Heartening and bittersweet, this book honors the life of a cherished and loyal friend and offers (readers) a valuable lesson: Sometimes an old dog can teach a person new tricks. (from summary)
This news of being named an [ALA] Alex Award winner is especially sweet because I, personally, know what it means to be included into a world of free access to books, which has been my real family since the first day of the first grade, when I stepped into the bookmobile.