Summary
Marley loves to help his family, but sometimes Mommy, Daddy, Cassie, and Baby Louie don't want his kind of help After a morning of slobbery wake-up calls, emptied-out dressers, and gobbled-up pancakes, Marley's family has had enough.When they put him in the backyard, Marley worries his family doesn't love him anymore. The world's worst dog makes a break for it--only to wreak havoc wherever his adventure takes him The first in a brand-new series about everyone's favorite calamitous canine, Marley's Big Adventure is a sweet and hilarious addition to the I Can Read library. Young readers will delight in reading about Marley's antics all on their own
Bestselling author, John Grogan, was born on March 20, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan. He majored in journalism and English at Central Michigan University. In 1985, Grogan won a fellowship into the Kiplinger Mid-Career Program in Public Affairs Reporting at Ohio State University, where he obtained his Masters degree. Grogan earned a second fellowship at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida. Grogan's first full-time writing job was as a police reporter for the Herald-Palladium in Michigan. Grogan has also written for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and was also editor of Rodale's Organic Gardening magazine.
Grogan's book, Marley and Me, spent over seventy-six weeks on the bestseller list and was made into a movie in 2008. Grogan and his wife, Jenny, live in rural Pennsylvania.