The Salty Books
by Gloria Rand, illus. by Ted Rand

Salty Dog (1989)
Salty Dog takes a maiden voyage on a wooden sailboat built by his master.
Salty Sails North (1990) 
Zack and Salty sail to Alaska, riding out treacherous storms, crossing the paths of wolves and grizzly bears, and visiting ancient Indian grounds.
Salty Takes Off (1991) 
While wintering in Alaska, Salty falls from an airplane and must survive until his master Zack finds him.
Aloha, Salty (1996)
Zack and Salty sail off to beautiful Hawaii, making friends with porpoises, whales and gooney birds along the way — and fighting to survive a ferocious sea storm.

Other Dogs by the Sea

Lighthouse Dog to the Rescue (2000) (Angeli Perrow, illus. Emily Harris)  
A fictionalized account of how Spot, a springer spaniel living on Penobscot Bay in the 1930s, loves to ring the lighthouse bell and guides the mailboat safely through a storm.
Riptide (1990) (Frances Ward Weller, illus. Robert J. Blake)  
Zach's dog Riptide loves the sea and proves himself worthy of being the nineteenth lifeguard on Cape Cod's Nauset Beach.

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