If You Like “Marley & Me”…

If you liked John Grogan’s Marley & Me, you might enjoy these “tails” of the remarkable bonds shared by people and their pets.

• Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
  by Vicki Myron
  A librarian rescues a kitten left in the overnight book return and is rewarded with a library mascot who has a positive impact on her own life and that of the entire Iowa town.
• Enslaved by Ducks
  by Bob Tarte
  An impulse purchase of a bunny at Easter time leads to the acquisition of a parrot, a couple of canaries, several cats, a turkey or two, and yes, ducks.
• Good Dog. Stay
  by Anna Quindlen
  A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer pays tribute to her beloved black lab, Beau, with heartwarming anecdotes of new tricks taught and old lessons learned.
• Merle’s Door: Lessons From A Freethinking Dog
  by Ted Kerasote
  A nature writer on a camping trip takes in a stray dog and spends thirteen years learning about and loving the animal’s independent, intelligent ways.
• My Cat, Spit McGee
  by Willie Morris
  A life long “dog man” marries a cat lover and finds himself won over by a quirky, cranky cat named Spit. By the author of My Dog Skip.
• Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of An Owl and His Girl
  by Stacey O’Brien
  A young research biologist adopts an injured four-day-old barn owl and spends the next nineteen years learning about and loving the remarkable creature.
• Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs
  by Caroline Knapp
  A renowned memoirist recounts the ways her canine confidante helped her through the death of her parents, a bad break-up, and the trials of sobriety.