Nonfiction Monday: Owney: The Mail Pouch Pooch

Owney: The Mail Pouch Pooch by Mona Kerby (Author) and Lynne Barasch (Illustrator) is a true story.

In the year 1888, on a cold rainy October night in Albany, New York, a straggly terrier mutt wandered through the empty streets looking for a place to get out of the rain. He was so skinny his ribs stuck out.

Voice Mini-lesson
Primary: This “traveling dog” story is written in third person point-of-view. Ask students to write their own pet story using this voice.

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