Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen
What's This Book About
For fans of Balto and other real-life dog stories, here’s a heavily illustrated middle-grade novel about a canine movie star of the 1920s, dramatically told in both words and pictures by an acclaimed author and a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator. When movie director Larry Trimble travels to Berlin searching for his next big star–a dog!–he finds Etzel, a fierce, highly trained three-year-old German shepherd police dog. Larry sees past the snarls and growls and brings Etzel back to Hollywood, where he is renamed Strongheart. Along with screenwriter Jane Murfin, Larry grooms his protégé to be a star of the silver screen–and he succeeds, starting with Strongheart’s first film, The Love Master, which is released in 1921. Strongheart is soon joined by a leading lady, a German shepherd named Lady Julie, and becomes a sensation. Touching, charming, playful, and based on real events, this moving tale by Candace Fleming and illustrated by Eric Rohmann tells all about the wonder dog who took America by storm. A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF 2018A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF 2018
What Kind of Book is Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen
Reviews
Book Lists That Include This Book
The Creatives Behind the Book
Candace Fleming is the prolific author of The Family Romanov, a Sibert Honor Book and the recipient of both the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Young Adult Literature; Amelia Lost, which received four starred reviews; and The Great and Only Barnum, a YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction nominee and a Publishers Weekly and Booklist Best Book. She is also the author of many highly acclaimed picture books, including Oh, No!, illustrated by Eric Rohmann, and middle grade, including The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School. Visit her on the web at candacefleming.com or on Twitter: @candacemfleming.
Eric Rohmann is the Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator of My Friend Rabbit and received a Caldecott Honor for Time Flies. He has both written and illustrated numerous books for children, including Oh, No! and Bone Dog. He lives in Oak Park, Illinois.
What Has Candace Fleming Said About This Book
Nothing yet! Let Candace Fleming know that you want to hear from them about their book.
What Has Eric Rohmann Said About This Book
Nothing yet! Let Eric Rohmann know that you want to hear from them about their book.
More Books From These Creatives
Other Books You Might Enjoy If You Liked This Book
Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781101934104
- Publication Date
- February 6, 2018
- Publisher
- Schwartz & Wade Books
- Page Count
- 256
- Words Per Page
- 68
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2017006773
- Lexile® Level
- 560L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~N
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.1
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 2
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 194405
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
Contribute to this page
Are you the author or illustrator? Claim your book.