Benjamin’s Dog Joseph

By Rev. Dr. Daryl C. Greene
Illustrated by Mary Elaine Akers-Bell

When the little tiny pup Joseph was born his mother discovered that he had a short stub leg. She worried, “Will he be able to walk and run on three legs instead of four? Will anyone want to adopt him?”

Addressed to both disabled and able-bodied children, Benjamin’s Dog Joseph is about a three-legged German Shepherd dog named Joseph, and his struggles growing up. He has to do “physical therapy” to be able to walk, while his brothers and sisters refuse to play with him. At the end of the story Joseph is strong enough and brave enough to jump into the river and save an eight year old boy, Benjamin, from drowning. Benjamin adopts Joseph and everyone recognizes Joseph as a hero.

This book is written for parents to read to first grade children and at a third to fifth grade reading level

To read the text of the story, click here.

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