With his older brother gone to fight in the Great War, and his father prone to sudden rages, 14-year-old Stanley devotes himself to taking care of the family's

Kix and Emilia adopt a stray dog and name him Sam, even though their parents say they cannot keep him, but then Sam's original owner is looking for him.

"You want WHAT for Christmas?" my husband Guy said when I suggested I wanted a dog for my gift that year. "You don't have time to take care of a dog." His argum

A dog named Sam fetches the wrong things, swims in the wrong places, and keeps everyone in the house awake when he can't go to sleep at night.

Tired of caring for his new dog, a spoiled boy gives him to a young girl who discovers that the dog can sing.