Any Jim Kjelgaard book, Jack London, Call of the Wild Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune and other Terhune books and many, many more. I don't know the reading level of 'your" 10 year olds, but my kids were reading this level of book at 8+. As was I. We were all pretty much bookworms:-) Stormy On Jul 18, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Edwin Hill wrote: > Time to go shopping to upgrade my class room library.....I did not > read much as a kid, and at 55 I don't remember many children books > about dogs. I do have a few that I read every year to my students, > but if you know of any that you think would be entertaining for 10 > year olds please let me know privately.....and yes I have three > copies of Old Yeller..Thanks...these kids of today will be grown-ups > of tomorrow, perhaps they will be the ones to end dog fighting and > breed specific laws and other negative influences upon the rights > and joys of responsible dog ownership....Ed ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================