This story brings the reader through the life of a guide dog from birth up until it finds its owner. When Honey was first born, she had to go through many different tests to make sure she was capable of being a guide dog. Once Honey passed the tests, she was given to a little girl named Amy. Amy raised her for 15 months until Honey was ready to begin her training to become a guide dog. Honey went through training with instructors until she was finally ready to help someone. Honey was able to help a lady named Anne. Anne worked with Honey for 4 weeks so that Honey could learn how to help her. Once the 5 weeks were up, it was time for Honey to graduate and start her journey with Anne. I really liked this story because I learned what dogs have to go through when becoming a guide dog. ( )

The illustrations in this book are photographs just like Dustin’s Big School Day. I found this book full of information. I picked this book because I love dogs and wanted to know about guide dogs. I had no idea they didn’t start formal training until they were 18 months old. This book will be for older students. I think the information in the book is very useful. Children should learn about visually impaired people and guide dogs. I don’t think this is the book to do it though; it’s too long to hold a child’s attention. ( )

A Guide Dog Puppy Grows Up tells us about how guide dogs are born into this system of helping out people who are blind. We go on a journey with a puppy named Honey and how he begins learning how to be a guide dog. This book educates us a lot on how guide dogs are raised, how they are tested for many things like alertness and intelligence. One day Honey gets a new home with a 4-H school member named Amy. The program Honey is in is the puppy placement department at Guide Dogs for the Blind. Amy is given a pamphlet on how to record Honey’s growth and development while he is with her. This experience of living with Amy is for Honey to learn how to live with people, go out in public, etc. All of this progress is to help Honey grow as a guide dog for people who are blind. After months of preparation Honey gets ready to work with Anne Gelles, a woman who is blind. At the end of the story Honey graduates from his program and leaves to live with Anne. I think this book did a great job in going into detail about this guide dog program. Readers learn how intense this program is to teach guide dogs how to work with people who are blind and we also learn how people who are blind have to learn how to work with a guide dog. I think this is a very beneficial book for children to read because it is not only interesting, but very educational. We can learn a lot from this book that I think it is an important topic to touch up on. ( )

Caroline Arnold tells the adventure of guide dogs. She explains he process of how guide dogs are bred and trained to help people.it gives factual information. ( )

A very informative look at the training process of guide dogs. Honey, a puppy, is sent on her journey to become a companion to a woman who is blind. We follow her through all the stages of becoming a skilled guide. Watch Honey as she goes from playful puppy to dedicated guide dog. ( )