The 23 short stories of this collection tell of the interaction between a trained therapy animal (mostly dogs, though there are stories about cats, horses, and a llama) and a person in need of care. A variety of encounters are described, including therapy dogs providing emotional release to the firefighters at Ground Zero, comforting the elderly and dying, and working with disabled children. Appendices provide information about therapy pet programs. Each account includes one or more b&w photos. The volume is not indexed. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)