Discover one childs view of the difference a. Just a Dog By Michael Gerard Bauer paperback1 August 2021 15.99 or 4 payments of 4.00 with Learn more ADD TO CART Booklovers earn 0.75 in rewards Online In Store OUT OF STOCK Mr Mosely isnt a pedigreed dog, but he is just the dog Corey and his family want: he is loyal, protective and loving. Its so much more than just a family story.

Yes! I was that guy you almost ran off the road that day. A junior novel from popular award-winning author Michael Gerard Bauer. People being treated fairly and with dignity. Getting invited to the White Ravens International Children’s Literature Festival in Munich in 2010. My first novel The Running Man winning the Children’s Book Council Book of the Year as well as an award in Germany. Not just because hes so big (hes part Great Dane.) Not just because hes all white (with one black spot under his eye and a heart shaped splotch on his chest.

What have been the highlights of your career? Sometimes a dog isnt just a dog-sometimes hes the glue the holds a whole family together.Mr. I think maybe a common theme in my novels might be that people have the right to be who they are and that our uniqueness and individual differences should be celebrated. Where is your favourite place to write I rarely write anywhere else but at. Mainly I was a teacher of English and Economics but at various times I was also a car park attendant, a pamphlet deliverer and a very nervous target operator at a rifle range. My novel Just a Dog owes its entire existence to a walk. He has written drama, comedy and adventure. His books have been shortlisted, won numerous awards and are used as class texts in many schools around Australia. As Joseph learns more and more about Tom’s world, he is forced to confront his own fears.Michael Gerard Bauer is an in-demand speaker and a popular writer for children and young adults. Then Joseph is asked to draw Tom for a school art project, and that means Joseph has the opportunity to uncover the truth about this man who pas*ses his days tending silkworms and keeping dark secrets. The use of the silkworm metaphor invites the audience to uncover the dark secrets of Tom Leyton s mysterious past. Gossip and rumors suggest that something terrible happened to Tom in the past. In the novel The Running Man by Michael Gerard Bauer, the author captures the experiences of a marginalised character, Tom Leyton. There had always been The Running Man always that phantom form somewhere in the distance, always shuffling relentlessly closer…įor a long time, fourteen year old Joseph has wondered about old Tom Leyton, his reclusive next door neighbor.

Just a Dog by Michael Gerard Bauer