It's summer vacation, the weather's great, and all the kids are having fun outside. So where's Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing video games with the shades drawn.

Greg, a self-confessed "indoor person," is living out his ultimate summer fantasy: no responsibilities and no rules. But Greg's mom has a different vision for an ideal summer . . . one packed with outdoor activities and "family togetherness."

Whose vision will win out? Or will

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After hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic, amidst a heat wave, Franc̦ois and his angsty children finally arrive at a remote village in the South of France. But the tranquility of their stay is quickly compromised by an unnerving phone call from his wife, coupled with the sudden disappearance of Hermione, the family dog--who isn't the only missing canine in the area. After one false move, Franc̦ois finds himself caught up in a small town mystery of...

A lovely day at the park turns into an adventure when Nickelodeon's Team Umizoomi has to find a lost dog named Buster. Boys and girls ages 4-6 will love this Step 2 reader. This Nickelodeon Read-Along features audio narration.

Larry is enjoying the summer, playing baseball and taking care of the stray dogs he's brought home. Then his brother Paul finds another stray in an alley under mysterious circumstances, but the dog won't come home with them. When the price of dog food rises and the price paid for scrap falls, Larry has to find a new way to feed his dogs and try to help the dog from the alley.

"Ericka Waller's Dog Days is a debut novel about the way dogs can bring out the best in us in the face of life's challenges. George is a grumpy, belligerent old man who has just lost his wife. She has left him notes around the home and a miniature dachshund puppy called Poppy. But George doesn't want a dog, he wants to fight everyone who is trying to help him. Dan has OCD but has channeled his energy into his career as a therapist. Afraid to acknowledge...

After the death of her father, Jo is determined to keep her family ranch. With a devious lawyer keeping her rightful inheritance from her while trying to foreclose on the ranch so he can build a luxury resort and most townsfold not believing a girl should run a ranch without a man around, Jo has to find a way to pay her bills and keep whats hers. Help comes in the form of a small terrier left to die one stormy night in her cow fields. Little does...

Brady is a dreadful card player and he doesn't like dogs. His mother has moved him across the country to be near to his grandfather who insists on playing (and winning) endless games of Crazy Eights and whose ornery, ancient dog makes Brady's life miserable. Abra, next door, is nice to him, but she dresses like a witch and she's a girl. The only way that Brady can see to make real friends in his new home is to enter the upcoming dog show, but how...

Kate Hastings is back in Episode 3 of the Dead Woman Driving serial novel. Kate, with the help of her mentor Sue Wright, tackles her first job for her new employers. The job seems easy enough - the simple retrieval of a stolen dog. But as Kate already knows, nothing is ever as easy as it seems, and the job quickly turns into an emotional roller coaster.

An inspiring story about a young girl, Zahara, overcoming her fear of dogs. Zahara loves to visit her family on a beautiful island in the Pacific Northwest. But this year, she is met with a big surprise. Aunt JoJo got a new dog, Rugby! Zahara used to like dogs, until one chased her home from school. Over the summer, Aunt JoJo slowly introduces Zahara to Rugby, and a trusting relationship develops. Children and adults will love to join Zahara as...

Are you sitting nicely? Good. Let's discover exactly what happened after two superstar Labradors chewed up the lockdown internet and found it really quite tasty. He's not kept a diary for decades but here, in DOG DAYS, Andrew Cotter draws inspiration from the great Samuel Pepys; like him, he bears witness to the extraordinary everyday as the world tilts on its axis in our own unsettling era. And so, with Olive and Mabel at his side - actually,...