Green, Sara. Water Rescue Dogs.

Green, Sara.  Water Rescue Dogs.  Scholastic Press    2014  24p   $22.95  ISBN 978-0-531-26184-2  series: Dogs to the Rescue  elem  Nonfiction  VG-BNes

This easy reader informs children about dogs that are specially trained to rescue people who are drowning in bodies of water.  At a second-grade reading level, with glossary definitions, large print, and plenty of photographs, this book will also find a readership with reluctant readers in the middle school.  It begins with the story of Boo, a Newfoundland retriever with no rescue training who nonetheless saved a deaf mute who was drowning.  Subsequent chapters discuss the training of water rescue dogs and the way that they work, using air scenting, towing, helicopters, flotation harnesses and floats.  In some cases, dogs have to make vital decisions as well … for example, they may need to determine which in a group of people at risk needs help first, or whether a person has lost consciousness and needs to be rolled over in the water.  This book will fascinate young readers who are dog lovers. 

The book includes a table of contents, glossary, list of references, and index.

Summary: This easy reader informs children about dogs that are specially trained to rescue people who are drowning in bodies of water.  At a second-grade reading level, with glossary definitions, large print, and plenty of photographs, this book will also find a readership with reluctant readers at the middle school.

Dogs-Rescue                                                       --Carol Kennedy