Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen by Candace Fleming - ISBN: 9780593708606
Paperback
Hollywood’s first canine superstar: a German shepherd’s amazing true story.

Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    12 March 2024

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Summary

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

For fans of Balto and other real-life dog stories, here’s a heavily illustrated middle-grade novel—now in paperback—about a canine movie star of the 1920s.

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.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780593708606
ISBN-10:0593708601
Author:Candace Fleming
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Random House Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:12 March 2024
Weight:113g
Dimensions:194mm x 132mm
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Critics Review

“With the story’s most incredible plot developments based on fact, this fascinating and heartwarming piece of historical fiction will be met with wonder.“—Booklist, starred review

About The Author

Candace Fleming

Candace Fleming is the prolific author of countless books, including The Family Romanov, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book and the recipient of both the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Young Adult Literature; The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh, receipient of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction and which received five starred reviews; Amelia Lost, which received four starred reviews; and most recently Murder Among Friends, which received five starred reviews. She has teamed up with illustrator Eric Rohmann for several acclaimed picture books including Oh, No! which received three starred reviews, and Honeybee, which received seven starred reviews and the Robert F. Sibert Medal. Her books have appeard on countless Best of the Year lists. Candace lives outside of Chicago.

Eric Rohmann is the author/illustrator of the Caldecott Medal-winning My Friend Rabbit and the Caldecott Honor Book Time Flies. He also illustrated Candace Fleming’s Giant Squid which received three starred reviews, Honeybee, which received the Robert F. Sibert Medal. The New York Times has called his work “positively riveting.” Eric lives outside of Chicago.

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