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The Place of Dead Trees
Corgis in printed word and pictures. Includes the 'net comix as well -- many of them do get published in mags or as separate books eventually, you know!
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Category
Books
Year
1985
Country
USA
Written by
Anne Tyler
Corgi breed
Cardigan
Starring role
Edward
Comments
Carolyn Cannon: "'The Accidental Tourist' should perhaps be required reading for any potential new corgi owner. Edward [is] a head-strong, nippy little dog with an attitude. We've known one or two of those in our lifetimes ;-) Edward _is_ a corgi in the book but which breed is not specified. My guess is that he's a Pembroke." Helen Turin: "I believe the dog in the book was actually a Cardigan. I dimly remember reading at the time that Ann Tyler actually owned a Cardigan but I do not know from whence." From Larry McMurtry - The New York Times Book Review: "[This] is one of Anne Tyler's best books. [... Some] aspects of the novel do not entirely satisfy. One is the unaccountable neglect of Edward, the corgi, in the last third of the book [...] At the level of metaphor, however, [Miss Tyler] has never been stronger"
Category
Books
Year
1991
Written by
Dick King-Smith
Illustrated by
Lynette Hemmant (USA, Random House 1992, ISBN 0679819312)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
From From Amazon.com: "The porcine hero of Babe, the Gallant Pig (Crown) might be disappointed that his great-grandson isn't interested in sheepherding, but Ace has his own gifts: he can understand Farmer Tubbs's every word. The author exploits his joyful sense of the absurd to the hilt, combining a gentle ribbing of country folk and their animal counterparts with genuine affection". Has a "snobby corgi character", according to a Corgi-L posting and the cover of the Random House edition (not that one can really tell if it's a snobby corgi by looking at the picture).
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1987 (first printing), 2000 (reissue)
Edited by
Tasha Tudor
Illustrated by
Tasha Tudor
Company credits
Philomel (first printing), Simon & Schuster (reissue)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
A poetry book with poems selected, edited and illustrated by Tasha Tudor. The book also contains a section on traditions of Mrs. Tudor and her family. The 2000 reissue is probably easier to obtain, I can't say if they have different content. Annette Sheppard informs us that some of the illustrations feature pembrokes, as do several of Mrs. Tudor's other books: see the Corgiville series for more details.
Links
http://www.tashatudor.com/
Category
Books
Country
USA
Company credits
Kids Know Products, Parks & History Association (first printing)
SKU
6000038933 (first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Beanie
Comments
From (now apparently defunct) Parkexplorer.org site: "Beanie the Corgi is an adventurous little dog touring the sites of Washington, DC. Follow him through the monuments, memorials and museums in these fun-to-color pages complete with interesting descriptions of the sites he visits. For ages 5 and up". Features a Pembroke who bills himself as "the coolest tour dog in Washington, DC" (according to a Corgi-L posting). This booklet is probably on the rare side.
English title
I Love my Younger Sister
Category
Comics, graphic novels & cartoons
Year
2003 onwards
Country
Japan
Written by
AOKI Kotomi
Art by
AOKI Kotomi
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Yori
Comments
While there are probably a nearly endless number of hentai (erotic/smut) mangas portraying incest, this one attempts a serious dramatic treatment of the taboo subject. Even given that and assuming you are a manga fan, it's still definitely not for one easily offended.
The corgi content ratio in the series is however high starting from Volume 3, Episode 15 (the translation linked to below calls the episodes "Secrets") in which Iku receives a pembroke puppy from her twin brother/lover Yori (and names it after him). Apparently the puppy is fairly realistically portayed.
Otherwise, I have not much interest in either the subject matter or the media so I must say I only perused the available pages cursorily and can't really vouch for the quality of the plot or the art, but since there is also an anime OVA from 2005 and a live action movie from 2007 based on this, it appears somewhat popular.
Links
Boku wa imouto ni koi wo suru @ MangaFox
Category
Books
Year
2002
Written by
Celia Townsend Wells
Company credits
Purdue University Press (1st UK hardcover edition)
ISBN
1557532362 (first UK hardcover edition)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Various Pembrokes reared by the narrator
Comments
From Amazon UK: "Brood Bitch is a mother's reflection inspired by her hand-raising a litter of Pembroke Welsh corgis whose own mother died after a Caesarian delivery". This book is apparently not so much into entertainment but instead into heavy philosophical stuff, dealing with "the vast scope of motherhood in both corgis and women - its variations, illusions, ideals, realities, frustrations, rewards". Corgis should be fairly central to the plot though and that's what counts.
Category
Books
Year
1999
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Company Credits
American Artists, Inc. / Bantam Books (first printing)
ISBN
0-553-09971-X (first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
Number 7 in the series of Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries books. Postmistress-cum-sleuth Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen's cat, the titular Mrs. Murphy, and her Pembroke sidekick Tee Tucker solve a missing person case AND a murder connected with the local politics over a new reservoir. From ritamaebrown.com: "While the clever tiger cat and her friends sift through clues that just don't fit together, more than a few locals fear that the ensuing scandal will force well-hidden secrets into the harsh light of day. In the end, Mrs. Murphy's relentless tracking has consequences even she cannot imagine. When her efforts place loved ones in danger, it takes more than a canny kitty and her team of animal sleuths to set things right again".
