Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dan Dye, Mark Beckloff
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  115 reviews
Sales Rank: 1856
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0761129758
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.73
UPC: 019628129758
EAN: 9780761129752
ASIN: 0761129758
Publication Date: March 4, 2003
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Now in paperback, AMAZING GRACIE is a moving, funny, and inspirational canine rags-to-riches story. "Tears will stain the pages as you read about Gracie," says USA Today. The Chicago Tribune advises, "If you're short on inspiration, read Amazing Gracie." "You don't have to be obsessed with dogs to love this story" (Philadelphia Enquirer), "Two paws up" (Portland Oregonian), "humorous yet poignant" (ASPCA Animal Watch). Booklist comments that "Dog-loving teens, especially reluctant readers, will eat this up." AMAZING GRACIE was nominated as a Young Adult Choice for 2002 by The International Reading Association-proof that it's a great crossover book. Gracie was a deaf and partially blind albino Great Dane with a delicate constitution and a penchant for small miracles. Dan is the man-sad over the loss of his last dog and trapped in a dead-end job-who adopted her. Three Dog Bakery is the burgeoning and much-publicized chain of canine bakeries that, inspired by Gracie, Dan and his friend Mark founded. A love story, AMAZING GRACIE describes how Dan saves Gracie, the loneliest pup in the litter, then how, over the next ten years, Gracie saves Dan and Mark, teaching them the real meaning of happiness. There's the moment of meeting, when Gracie gets to her feet like a clumsy foal and nuzzles Dan's nose. Gracie's romance with the pint-size Boston Terrier next door. And the eureka moment (born of Gracie's anorexia-inducing dislike for commercial dog food): Dan teaches himself to cook and within three days begins baking the dog cookies that will transform their lives. AMAZING GRACIE is a dog-lover's treat.
Book Description
Now in paperback, AMAZING GRACIE is a moving, funny, and inspirational canine rags-to-riches story. Tears will stain the pages as you read about Gracie, says USA Today. The Chicago Tribune advises, If you're short on inspiration, read Amazing Gracie. You don't have to be obsessed with dogs to love this story (Philadelphia Enquirer), Two paws up (Portland Oregonian), humorous yet poignant (ASPCA Animal Watch). Booklist comments that Dog-loving teens, especially reluctant readers, will eat this up. AMAZING GRACIE was nominated as a Young Adult Choice for 2002 by The International Reading Association-proof that it's a great crossover book. Gracie was a deaf and partially blind albino Great Dane with a delicate constitution and a penchant for small miracles. Dan is the man-sad over the loss of his last dog and trapped in a dead-end job-who adopted her. Three Dog Bakery is the burgeoning and much-publicized chain of canine bakeries that, inspired by Gracie, Dan and his friend Mark founded. A love story, AMAZING GRACIE describes how Dan saves Gracie, the loneliest pup in the litter, then how, over the next ten years, Gracie saves Dan and Mark, teaching them the real meaning of happiness. There's the moment of meeting, when Gracie gets to her feet like a clumsy foal and nuzzles Dan's nose. Gracie's romance with the pint-size Boston Terrier next door. And the eureka moment (born of Gracie's anorexia-inducing dislike for commercial dog food): Dan teaches himself to cook and within three days begins baking the dog cookies that will transform their lives. AMAZING GRACIE is a dog-lover's treat.
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You'll Laugh, You'll Cry June 26, 2009
Roxanne Murray (California, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this book 9 years ago, shortly after adopting my deaf Australian Shepherd. I loved that the chapters were written in an alternating fashion so that you would be on the floor laughing out loud one chapter and going through half a box of tissues the next. I loved the story - the love story of a man, a dog, a man, and the start of a wonderful business that changed the face of canine cuisine. (I HAVE eaten the vanilla and carob cookies myself when I was hungry for something sweet and had only these cookies in my pantry.) More than the story, however, this book provided me with the courage to work through the problems I had with my deaf pup and learn about how our animal pals adapt to their disabilities just fine.
Wish more books were like this one! June 25, 2009
Sandra Gambill (Arkansas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I absolutely loved this book and wish there were more written on this level of warmth and understanding. I especially like the way that humor was mixed throughout the book, along with deep love and understanding for animals and the wonderful joy they are able to bring into our lives.
I just lost my Doxie companion to kidney failure, and this book was touching and comforting to me at this particular time. I would recommend this for anyone who loves animals, and even those people who are not as animal friendly as some of us. The author shows in this book just how animals and humans relate, and how very much we all have in common.
Read this book---you will not be sorry you did!
I love this book June 18, 2009
dog lover (indiana)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the greatest dog lovers book. It is so amazingly funny and something anyone with puppies can relate too. I enjoyed this book so much more than even Marley and Me.
A must read for all who have a smigen of interest in house dogs May 20, 2009
Cheryl Ben Magen (Seattle, Wa.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Amazing Gracie was for me the best book I've read in a long long time. I couldn't put the book down and mourned the moment I realized I'd read almost all of it. The author took me right there with him. What I read that he experienced, I too experienced with him. The book is humorously written, so I laughed, cried and wept her passing. Like losing a loved one, you never fully get over that loss, there is an emptiness inside where your pet-friend resided & nothing can or will take it's place. I cheered for Gracie when she won a battle, & made her 'dad' laugh, and cry. Thank you for writing such a moving portrayal. NOW I miss Gracie too.
MUST READ for Dog Lovers May 3, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an amazing book. Sweet, tender, inspiring, honest, and very touching. This book is along the lines of Marley and Me but Gracie isn't as "bad" as Marley. Along the lines of A Good Dog, but without the aggression issues. Its a story of love, chance, friendship (human and dog), liberation, hope, oh you name it and you got it! You will quickly fall in love with Dan, Gracie, and the rest of the family. Dan Dye has a great sense of humor. The way he writes the book makes one feel like he is a friend chatting over coffee about his dog.
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