Luna Howls at the Moon

Name: Luna Howls at the Moon
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
ISBN: 9780063018655

Author: Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

Narrator: Cassandra Morris

Unabridged: 5 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 06/15/2021

Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories, Children's Humor, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

The award-winning author of A Dog Like Daisy returns with a moving middle grade novel from the point of view of Luna, a Labrador therapy dog who accompanies her group therapy kids when they set off on an adventure across Austin, Texas.Luna has always wanted to be a therapy dog at Therapy Dogs Worldwide. Now she’s a whisker away from reaching her fifty-visit pin that will make it official. But when her “clients”—the children who visit her—are put into a therapy group, Luna’s routine is upended.Like the moon, Luna shows different faces at different times. And her clients each have different needs—Beatrice is tangled in knots of anger, Caleb rushes like a waterfall, Amelia carries fear heavy like a shadow, and Hector is quiet as a rock. To comfort the kids, Luna can be what they need her to be, but can she be everything to them all at once?When Hector doesn’t show up to a session one day, the kids set off on an unexpected quest to find him. Luna joins to keep them safe, and they must work together to almost learn the truth.* Banks Street Best Children's Books of the Year *

About Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

Kristin O'Donnell Tubb is the author of The Decomposition of Jack; Luna Howls at the Moon; Zeus, Dog of Chaos; the Story Collector series; A Dog Like Daisy; and other middle grade titles. She lives near Nashville, TN, with her bouncy-loud family. Just like her two dogs, she can be bribed with cheese. You can visit her online at kristintubb.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sirah on February 14, 2021

I almost didn't pick up this ARC because the title is just not really doing it for me. I'm so glad I did, though. What an absolutely sweet story! Luna is a therapy dog who can't quite get her 50-visit pin. She knows she needs to do her duty and care for her clients, but it's not always easy to know......more

Goodreads review by MyCatJeoffry on February 15, 2021

We loved this middle-grade novel! Luna is a very empathetic, sensitive therapy dog, and when her human handler, a psychologist, decides to begin a group therapy session with the kids Luna helps, Luna must learn to be the kind of therapy dog each child needs all at the same time. When one of the kids......more

Goodreads review by Felicia on December 03, 2020

This book was very sweet. I picked it up because I always love how Tubb always takes her time to research working animals before she writes these books. I have a service dog of my own and getting to read stories about other animals like him. I love him so much and this book really filled me with th......more

Goodreads review by Teenage on June 22, 2021

Plot: Luna loved her purpose of being a therapy dog. Along with her human Tessa, Luna’s goal was to comfort the people she worked with, from allowing them to scratch her ears, to her putting her head on their laps when she sensed they were feeling uneasy. When Tessa brought Luna to their first group......more