Because+of+Winn-Dixie+by+Mary+and+Josie

ln the book,Because of Winn-Dixie,a girl named Opal,found a dog in the Winn-Dixie super market and she acted like it was her dog so they wouldn't take him to the pound,and she named it Winn-Dixie. When she brought him home she begged her dad to keep the dog.Her dad said no the first time she asked him but he got to like him,he said"Only if you take care of him." So then she gave the dog a bath because he had patches of no fur on parts of his body.One day she wanted to buy him a leash but so didnt have enough money so she got a job at Gertude's pets. Then she goes to the library and the librarian thinks that Winn-Dixie is a bear. She got scared and ducked uder her desk. Then Opal tells her that he is her dog and not a bear. Then the librarian tells her a story about the time a bear comes into the library and takes a book called War and Peace. One morning Opal comes to work and sees Otis playing his guitar and the pets froze.