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Piper.


Piper

Emma Chichester Clark

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company “Eerdmans” redirects here. For the Dutch politician, see Joost Eerdmans.
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company is a religious publishing house based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
 

2140 Oak Industrial Drive, NE, Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, city (1990 pop. 189,126), seat of Kent co., SW central Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1850. The second largest city in the state, it is a distribution, wholesale, and industrial center for an area that yields fruit, dairy products, farm produce, , MI 49505

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Award-winning author and illustrator Emma Chichester Clark presents Piper, a picturebook about a gentle black dog taught by his mother to help others in trouble. Yet when his grim new master treats him badly for refusing to chase away rabbits, Piper runs away and searches the big city for a place where he can be appreciated. Piper rescues an old lady from being run over by a car, triggering a city-wide search to find the heroic and compassionate canine canine
 or canid

Any domestic or wild dog or doglike mammal (e.g., wolf, jackal, fox) in the family Canidae, found throughout the world except in Antarctica and on most ocean islands.
. A gentle and heartwarming heart·warm·ing or heart-warm·ing  
adj.
1. Causing gladness and pleasure.

2. Eliciting sympathy and tender feelings: a heartwarming tale.

Adj. 1.
 story about the importance of being true to oneself.
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Date:Jun 1, 2007
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