Kids' Wings presents 38-pages of activities for touching picture books about homeless dogs that find good homes. 
These literature guides may be used orally, as teacher-led, or in small groups with a mentor, and independently with more advanced or gifted students.   The books include:

The Stray Dog by Marc Simont, A Caldecott Honor Book, 
Before You Were Mine by Maribeth Bolts and 
Mutt Dog by Stephen Michael King.

Activities include 

• A Muzzle Puzzle, crossword Puzzle,
• Pamper Your Puppy Math
• Seeing the Story, multiple choice comprehension
• Write a New Dog Story, Prewriting and Writing
• readers' theater scripts,
• discussion cards,
• crossword puzzles,
• multiple-choice comprehension activities,
• comparisons,
• logic puzzles,
• What Is a Shelter? 
• research,
• composite activities,
• compassion,
• song,
• sequencing,
• comparing names,
• letter editing,
• math in Mutt Dog's steps,
• letter writing,
• addressing an envelope, and
• answer keys.