Dasher Gets Adopted Author:Julie Hatley "Dasher Gets Adopted" is ideal for parents introducing a new family member to the household. Dasher is a beautiful greyhound who loves to feel the wind swishing past her face and the sand spraying behind her feet as she sprints around the race track. She is confident because she knows where she lives and what is expected of her. One day, all th... more »is changes. Dasher learns she is being adopted and meets her new family for the first time. Suddenly, everything and everyone around her is different. John, Georgia, and their son Bobby, love Dasher and want her to be happy. But Dasher is confused and scared. Dasher's hope that everything will work out is crushed as she makes mistake after mistake. Frightened and unsure, she flees, but soon finds herself lost and in danger from cars and traffic. John, Georgia, and Bobby find Dasher, and are relieved that she is safe and unharmed. They bring her home, where they begin again to be a family. Time, patience, and bonding through shared activites, helps Dasher learn to love and trust her family. She realizes that adoption is a good thing and that she is very lucky.« less