Rescuing Oricito, The Almost True Story of a South American Street Dog

Illustrations by Tatiana Messina, 2016

An eight-week puppy, Oricito, is abandoned on the streets of Valdivia, Chile, where he falls in with veteran strays, Rico and Valiente. Together they survive the daily onslaughts of threats, but disagree on their dreams for the future.

“. . . indigenous mythology of animal shape-shifting. Chilean culture and canine heroics intertwine as author Marty Kingsbury takes us beyond fleas and ticks into the heart of stray mutt whose story is the story of abandoned dogs everywhere.” 

Bark Magazine, Jecenia Figueroa, Fall 2014