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Smartest Pets - young reader & writer series - Cover

Some animals are so smart! In this book you will read 25 funny and exciting true stories about our favourite pets. More!

Rescued animals are SMARTER than JACK

Release date: mid September 2006

Do you think that there's something special about animals who have been rescued from adversity? We do, and the stories in this book prove it. People from all over the world submitted their true stories for this edition in the entertaining SMARTER than JACK series. 

  • Rescued animals are SMARTER than JACK (Australia, New Zealand and UK edition): ISBN 0-9582703-1-7
  • Smart Rescued Animals (Canadian and US edition):
    ISBN 0-9582571-0-8
  • 160 pages
  • 148mm x 210mm (5¾" x 8¼") paperback
  • Price: AUS$19.95, NZ$19.95, CAN $14.95, US$11.95, UK£7.99

The following images can be used in your catalogues, newsletters, magazines or website, but must be credited to Smarter than Jack.

       

Larger cover images:

 

Darbi from 'Darbi the wonder dog' by Kim Lopes, Ontario, Canada (p1)

 

Chevy from 'A good hiding place' by Justine O'Leary, Wickham, Western Australia (p2)

 

Whiskey from 'Clever Whiskey' by Gina Sturkenboom, Hamilton, New Zealand (p3)

 

Penny from 'A most wonderful decision' by Donna Graham, Ontario, Canada (p4)

 

Jess from 'One determined dog' by Maggie Perry, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (p8)

 

BJ from 'Doctor Sasha' by Barbara Bryan, Lower Hutt, New Zealand (p11)

 

Sasha from 'Doctor Sasha' by Barbara Bryan, Lower Hutt, New Zealand (p11)

 

Cricket from 'Cricket the Christmas feral' by Madelyn Filipski, New Jersey, USA (p12)

Rafferty from 'The tailless wonder' by Karen Golab, Missouri, USA (p15)

 

Ludo and Homeboy from 'The pigeon and the cat' by Carol King, Wiltshire, England (p17)

 

Phoebe from 'A true friend' by Sarah McIntosh, Wellington, New Zealand (p21)

 

Bumpus O'Beast from 'Intelligent genes' by Charlotte Stanley, Ontario, Canada (p25)

 

Blossom from 'A clever strategy' by Neri Baker, New South Wales, Australia (p28)

 

Shady from 'Quick to learn' by John Litchen, Queensland, Australia (p31)

 

Sasha from 'My incredible Sasha' by Suzanne Post, Auckland, New Zealand (p38)

 

Boots from 'Boots - such a wonderful dog' by Jill Hayward, British Columbia, Canada (p40)

 

Nikki and Delta from 'Delta's new life' by Nikki Harris, Nebraska, USA (p44)

 

Ben from 'Ben saves the day' by Bridget Egan, Kent, England (p47)

 

Tyson from 'Inseparable friends' by Myra Taankink, Tarpeena, South Australia (p50) 

 

Biskit from 'Grateful Biskit' by Karen Mol, Perth, Western Australia (p56) 

 

Bob and his possum friends from 'Bob to the rescue' by Leslie Breackell, New South Wales, Australia (p70)

 

Henry from 'Happy Henry' by Leslie Breackell, New South Wales, Australia (p89)

 

Kerry and Zulu from 'Zulu's hope' by Kerry Ecklebe, Nebraska, USA (p91)

 

Black Bunny from 'A special bunny' by Louise Stahl, New Jersey, USA (p91)

 

Bert and Bob from 'Bert the wonder dog: a tale of survival' by Dani de la Mare, British Columbia, Canada (p94)

 

Polly from 'An old dog learns new tricks' by Marlene Beck, Leicester, England (p96)

 

Buster from 'Getting to know Buster' by Julie Raverty, Victoria, Australia (p105)

 

Valentino from 'A feline angel' by Margaret O'Sullivan, Galway, Ireland (p115)

 

Mattie from 'Mattie the TV star' by Andrea Bratt Frick, California, USA (p116)

 

Ngaro from 'Lost and found' by Marion Bridge, Waiheke Island, New Zealand (p118)

 

Vera and Tim from 'Tim's journey' by Vera Sykes, Northumblerland, England (p120)

 

Dewdrop (Didi) from 'Educating Dewdrop' by Linda Handiak, Quebec, Canada (p124)

 

Toby from 'Found in the nick of time' by Deborah Lafata, Indiana, USA (p140)

 

Sam and Charlie from 'Fast food feline' by Lisa Beyer, Georgia, USA (p140)

 

Rocio and Jack from ' Just like the movies' by Rocio Fonseca, Arizona, USA (p142)