Chase Gets a Medal

<p>Chase Gets a Medal is filled with colorful illustrations that young readers will love as they learn that dogs can be much more than pets to play with in the back yard.</p> <p>Meet Chase a friendly black and white dog. One day he wanders so far from home he gets lost and is taken to an animal shelter. Sitting in a cage he feels sorry for himself until a kind woman rescues him and takes him to a park each day. Seeing how well he relates to children and adults she suggests he become a therapy dog a special dog that visits people who are sick or lonely or just need a friend.</p> <p>The tests to become a therapy dog are hard. Will he be up to it? Can he control his impulse to munch on a treat that has been left on the ground? Or can he be patient and devote himself to erasing the loneliness of a sick child in the hospital or bring a warm touch to a woman in a nursing home? Find out as you read this heart-warming book about love compassion and kindness.</p>