The Highly Trained Dogs of Professor Petit

About Carol Ryrie Brink

Carol Ryrie Brink (18951981) was an American author of more than thirty books for children and adults. She is widely known for her novel Caddie Woodlawn which won the 1936 Newbery Medal the award given to the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children in a given year. Carol grew up in Idaho and later attended the University of Idaho. She transferred to the University of California where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1918. She married that same year and settled with her husband in Saint Paul Minnesota where they lived for more than forty years and had two children. Brinks first novel Anything Can Happen on the River was published in 1934. Three of Brinks childrens books are included in the Book Crush Rediscoveries series: Family Grandstand (1952) Family Sabbatical (1956) and The Highly Trained Dogs of Professor Petit (1953). Nancy Pearl is a librarian and lifelong reader. She regularly comments on books on National Public Radios Morning Edition. Her books include 2003s Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood Moment and Reason; 2005s More Book Lust: 1000 New Reading Recommendations for Every Mood Moment and Reason; 2007s Book Crush: For Kids and Teens; Recommended Reading for Every Mood Moment and Interest; and 2010s Book Lust To Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers Vagabonds and Dreamers. Among her many awards and honors are the 2011 Librarian of the Year Award from Library Journal the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association the 2010 Margaret E. Monroe Award from the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association and the 2004 Womens National Book Association Award.