The narrator describes discovering how Ralph the dog can talk, appropriately saying words such as "roof," "rough," "bark," and "wolf."

As a small puppy, Clifford the red dog goes to school with Emily Elizabeth and gets into mischievous trouble during the finger painting, cookie baking, and snack time.

Dixie the puppy plays with Emma every day after school until Emma starts memorizing her lines for the school play.

Deputy Mattie Cobb is in a dark place and has withdrawn from Cole Walker and his family to work on issues from her past. When she and her K-9 partner, Robo, get called to track a missing junior high student, they find the girl dead on Smoker's Hill behind the high school, and Mattie must head to the Walker home to break the bad news. But that's only the start of trouble in Timber Creek, because soon another girl goes missing-and this time it's one...

Henry Huggins, his dog Ribsy, and his friend Beezus, busy themselves with trying to earn enough money for Henry to buy a bicycle.

Charles and Lizzie Peterson foster dogs and find them the perfect homes. Will they be able to take care of Skipper's litter and find forever homes for Skipper and all of her pups, too?

On his first visit to the city, an excited puppy sees tall buildings, hears loud buses, and tries to say hello to everyone he meets.

Life is confusing for seventh-grader Maggie, who must track down a missing person and find out who is behind a string of dog eggings at the local dog run, while also dealing with issues involving her brother, two of her friends.

Clifford, a very big dog who always overdoes his good deeds, finds something to do that is his size.

Hank the Cowdog almost loses his job as Head of Ranch Security when he develops a case of Eye-crosserosis.