An amazing story about a dog who served for the United States Postal Service. He traveled around the United States, protecting the mail. Eventually he went on a world tour and came home to New York with tags of places he traveled. I did not know this was based on a true story until I got to the end of the book and saw a photograph of Owney and the postal workers. ( )

What a great story! And the fact that it is true makes it all the better. This story is about a Mail Dog who won the hearts of mail carriers in the late 1800s. Owney traveled the world sticking close to his postal pals and protecting the mail. He was given postal tags from all over the United States as he hopped on different mail trains. He even had the opportunity to visit other countries. This is definitely a special story. ( )

This book tells the story of a small pup who makes friends and travels the world by postal service. When he returns home, to Albany, he has a name tag for every place that he had been. He was growing old and was awarded for all of his travels. I enjoyed reading this book, as I had also read, "A Small Dog's Big Life: Around the World With Owney". I am very happy that I read both because I was able to see how text can change a book. In this one, there was a different format, though both very engaging and colorful. I liked that both books told the story of Owney's travels and linked the two together. I would definitely read this book in my classroom because it can teach children about traveling the world, cultures, awards, and animals. It can show that being happy is doing what you love; for Owney, that was traveling with he postal service around the world. ( )

I adored this book! I may be biased because of my love for dogs, but it was so interesting! I greatly enjoyed learning about the pooch named Owney who showed up one day to his local post office. He began to protect and guard the post men and their mail, and was basically given a job there. He started traveling with the mail as it went by train. He even eventually went overseas. He collected tags, coupons, and trinkets everywhere he went. His story is adorable, and I wish I could have met this smart pup! ( )

I found this story to be particularly interesting because most dogs hate mail carriers but Owney loved them so much he chose to spend his life surrounded by them. One thing I got a kick out of was that Owney was kidnapped by Canadian dogcathers and effectively held for ransom. The Albany employees paid the two dollars and fifty cents to get him back which wasn't cheap during this time period. The illustrations were very cute and I loved the pictures of Owney with his many tags around his neck like badges of honor. At the end of the book there is an actual picture of Owney on a train protecting the mail. I was surprised to find out that, "He was so famous that most of the major newspapers in the 1890s reported on his travels." ( )