Category
Books
Year
2002
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Art by
Michael Gellatly (line art, presumably in the 1st printing)
Company Credits
Bantam Doubleday Dell (assumed first printing)
ISBN
0553107445 (assumed first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
This is number 10 in the series of Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries books, in which Postmistress-cum-sleuth Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen's cat, the titular Mrs. Murphy, and her Pembroke sidekick Tee Tucker solve murders commited in the small town of Crozet, Virginia. This time, a case of stolen hubcaps leads to murders and mayhem. I'm starting to wonder if anybody dies from old age or illness in the small towns of Virginia? From Barnes&Noble: "As [Harry] and her furry cohorts -- the cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter and corgi Tee Tucker -- get mud on their boots and paws mapping local terrain and relationships and sniffing out telltale scents of villainy, someone is watching their every move". A Corgi-L poster comments on the line illustrator Michael Gellatly: "[He] has really caught the fluffy butt, the stubbies, the Corginess. Too bad he didn't do the illustration for the cover, but we can't have everything, I guess!".
Category
Books
Year
2005
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Art by
Michael Gellatly (line art, first printing)
Company Credits
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group (first printing)
ISBN
0553801643 (first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries series is considered by some to be winding down and in fact many presumed this, the 13th outing for the series-titular cat Mrs. Murphy and her Pembroke sidekick Tee Tucker, would be the last. At least one more is coming out though (more on this in 2006). On the subject of Ca't Eyewitness, it seems to deal less than previously with the talking, sleuthing animals and more with issues such as religion and lesbianism. Of course there still are murders to be solved and a "shocking revelation of a mystery that has perplexed the citizens of Crozet for ages" to be discovered.
Category
Comics, graphic novels & cartoons
Country
USA
Written by
Joe Martin
Art by
Joe Martin
Company credits
Tribune Media Services
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Matty
Comments
One of the many creations of the "most prolific cartoonist in the World", Cats with Hands is "is anything but your typical fat-cat strip. In his latest and most imaginative creation, Joe Martin depicts a cat-centric universe without humans — a high-concept fantasy where cats live out human lives, yet remain, well, cats" (from Tribune Media website). In addition to intelligent cats (now there's an oxymoron (-;)), the cartoon also features talking mice and dogs. One the latter is a semiregularly appearing pembroke (breed confirmed by the author) Matty. She's not on very often, unfortunately.
Links
http://www.catswithhands.com
Category
Books
Year
2001
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
This is number 9 in the series of Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries books, in which Postmistress-cum-sleuth Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen's cat, the titular Mrs. Murphy, and her Pembroke sidekick Tee Tucker solve murders commited in the small town of Crozet, Virginia. From Barnes&Noble: "Hank Brevard, the hospital's plant manager, has had his throat slit from ear to ear, a violent and gruesome crime that no one can make sense of at first. Harry [...] and local police officer Cynthia Cooper theorize on all kinds of possible motives, everything from a tangled love affair to a black-market organ-procurement ring. But it's Harry's trio of four-footed companions -- her cats, Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and her corgi, Tucker -- who discover the real secret at the hospital, which is connected to the facility's former function as a cornerstone of the Underground Railroad".
Category
Comics, graphic novels & cartoons
Country
USA
Written by
Kiwi
Art by
Kiwi
Corgi breed
Pembroke (well, most of them seem to be...)
Starring role
Wasabi
Starring dog
Wasabi
Comments
This succintly named web comic is a mixed media venture constructed around manipulated photographs of corgis. The main protagonist is unsurpringly enough the fantasy version of the author's pembroke Wasabi, who gets into a number of (mis)adventures set in a dog-populated fairy land. You can submit pictures of your dog for "cartoon fodder" (see Links below for details).
Ok, so one may like to argue that a web comic is not "permanent media" and I grant this one hasn't been updated for over a year, but I decided to hazard its inclusion anyway. Maybe it'll come back one day, and in case it's still up so there.
Links
Category
Books
Year
2003
Country
USA
Written by
Tasha Tudor
Art by
Tasha Tudor
Company Credits
Front Street, Inc.
ISBN
1932425004 (first edition hardcover)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Various denizens of Corgiville
Comments
From Barnes&Noble: "In this third story set in imaginary Corgiville, home to corgis, cats, rabbits and some eccentric families, Christmas is coming". That about sums it up, I think, but to rephrase: it's a Christmas time book set in Corgiville we've come to know from the two previous books in the Corgiville series: the plot, however, does not carry over from the previous books. There's a Japanese edition that has been around for a while longer, but this is the first US edition.
Links
http://www.tashatudor.com/
Category
Books
Year
1971
Country
USA
Written by
Tasha Tudor
Art by
Tasha Tudor
Company Credits
Little, Brown & Company
ISBN
0316853127 (Little Brown & Company's first edition hardcover)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Various denizens of Corgiville
Comments
From Tasha Tudor's website (see Links): "In Corgiville, as in any small towns all over America, the biggest event of the year is the fair. The sights, sounds, smells, and all the fun and excitement of a typical small-town fair are captured with humor and affection both in the text and in the marvelously detailed watercolor paintings." Corgiville Fair is a children's book with watercolor paintings depicting a goat race held in a town peopled by Welsh Corgis as well as cats, rabbits and green trolls. Presumably very heart-warming stuff here for the adults as well. This is the first book in the Corgiville series, although the plot does not carry over into the sequels. Several of Mrs. Tudor's other books also include pictures of Pembrokes, see the Corgiville series link above for more details.
