Odin, Dog Hero of the Fires
The incredible true story of one dog’s heroic feats during the 2017 Tubbs Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in California history.
One October night in 2017, when wildfire raged in Sonoma and Napa counties, the Hendel family was suddenly evacuated from their homes and farms to escape to safety and forced to leave behind their Pyrenees dog, Odin. Odin refused to leave his nightly post of guarding the family’s eight young goats, despite the family’s desperate attempts to lead him away. Brokenhearted, the Hendels were sure they would never see their dog again.
But when the fire calmed and the family returned home, to their shock they found Odin singed yet safe, along with all the goats and several orphaned deer the dog had protected as well. Odin, Dog Hero of the Fires is a touching and inspirational true tale that honors the bravery and strength of Odin as well as commemorates the stories of those affected by the Tubbs Fire.
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Book details
- Author
- Emma Bland Smith
- Imprint
- West Margin Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Juvenile Nonfiction › Animals › Dogs
Juvenile Nonfiction › History › United States › State & Local - Topics
- dogs · wildfires · California · true story · farm animals · animal heroes · Great Pyrenees · 2017 Tubbs Fire
- ISBN-13
- 9781513138107
About the author
EMMA BLAND SMITH is a librarian and the author of children’s picture books, including Odin, Dog Hero of the Fires, Mr. McCloskey’s Marvelous Mallards and How Science Saved the Eiffel Tower.
Her debut picture book, Journey: Based on the True Story of OR7, the Most Famous Wolf in the West, won Bank Street College’s Cook Prize and the Northland College SONWA award.
When she’s not writing, Smith works as a librarian at the San Francisco Public Library.
Emma lives in San Francisco with her family and pets.