During the special time called growing up, children always need a special friend. Here are two of the best. Frankie Muniz stars in the alternately humorous and touching My Dog Skip, the delightful memoir about a Jack Russell terrier who helps his young owner turn bullies into friends, outwit hapless moonshiners and even win the attention of the prettiest girl in school. Heroism is a dog named Shiloh in Shiloh 3: Saving Shiloh, the concluding adventure in author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s famed boy-and-his-dog books. The little beagle is a bundle of canine devotion – and a little bit of a detective, too – when he and his human pal Marty become involved in a murder mystery. Curl up with your four-footed buddy and enjoy the show!