Links
http://www.tashatudor.com/
Category
Books
Year
2004
Country
USA
Written by
Lea Herrick
Art by
Lea Herrick (?)
Company Credits
Cherokee Books
ISBN
978-1930052178 (presumed 1st edition, September 2004)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Ramsey
Comments
Ms. Herrick's corgi book begins like a proper fairytale: "Once upon a time, on a windswept island in a faraway land called Wales, there lived a little corgi dog named Ramsey..." It's still not too childish apparently and is being recommended "for the whole family". The book is based on the real life story of the author's own rescue corgi, but is presented from Ramsey's point of view and thus qualifies as fiction.
Links
http://www.cherokeebooks.com/
Category
Comics, graphic novels & cartoons
Year
1999-2000 (2nd series, 1st series came out -- no points for guessing -- ealier)
Country
Japan
Written by
Hajime Yadate (this is a pen name used by various writers)
Art by
Cain Kuga (1st series), Nanten Yutaka (2nd series)
Company Credits
Sunrise
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Ein
Comments
The old adage "where there's anime, there's manga" holds true with Cowboy Bebop. Sunrise has published two series of further adventures of Ein the data dog and the group of bountyhunters he has adopted as his family. These have also been published in USA by AnimeNation, the 1st series under the title Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star. According to the Future Blues site (see links below), "The Cowboy Bebop Manga version ran in the Monthly manga collection called Asuka Fantasy DX. Like the TV series, the Manga appears to be episodic in nature, each volume of DX containing a separate adventure". It's also worth noting that the character designs for the 1st series differ quite a bit from those in the anime show and the 2nd series. I presume Ein is still a pembroke in it though.
There is also a manga sequel of sorts that essentially rewrites certain bits of the original anime show's ending I don't care to spoil for you, but it doesn't feature Ein or any other corgis AFAIK, so it'll be safe to ignore anyway.
Links
http://www.futureblues.com/bebopmanga.html
Full title
The Dark Tower Volume VII: The Dark Tower
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
2004
Country
USA
Written by
Stephen King
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Marlowe
Comments
This is the grand finale of Stephen King's epic American fantasy The Dark Tower, a sprawling series that gets A+ for effort but B- for the quality. The final volume is not quite the most flawed of the bunch but it does come close. Among its redeeming features is the very brief but hearwarming appearance of Marlowe the tough old pembroke in Part Three, Chapter IV, Subchapter 4 (yes, it's that kinda book). Now technically Marlowe was a real dog, Mr. King's dog in fact, but here his appearance, as that of his master, is quite fictionalized enough for inclusion. Say thankya.
PS. For those who might want to delve into the series anyway, there is the fact that one of the main characters is Oy, a talking, vermin-hunting fantasy animal, who is rather obviously a not-corgi. The fact is almost spelled out in The Dark Tower. However, as King doesn't own up to Oy being a corgi (like I said, he's not even a dog), the series only counts for a minor sighting.
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1996
Country
Canada
Written by
C. C. Benison
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
various pems of the Queen Of Britain
Comments
The first book in the Her Majesty Investigates series (alternatively know as Jane Bee - Housemaid to the Queen). A mystery thriller where Her Majesty the Queen assings her Canadian housemaid to investigate a murder. According to Susan Bemus, "The Royal corgis are very peripheral to the storyline, but they're there!". The Random House paperback even has them on the cover, see Links below.
Links
C.C.Benison's author page @ Random House
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1997
Country
Canada
Written by
C. C. Benison
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
various pems of the Queen Of Britain
Comments
The second book in the Her Majesty Investigates series (alternatively know as Jane Bee - Housemaid to the Queen). A mystery thriller where Her Majesty the Queen assings her Canadian housemaid to investigate a murder. According to Susan Bemus, "The Royal corgis are very peripheral to the storyline, but they're there!".
Links
C.C.Benison's author page @ Random House
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1998
Country
Canada
Written by
C. C. Benison
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
various pems of the Queen Of Britain
Comments
Third and the latest in the Jane Bee - Housemaid to the Queen series. A mystery thriller where Her Majesty the Queen assings her Canadian housemaid to investigate a murder. According to Susan Bemus, "The Royal corgis are very peripheral to the storyline, but they're there!".
Category
Books
Year
2001
Country
USA
Written by
Emily Carmichael AKA Emily Krokosz
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Miss Piggy
Comments
Second in a light comedic romance series featuring Miss Piggy, a pembroke who in fact is a reincarnated human woman. From Amazon.com: "Piggy, the conniving corgi from Carmichael's Finding Mr. Right, is back to defuse danger and play cupid in this cute and cuddly romantic caper. This time Piggy must find a mate for Joey DeMato, a hardworking wedding planner who has little time for men or corgis [...] Piggy's monologues interrupt the novel's pacing and are often redundant, but her sassy demeanor keeps the tale lively. Dog lovers and romance readers will enjoy this satisfying stocking stuffer". Beverly Morgan Lewis says (on Corgi-L): "I think it would make a cute movie: The Wedding Planner meets The Bodyguard meets Beethoven". See the series page for Miss Piggy's other (mis)adventures.
