse in the world"" and is often accompanied by prison guard dog Rantanplan, ""the stupidest dog in the universe"", a spoof of Rin Tin Tin. Luke meets many historical Western figures such as Calamity Jane, Billy the Kid, Judge Roy"
"Jane sets out to rescue the boy. She does and becomes a squire in the process. She does not slay the dragon but instead befriends him, and they soon become best friends. Their adventures continue in the next four books. Baynton says that the inspiration for the books came from his wanting to write ""a story about a girl who wanted to follow her dreams despite the expectations of her family and friends"" and from a young girl telling him ""how she hated fairy stories because the girls were wimps"". The book series inspired an animated series on television. Jane"