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The Most Interesting Dogs in Literature

The Most Interesting Dogs in Literature

Update: 2025-08-21
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Welcome to Throwback Thursday! This week, we're going way back in the archives to revisit an episode about our favorite bookish dogs. Tune in and let us know your favorite!


Colleen Pelar and Julie Fudge Smith invite writer Ellie Hicks to join them in a discussion of books with or about dogs and their favorite literary pups. 


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Ellie's blog on 10 of the Best Literary Dogs


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The Most Interesting Dogs In Literature


Ellie Hicks is a writer, and Julie’s daughter and our audio producer! This is her list for AMReading


 Time Stamps - 


0:00 Welcome and Introduction


1:22 Which dogs are not on the list and why?


4:09 Ribsy


5:12 The Woofie’s Song - YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS!


6:20 Buck from Call of the Wild, Big Red series by Jim Kjelgaard


7:30 Little House on the Prairie - Jack


9:30 Toto from The Wizard of Oz


11:10 James Harriet’s dog tales


14:17 The Game of Thrones/Song of Fire & Ice - The Direwolves


15:10 Fang


16:20 Argos


18:43 Muggs


 


Cave Canem!


 


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The Most Interesting Dogs in Literature

The Most Interesting Dogs in Literature

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