Category
Comics, graphic novels & cartoons
Country
USA
Written by
Pam Bliss
Art by
Pam Bliss
Company Credits
Paradise Valley Comics
Corgi breed
Cardigan
Starring role
Bob
Comments
According to the Paradise Valley Comics site (see Links below), Diggby tells the tale of "Diggby -- wacky living cartoon plus his longsuffering creator, cartoonist Eve Moon, and her philosophical corgi, Bob". Diggby has appeared in at least the following Paradise Valley comic books and collections: Big Diggby Flip Book (a big surprise there...), Dog & Pony Show (Paperback - 180 pages; published May 17, 2001; ISBN 0970944209) and Goblin.
Links
http://www.paradisevalleycomics.com/
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1982 (March, probable first edition)
Country
USA
Company credits
Knopf (probable first edition)
ISBN
0394523814 (probable first edition)
Written by
Anne Tyler
Corgi breed
Unknown
Comments
This Anne Tyler novel about a dysfunctional family contains a very brief mention of corgis.
Category
Books
Year
1960
Country
USA (probably originally published in UK)
Written by
Essex Hope
Art by
Faith Jacques
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Bob(by)
Comments
From The Columbia River Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club book reviews: "Bob, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi pup [is] given to Richard for his birthday. Richard is most upset that the puppy isn’t allowed to sleep in bed with him and he is also upset at the names the family have suggested for the new pup. He names the puppy Bob, but calls him Bobby in private [...] Bob runs away in terror during a fireworks display and the story follows his adventures to a happy ending". This book is apparently somewhat on a rare side.
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1952
Country
USA
Written by
Nita Jonas
Art by
Tibor Gergely
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
From The Columbia River Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club book reviews: "There are short poems and simple drawings of 20 breeds. The Corgi:'The Welsh Corgi is brown with four little white socksHe’s a very good watchdog and looks like a foxWith his tiny stub tail and his sharp little faceHe seems quite at home almost any old place'".Listed as the Little Golden Book #260 on the aformentioned site. Barnes & Noble lists what I presume is an alternative series number (532) for this title, as well as giving an AKA of The Little Golden Book Of Dogs. There is possibly also an edition with Gergely's drawings replaced by photos. A marginal addition to the database, but the poem is too cute to pass up on (-;)
Category
Books
Year
1993
Country
USA
Written by
Dave Pilkey
Art by
Dav Pilkey
Corgi breed
Cardigan
Starring role
Dogzilla
Starring dog
Leia
Comments
From Pilkey.com (see Links below): "A spoof of the movie Godzilla, with dog and mice characters. When Dogzilla invades Mousopolis, the rodent inhabitants must decide on a plan to rid themselves of this terrible menace before their city is chewed to pieces. One of Dav Pilkey’s best known, and best-loved books. This wacky tale features colorful collages, manipulated photographs, and paintings. Warning: Some material may be too goofy for grown-ups! Full color". See the link below for sample pages & other stuff.
Links
http://pilkey.com/bookview.php?id=2
Category
Books
Year
2001
Country
USA
Written by
Lydia Adamson
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Huck
Comments
Another mystery novel (#12 in the Dr. Deirdre Quinn Nightingale series) , with a woman veterinarian doing the sleuthing. Apparently this genre's authors have a soft spot for Corgis. According to Raelene Gorlinsky, "Huck the corgi witnessed his owner's murder, but that was no help to the humans trying to solve the case. Quote: 'He was the living witness. But neither she nor the authorities spoke Corgi tongue. It was a very exotic language'". Since he's on the cover I've assumed that Huck is important enough a character to warrant a full sighting status for this book. May be wrong tho.
Original English title
Vet in a Spin
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1979 (1st Finnish printing)
Country
Finland (original: United Kingdom)
ISBN
951-1-05407-4 (1st Finnish printing)
Published by
Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava
Written by
James Herriot
Finnish translation by
Heidi Järvenpää
Corgi breed
Unknown
Starring role
Kippari
Comments
This is the Finnish translation of Vet in a Spin containing the short story Jingo & Skipper.
Och samma på Finska:
Novelli Jingo & Skipper on julkaistu suomeksi kirjan Eläinlääkäri vauhdissa neljäntenä lukuna. Hieman epäloogisesti (ihmisten nimet on jätetty suomentamatta) Jingosta on tullut Jeppe ja novellin tosiasiallisesta eläinpäähenkilöstä, Skipper-corgista Kippari: "Samanaikaisesti Jeppen erottamaton ystävä corgi Kippari kalusi hellästi Jeppen takajalkaa." Vanhan alfacorgin ja sen rakkaan elävän purulelun, nuoren bullterrierin, tarina on surumielinen, mutta loppu sentään onnellinen.
Novelli itsessään pyörii melko pitkälti corgin ympärillä, mutta muussa kirjassa sitä tai muitakaan corgeja ei mainita. Siksi olen laskenut tämän vain "pikkuhavainnoksi".
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1944 (1st edition)
Country
United Kingdom
Written by
Enid Blyton
Illustrated by
Eileen A. Soper (1st edition)
Company Credits
Hodder & Stoughton (1st edition)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
This book apparently marks the first publication of The Kind Little Dog short story. The other 17 stories most likely don't have corgis in them, hence this is a minor sighting only.
