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Albert Payson Terhune was famous for his collie stories. Who was his most famous collie hero?

Lad. He wrote 'Lad, A Dog' and other books. Very anthropomorphic but fun to read!

John Steinbeck wrote a book about driving cross-country with his Standard Poodle named...

Charley. 'Travels with Charley' was the book.

This award-winning book was in part about an African-American boy's fight to save his father's injured coon dog.

Sounder. This is a very popular children's novel exploring issues of racism in the South.

Virginia Woolf wrote a humorous 'biography' of Elizabeth Barrett-Browning's dog...

Flush. Flush was a spoiled English Cocker Spaniel.

The little-known book 'The Starlight Barking' by Dodie Smith is the sequel to her better-known...

101 Dalmatians. Luckily, Disney never touched this one.

John Muir wrote a book about his dog...

Stickeen. Stickeen accompanied him on many a Sierran hike.

Eric Knight authored the classic story of a dog's love for her boy-

Lassie Come-Home. Although sold and sent away, Lassie managed to come home.

Beverly Cleary's books about Henry and Ramona also featured a dog named...

Ribsy. Ribsy was just your average neighborhood mutt.