Mona Kerby

This book tells the story of a small pup who makes friends and travels the world by postal service. When he returns home, to Albany, he has a name tag for every place that he had been. He was growing old and was awarded for all of his travels. I enjoyed reading this book, as I had also read, "A Small Dog's Big Life: Around the World With Owney". I am very happy that I read both because I was able to see how text can change a book. In this one, there was a different format, though both very engaging and colorful. I liked that both books told the story of Owney's travels and linked the two together. I would definitely read this book in my classroom because it can teach children about traveling the world, cultures, awards, and animals. It can show that being happy is doing what you love; for Owney, that was traveling with he postal service around the world.… (more)