Links
The Enid Blyton Society
Category
Books
Year
2001
Country
USA
Written by
Doranna Durgin
Company Credits
Baen Books (first printing)
ISBN
0671319949 (first printing)
Corgi breed
Cardigan
Starring role
Druid (Champion Nuadha's Silver Druid)
Comments
A refreshingly low key horror novel in the vein of Stpehen King (only considerably better than many of the mr. Kings overbloated volumes) from Doranna Durgin, author of several science fiction and fantasy books. The Cardigan is extemely well described here, which comes as no surprise since ms. Durgin has no less than three of those herself. Durgin has since gone on to write various novels, most of the apparently some kind of spy thrillers with a female protagonist. None that I know of contain mention of corgis.
Category
Books
Year
1998
Country
USA
Written by
Emily Carmichael AKA Emily Krokosz
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Miss Piggy
Comments
From Amazon.com: "Right before her untimely death, Lydia Keane made one terrible mistake -- she had an affair with her best friend Amy's husband. Barred from the afterlife until she makes amends, Lydia has been ordered back to Earth for one final mission: to find Amy a new husband. But there is just one small catch: Lydia must rely on her smarts rather than her centerfold body -- because she has been reincarnated as a mangy stray dog!" Judging by the quote and the testimony of my significant other, the book is light romance with some fantastic and comedic undertones. See the series page for Miss Piggy's further (mis)adventures.
Category
Comics, graphic novels & cartoons
Country
New Zealand
Written by
Murray Ball
Art by
Murray Ball
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Prince Charles AKA Charlie
Comments
Footrot Flats by Murray Ball is possibly the best known comic to come out of New Zealand, largely I believe because it was made into an animated feature film Footrot Flats - The Dog's Tail in 1986. The comic strip is set in a somewhat rundown farm in New Zealand and its chief protagonist is the succintly named Dog, who is not a corgi however but more likely a border collie (as the character was inspired by the author's border collie Finn). Charlie, or officially Prince Charles, is a comic relief character, a pampered pembroke who occasionally comes to Dog's farm with the end result of much hilarity ensuing -- with the joke often being on Charlie obviously.
Links
http://www.oneil.com.au/footrot/
Category
Books
Year
1938 (edition unknown)
Country
United Kingdom (this iformation refers to the US edition)
Written by
Essex Hope
Illustrated by
Stanislaus Brien
Company credits
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Corgi breed
Mix
Starring role
Garry, a Corgi/Irish Terrier(?) mix
Comments
Originally published in UK under the title Turned Adrift, this is a true "story of a Welsh Corgi and how he went from hand to hand and was finally rescued by the author the day before he was to be put down" (quote from Barnes&Noble). A borderline inclusion I found whilst looking for another book (Joey) allegedly written by an author by the same name (anybody seen that one?). I assume it is fictionalised enough to be admissible.
See also A Dog For Richard.
Category
Books
Year
1992
Country
USA
Written by
Denny Kodner
Art by
rthur D. Smith AKA Art Smith
Corgi breed
Unknown
Starring role
A puppy eventually given to Mrs. Santa Claus
Comments
From The Columbia River Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club book reviews: "The story of Santa delivering pets to children for Christmas [...] The sleigh crashes and the dogs have to rescue Santa [...] The corgi puppy is a mischief maker but saves the day, and ends up as Santa’s present to Mrs. Claus". This book is a fundraiser for the Morris Animal Foundation and the Dog Museum. That's all I could find out unfortunately, even though the book is quite new.
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1987
Illustrated by
Tasha Tudor
Company credits
Philomel
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
Tasha Tudor's ubiquitous pembroke corgis make a small appearance in this book, according to Annette Sheppard. Several of Mrs. Tudor's other books also include pictures of Pembrokes, see the Corgiville series for more details.
Links
http://www.tashatudor.com/
Category
Books
Year
1977 (first edition)
Country
United Kingdom
Written by
Paul Callan
Illustrated by
John Battaglia
Company credits
Hodder and Stoughton (first edition)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Gladwyn, a native Welsh Pembroke
Comments
According to Anita Nordlunde, "Gladwyn is a Pembroke whose ambition is to visit his relations in Buckingham Palace. He leaves his quiet home in Wales, has a most adventurous train journey, gets involved in a shopping expedition to Harrods and finally reaches the Palace". The Hodder And Stoughton edition has 86 pages.
Category
Books
Year
2003
Country
USA
Company credits
Bantam (1st edition mass market paperback)
ISBN
0553586335 (1st edition mass market paperback)
Written by
Emily Carmichael AKA Emily Krokosz
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Miss Piggy
Comments
It's the 3rd outing for Miss Piggy, the pembroke who is in fact a reincarnated human woman. This time around, according to Amazon.com, "Piggy inherits a fortune from an old man she visited as a therapy dog". The same reviewer is of a mind that it's ms. Krokosz's "insider's peek into the world of therapy pets and loveable characters, both human and otherwise, that make this lighthearted romp worth savoring". More light romance with comedic undertones from ms. Krokosz, possibly with a little more material of a dog person interest floated in this time than previously. See the series page for Miss Piggy's other (mis)adventures.
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Country
USA(?)
Written by
Emma Jensen
Corgi breed
Unknown
Starring role
name unknow - owned by the Marquess of Tregaron
Comments
From Barbara Nibling: "The dog is not a central part of the book, only a minor character, but an interresting addition to the scenes he was in".
