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The Tale of Rescue
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Candlewick Press 2015
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When a blizzard traps a family outside in a whiteout, a cattle dog devises a stunning rescue in a moving, suspenseful, and gorgeously illustrated story.

A family—a mother, a father, and their ten-year-old son—have come all the way from Florida to the Appalachian foothills to experience the wonder of a snowy weekend. At a nearby farm, a cattle dog is working, as she does every day, driving her forty head of cattle from pasture to corral and back again. And then, suddenly, a blizzard descends. The family is trapped outside, disoriented in the whiteout. They are panicked, exhausted, freezing, and stranded in waist-deep drifts. From off in the distance, the cattle dog has heard their faint, snow-drowned cries. Her inexhaustible attention turns to saving them. This stirring tale is both a compelling story of survival and a meditation on the tremendous will of man's best friend.

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Michael J. Rosen. (2015). The Tale of Rescue. Candlewick Press.

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Michael J. Rosen. 2015. The Tale of Rescue. Candlewick Press.

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        Through his writing, Michael J. Rosen addresses some of the issues that matter most to him—"but sideways," he says. "I can't begin head-on, just writing about a cause or a problem. Even though I try to talk about human predicaments and human wrongs—toward animals, the earth, or one another—I need to start with a single image, one odd turn of events, or a particular remark."

        An acclaimed author, editor, and illustrator of some forty books for both adults and young people, Michael J. Rosen draws much of his inspiration from his lifelong experience with animals, whether as a college zoology major, a bird watcher, a dog trainer, or the founder of a granting program to help humane societies care for less fortunate cats and dogs. Don't Shoot!, for instance, follows the reaction of an animal-loving teenage boy who is horrified to encounter a culture of deer hunting when his family leaves Columbus, Ohio, to live in a house in the country. "When I moved from the major city where I'd lived most of my life to a rural community, the changes were monumental," the author notes. "And I often thought, What if I hadn't actually chosen to live here? I wrote Don't Shoot! not only to imagine this new way of life from a teenage point of view, but also to consider the complicated (and always teetering) balance we try to achieve, living, as we all do, amid an ever-diminishing natural world."

        When he's not writing, editing, or drawing, Michael J. Rosen likes to garden, cook, and collect—dog paraphernalia, of course. "I have lots of old dog books, sculptures, and pictures that kids and folk artists have made of their dogs, dog toys, old wooden dog-shaped door stops, and vintage dog pillows," he says. "My office is just a kennel of drawn, carved, modeled, sewn, and colored dogs." Born and reared in Columbus, Ohio, the author now lives with his family—which of course includes dogs and a cat—on ninety forested acres in central Ohio.

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When a blizzard traps a family outside in a whiteout, a cattle dog devises a stunning rescue in a moving, suspenseful, and gorgeously illustrated story.

A family—a mother, a father, and their ten-year-old son—have come all the way from Florida to the Appalachian foothills to experience the wonder of a snowy weekend. At a nearby farm, a cattle dog is working, as she does every day, driving her forty head of cattle from pasture to corral and back again. And then, suddenly, a blizzard descends. The family is trapped outside, disoriented in the whiteout. They are panicked, exhausted, freezing, and stranded in waist-deep drifts. From off in the distance, the cattle dog has heard their faint, snow-drowned cries. Her inexhaustible attention turns to saving them. This stirring tale is both a compelling story of survival and a meditation on the tremendous will of man's best friend.

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        Starred review from September 28, 2015
        Rosen has many dog-themed titles to his credit—The Company of Dogs and The Hound Dog's Haiku, among others—and in this brief tale, he focuses on the heroic effort of one Australian cattle dog to help a family caught in a whiteout snowstorm. The story is told without proper names or deep characterization; readers move through the dramatic action and poetic language as if privy to someone else's dream or recreated memory. The urgent pace of the cattle dog's rescue attempt ("She struggled forward and onward, springing up and onto the snow, sinking down, and leaping again, ignoring the exhaustion and pain, because everything, absolutely everything depended on her") is coupled with striking poetic language during quieter moments: "their overlapping parallel tracks left an empty musical staff on the blank pages of the smooth fields. Later, they returned on foot and their boot prints added the notes." Fellows's watercolor illustrations add an ephemeral quality to the fleeting story, helping create the distant but satisfying tone of this lovely prose-poem adventure. Ages 10–up.

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        November 1, 2015

        Gr 4-7-A Florida family of three-mother, father, and 10-year-old son-go on vacation to introduce the boy to a true Appalachian winter. An early morning hike through the snowy landscape turns dangerous as a sudden blizzard descends. Now trapped in a whiteout with almost no visibility, the snow too deep to walk through, the wind beating them back, they realize that their only chance is for the father's piercing whistle to be heard. Meanwhile, at a nearby farm, an Australian cattle dog hears the whistle and races toward it. Finding the family covered with ice in the freezing rain, she returns to the farm, rounds up her herd of cows, and guides them on a trek to clear a path to the stranded family. Beautifully lyrical language ("The snow spackled the evergreens' boughs.... The ground glistened like finely grated diamonds."), narrative tension, and accurate portrayal of animal behavior mark this gem of a novella. Avoiding anthropomorphism, Rosen has created a canine hero who uses her instincts and skill to save the day. An epilogue has the boy revisiting the farm years later for a sense of closure. Exquisite full-page watercolor illustrations throughout combine with an omniscient narrative voice for an appealing package. VERDICT An excellent selection for fans of survival literature and realistic animal adventure.-Marie Orlando, formerly at Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Bellport, NY

        Copyright 2015 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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        A cattle dog rescues a family caught in a blizzard in this middle-grade adventure. One of the first things readers will notice is the story's thoughtful and deliberate third-person narration, sounding much like a timeless tale told 'round the hearth and quite distinct from the many chatty, casual narratives popular in current middle-grade fiction. Adding to the traditional storytelling tone, the members of the family in the story-a 10-year-old boy and his parents-are not given names, and the name of the dog who saves them is not revealed until the end. But this somewhat formal narrative style doesn't mean it isn't an exciting tale of adventure. Rosen portrays the dog's attempts to save the family so astutely that readers will feel the dog's determination and exhaustion, and his somber, parsed descriptions of the blizzard and the family's subsequent disorientation in the whiteout bring their cold and fear close. The writing is matched by Fellows' superb watercolor illustrations-expertly rendered scenes that are, thankfully, liberally sprinkled throughout. When the rescued family leaves the farm the dog leads them to without even learning the name of the dog or meeting her again, readers may cry foul, but the epilogue sets things right as the story comes full circle. A fine, superbly illustrated tale of adventure, bravery, and loyalty. (Adventure. 8-13)

        COPYRIGHT(2015) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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