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    Barnaby the Bedbug Detective
    Barnaby the Bedbug Detective
    Barnaby the Bedbug Detective
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    Barnaby the Bedbug Detective

    By Catherine Stier and Karen Sapp

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    Maybe I'm not the hero type. But I can dream. Sometimes I dream I'm a rescue dog, saving a child lost in the woods. Or a guide dog, helping a person who cannot see. Or a police dog, tracking sneaky robbers. But when I wake up, I must face the truth. It's mostly big dogs who do those jobs. And I'm just Barnaby, a small mutt living in an animal shelter. Barnaby has big dreams, but he finds his true calling when he's adopted into a loving home and becomes a bedbug-sniffing dog—helping to find hidden bedbugs in hotels, on airplanes, in movie theaters, and even in people's homes!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlbert Whitman & Company
    Release dateFeb 1, 2013
    ISBN9780807509036
    Barnaby the Bedbug Detective
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    Catherine Stier

    Catherine Stier is the author of more than 20 children's books including the Science Makes it Work picture book series and the Kirkus star-reviewed A Dog's Day chapter book series. She holds a master’s degree in reading and literacy and has served as a magazine writer, newspaper columnist, and writing instructor. Stier resides in San Antonio, Texas.

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      Rescued pound puppy doesn't think sniffing out bedbugs is all that heroic a gig until he helps a family rid their home of the little nasties.

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