Category
Books
Year
1997
Country
USA
Written by
Tasha Tudor
Art by
Tasha Tudor
Company Credits
Little, Brown & Company
ISBN
0316855839 (first edition hardcover)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Caleb, plus various other denizens of Corgiville
Comments
From Tasha Tudor's website (see Links): "Caleb Corgi, outstanding student and part-time private investigator, senses that something is amiss in Corgiville. He has noticed a sudden increase in the number of raccoons in town. They claim they are tourists just passing through, but Caleb feels secrecy and conspiracy in the air..." Presumably very heart-warming stuff here for the adults as well, although some are wont to see a certain amount of xenophobia in the setting. This is the second book in the Corgiville series: the plot, however, does not carry over from book to book. Several of Mrs. Tudor's other books also include pictures of Pembrokes, see the Corgiville series link above for more details.
Links
http://www.tashatudor.com/
Category
Books
Year
2002
Country
USA
Company Credits
Kensington Publishing Corporation (first printing paperback)
ISBN
0821773704 (first printing paperback)
Written by
Annie Smith
Corgi breed
Unknown
Starring role
a puppy belonging to an injured orphan child
Comments
From Books In Print: "[Kindergarten teacher Sally Foster's] best friend and her husband are killed by a drunk driver and she is named guardian of their teenage son, Micah, who is injured in the crash. They slowly adapt to each other, but with Micah comes his dog, and Sally must try to overcome her longstanding dislike of canines because the only emotion disabled and orphaned Micah feels is for his puppy". Apparently, they have to call in a dog trainer to help with the Corgi (presumably it's a Pem but can't be quite sure), and he and Sally eventually end up together. Sounds like a sugary romance clothed as a dramatic human relations story, doesn't it, but who cares if it does have an important Corgi character? Anyway, seeing as this is a brand new book at this time of writing, more info would be appreciated...
Category
Comics, graphic novels & cartoons
Country
USA
Written by
Sonia Oppenheim
Art by
Sonia Oppenheim
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Rosa
Comments
It Happens Every Day is a web comic about a fairly regular family, the Brenners, accounting the odd and funny (in hindsight at least) things that can happen when there's a bunch of kids and a Pembroke corgi to raise a ruckus. Should appeal to married-with-children crowd at least.
At this time of writing (July 11, 2008) It looks like the "lights are on, but nobody's home" at the site, so it may be that IHED has suffered the fate of many a web comic...
Links
Category
Books
Country
United Kingdom
Written by
James Herriot
Corgi breed
Unknown
Starring role
Skipper
Comments
Jingo & Skipper is one of James Herriot's many dog short stories that has also been published as a chapter in Vet in a Spin. According to Jen Prince it's a "heartwarming tale [...] about a Bull Terrier named Jingo, and his friend Skipper the Corgi. Skipper wasted away after Jingo died, until his family decided to have Herriot end his misery. Unable to face life without a dog, they bought a new Bull Terrier puppy (aptly named Jingo Two), in whom Skipper found his new will to live - narrowly avoiding his death". I can also personally vouch for this indeed being a lovely little tale, somewhat bitter sweet but with a happy ending.
As well as in the aforementioned book, this short story also appears on two audio books (cassettes) from Dh Audio:- "Jingo & Skipper", year 1995 (ISBN: 0886467500)
- "Digger and Other Stories", year unknown (ISBN: 0886466997)
Category
Books
Year
1972 (1st edition)
Country
United Kingdom
Written by
Enid Blyton
Company Credits
Sandle's (1st edition)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
Aside of the fact that the titular dog is a pembroke (at least in the book cover), I couldn't find much info on this illustrated children's book. This edition published in Sandle's Tulip Colour Books series contains just this one short story from the 1940's, which has orignally been published in Enid Blyton's Jolly Story Book.
Links
The Enid Blyton Society
Full title
Korgi Book 1: Sprouting Wings!
Category
Comics, graphic novels & cartoons
Year
2007 (1st edition)
Country
USA
Created by
Ann & Christian Slade
Written and illustrated by
Christian Slade
ISBN
978-1-891830-90-7 (1st edition)
Company Credits
Top Shelf Productions (1st edition)
Corgi breed
Pembroke (sort of)
Starring role
Sprout
Comments
A wordless fantasy comic book for all ages, Korgi (Book 1): Sprouting Wings! is -- according to the book's jacket sleeve -- "a gorgeously illustrated woodland fantasy about a young girl, Ivy, her Korgi cub, Sprout, and their amazing adventures in Korgi Hollow." The story is set in an alternative fantasy world and strictly speaking, the titular Korgis are despite their appearance not really pembroke welsh corgis. As Slade has gone on record saying they are very much inspired by his own pembrokes, I deem them quite close enough to merit the book's inclusion in this database.
You can read my more in-depth review here.
For more corgi-related work by Christian Slade, see the series page.
Links
An interview with the author about the book
Author's home page
Full title
Korgi Book 2: The Cosmic Collector
Category
Comics, graphic novels & cartoons
Year
2008 (1st edition)
Country
USA
Created by
Ann & Christian Slade
Written and illustrated by
Christian Slade
ISBN
978-1-60309-010-0 (1st edition)
Company Credits
Top Shelf Productions (1st edition)
Corgi breed
Pembroke (sort of)
Starring role
Sprout
Comments
The second part of Christian Slade's wordless fantasy comic book series for all ages,
Korgi Book 2 continues the adventures of the fairy-like Ivy and her faithful Korgi companion, Sprout. Korgis
can be best described as a fantasy version of pembrokes and can have surprising, apparently magical powers.
