Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen by Candace Fleming

Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen by Candace Fleming

For fans of Balto and other real-life dog stories, here's a heavily illustrated middle-grade novel about a canine movie star of the 1920s, dramatically told in both words and pictures by an acclaimed author and a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator.

When movie director Larry Trimble travels to Berlin searching for his next big star--a dog!--he finds Etzel, a fierce, highly trained three-year-old German shepherd police dog. Larry sees past the snarls and growls and brings Etzel back to Hollywood, where he is renamed Strongheart. Along with screenwriter Jane Murfin, Larry grooms his protege to be a star of the silver screen--and he succeeds, starting with Strongheart's first film, The Love Master, which is released in 1921. Strongheart is soon joined by a leading lady, a German shepherd named Lady Julie, and becomes a sensation.

Touching, charming, playful, and based on real events, this moving tale by Candace Fleming and illustrated by Eric Rohmann tells all about "the wonder dog" who took America by storm.

A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF 2018
A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF 2018

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780593708606
ISBN 10	0593708601
Title	Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen
Author	Candace Fleming
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2024-02-13
Number of pages	256
Prizes	Winner of Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award 2020
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.