You can read my more in-depth review here.
For more corgi-related work by Christian Slade, see the series page.
Links
Author's home page
Original title
Petite Histoire d'un Petit Chien
Category
Books
Year
1970 (probable publication date of English translation, original edition 1964)
Country
France
Written by
Rene Guillot
Translated by
Joan Selby-Lowndes
Art by
Wallace Tripp (this edition)
Corgi breed
Unknown
Comments
From The Columbia River Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club book reviews: "The story of a Corgi puppy who gets lost in the woods and is adopted by a mother fox. He learns to survive in the wild as a fox, but is found at Christmas by humans and adopted by a little girl. The Corgi later goes back to the woods to help his injured fox mother, who eventually comes to live at the farm woodshed under the care of the Corgi’s human family". Despite having the same title as the Disney TV-movie and almost (but not quite) certainly featuring a Pembroke as the protagonist, this book isn't telling the same story. Appeared in USA as Weekly Reader Children's Book Club (Z877).
Category
Comics, graphic novels & cartoons
Country
USA
Written by
Pam Bliss
Art by
Pam Bliss
Company Credits
Paradise Valley Comics
Corgi breed
Cardigan
Starring role
Rose
Comments
According to the Paradise Valley Comics site (see Links below), LotTT features "Adventure Stories of Time Travel, both Thrilling & Educational, for the Entertainment of Readers of All Ages. With Alexei Petrov, Miss Katy Davis, Nakht-Min, and Rose the corgi". To date, LotTT has appeared in at least the following Paradise Valley comic books and collections: Atomic Wonder Comics volume #1: The Phantom Airship, B-36 volumes #1 through #3, Dog & Pony Show (Paperback - 180 pages; published May 17, 2001; ISBN 0970944209) and of course Logbooks Of The Travelling Travelall volume #1.
Links
http://www.paradisevalleycomics.com/
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Comic
Country
USA
Artists
Steve Dickenson & Todd Clark
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
Lola is a comic about a "cantacerous, outspoken and self-assured" little old lady, with a bit of "Rose Kennedy and Howard Stern" in her, according to the comic's official site (see links below). She speaks her mind about the appearance of pembrokes in this comic from the late 2003:
There probably aren't any other apperances of corgis in the comic tho.
Links
http://www.lolarules.com/
Original title
The Twenty-third Psalm
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1965 (original), 1980 (reissue)
Illustrated by
Tasha Tudor
Company credits
St. Onge (original), Philomel (reissue)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
Tasha Tudor's ubiquitous pembroke corgis make a small appearance in this book, according to Annette Sheppard. I've listed it under the Philomel reissue title as this edition is bound to be more easy to find. Several of Mrs. Tudor's other books also include pictures of Pembrokes, see the Corgiville series for more details.
Links
http://www.tashatudor.com/
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
2006 (1st printing)
Country
Finland
ISBN
951-796-451-X (1st printing)
Published by
Atena Kustannus
Written by
Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
Corgi breed
Unknown
Starring role
A corgi seen at the house of the famous writer Martti Talvimaa
Comments
In this the first novel of the acclaimed Finnish speculative fiction writer Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen, dogs besiege the house of the famous writer Martti Talvimaa. Among their number is a corgi, as we are told in all of one single sentence. The dog pack has an important role to play in the story however.
Och samma på Finska:
Novellikokoelmamaisesta nimestään huolimatta Lumikko ja yhdeksän muuta on arvostetun spefikirjailija Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläisen ensimmäinen romaani. Mainosten mukaan "fantastista realismia" edustavan teoksen yhtenä sivujuonena kuuluisan kirjailijan Martti Talvimaan talo joutuu koiralauman piirittämäksi. Sivulla 188 saamme tietää, että niiden joukossa on myös corgi:
"Ella lähti laskeutumaan portaita ja tömisteli saadakseen koirat väistymään.
- Dalmatialiainen, corgi, labradorinnoutaja ja sekarotuinen pystykorva, luultavasti hirvikoiran ja suomenpystykorvan risteytys, kirjailija Talvimaa alkoi luetella hänen takanaan, asiantuntemuksestaan ylpeänä.
Koirat jäivät pimeyden reunalle."
Corgia ei sittemmin mainita, vaikka koirat pysyvätkin mukana tarinassa aivan loppuratkaisuun saakka, jossa niillä on tuikitärkeä rooli.
Links
http://www.kolumbus.fi/pasi.jaaskelainen/index.html
Category
Books
Year
2001
Country
United Kingdom
Written by
Joyce Dunbar
Illustrated by
Jan McCafferty
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
A children's book (recomended for ages 4-8) in Blue Banana series about a girl who gets the notion she's the Queen. Presumably that's why she has a pembroke tailing her, commenting on the proceedings. The lines are spot on -- if our pembroke could have talked, he would have sounded very much like the one in the book! Very funny even for a little more mature reader.
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
2000
Country
USA
ISBN
0805061789 (1st edition)
Publisher
Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated (1st edition)
Written by
Loreen Leedy
Corgi breed
Cardigan
Starring role
A blue merle cardi seen in a dog show scene
Comments
From a Corgi-L posting: "Penny is a Boston Terrier who dreams of going to a big dog show. Among the dogs shown in the ring she imagines is a beautiful blue merle [...] Cardi". A borderline inclusion, this book sounds to be more of a textbook teaching children the basic concepts of map making and reading than a work of fiction.
Category
Books
Year
1957
Country
USA
Written by
Margaret Johnson
Corgi breed
Unknown
Starring role
Megan
Comments
From The Columbia River Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club book reviews: "Megan is a British farm Corgi, learning to herd from her mother. Then Mrs. Gray shows up and convinces the farmer to sell her the puppy so she can take her back to America to compete in dog shows [...] Mrs. Gray finally accepts that Megan is not happy on the show circuit, and lets [a] rancher take her off to herd cows on the ranch". One more out-of-print Corgi oriented book for industrious people to dig up.
Category
Books
Year
1994
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Company Credits
American Artists, Inc. / Bantam Books (first printing)
ISBN
0-553-08140-3 (first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
Number 3 in the series of Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries books. Postmistress-cum-sleuth Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen's cat, the titular Mrs. Murphy, and her Pembroke sidekick Tee Tucker have to work out how a murder commited 170 years ago ties to a murder commited in the present day. From ritamaebrown.com: "With the help of Harry’s corgi, Tee Tucker, and Pewter, the corpulent cat from the nearby grocery, Mrs. Murphy is soon digging up the roots of old hatreds and unearthing the tragic consequences of human desire".
Trivia: by this book, ms. Brown has apparently decided that Tee Tucker doesn't have a tail after all but instead "a little snub". So very likely she's supposed to be a regular American docked Pembroke even though the first two books of the series, Wish You Were Here and Rest In Pieces, mention her tail which might imply otherwise.
Category
Books
Year
1998
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
Number 6 in the series of Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries books, in which Postmistress-cum-sleuth Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen's cat, the titular Mrs. Murphy, and her Pembroke sidekick Tee Tucker solve murders commited in the small town of Crozet, Virginia. This time, apparently, it's about false obituaries that somebody's determined to turn into reality. From Barnes&Noble: "Only Mrs. Murphy, the canny tiger cat, senses the pure malice behind the act. And when a second false obit appears, this time of a Hollywood has-been who is Roscoe Fletcher's best friend, Mrs. Murphy invites her friends, the corgi Tee Tucker, and fat cat Pewter, to do a bit of sleuthing".
Links
http://www.ritamaebrown.com/
Category
Books
Year
1998
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Company Credits
American Artists, Inc. / Bantam Books (first printing)
ISBN
0-553-09604-4 (first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
Number 5 in the series of Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries books, in which Postmistress-cum-sleuth Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen's cat, the titular Mrs. Murphy, and her Pembroke sidekick Tee Tucker solve murders commited in the small town of Crozet, Virginia. From Barnes&Noble: "The murder of a jockey at a fashionable Virginia thoroughbred horse race sets experienced animal sleuths Mrs. Murphy (a cat) and Tucker (a dog) into motion... Their owner [...] and the county sheriffs are also hard at work on the case, but it is this pair of detectives, assisted by their animal friends, who first learn that a disappearance years before was actually a murder".
Links
http://www.ritamaebrown.com/
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1997 (October, probable first edition)
Country
United Kingdom
Company credits
Macmillan (probable first edition)
ISBN
0333669355 (probable first edition)
Written by
Peter F. Hamilton
Corgi breed
Unknown
Comments
This the second volume in the massive and overblown space opera trilogy Night's Dawn features the tiniest of references to corgis. In the sequence on a planet were a kind of Victorian class hierarchy is being maintained, one of the nobility is given that extra flair of "British aristrocracy" by adding a couple of corgis (begging food from the table, of course (-;)) to the scene. Being elsewhere hailed as one of the best series in the genre, I found Night's Dawn to be quite tedious, especially in its frequent, detailed and graphic descriptions of violence and sex. All that multilation and copulation does get old after ca. 3000 pages. Read Hamilton's Fallen Dragon instead, basically the same bottom line with much less pomp and circumstance... Plus it's shorter too, by a lot. Doesn't have corgis in it though.
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1975
Written by
Clement Clarke Moore
Illustrated by
Tasha Tudor
Company credits
Macmillan Publishing Company, Incorporated (1st edition illust. by T. Tudor)
ISBN
0528821814 (1st edition illust. by T. Tudor)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
Clement Clarke Moore wrote "The Night Before Christmas" for his children in 1822. Unsurprisinly, it has been printed again and again in different versions and illustrated by untold number of artists. This is apparently the first edition illustrated by Tasha Tudor though, and hence probably the first to include Welsh Corgis -- almost 100% certainly Pems -- in it. From Publisher's Weekly: "[Tasha Tudor] whisks readers to New England, this time to a quiet spot in early-19th-century Vermont. Her cozy, nostalgic watercolor scenes, often lit by candle or roaring fire, are viewed as if through a large oval peephole. Loose ink lines and slightly hazy figures succeed in creating an aura of holiday fantasy. A spunky, elfin Saint Nicholas, a menagerie of perky pets (including the corgis, of course) and a very busy family of mice partying beneath the floorboards add a sense of fun". Several of Mrs. Tudor's other books also include pictures of Pembrokes, see the Corgiville series for more details.
Links
http://www.tashatudor.com/
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1998
Country
USA
Company Credits
Smithmark (likely first printing hardcover)
Written by
Millington, Jenny
Corgi breed
Unknown
Comments
Ostensibly this children's "boardbook" format picture book features a Corgi. Apparently not too many people have seen it in the "flesh" though, hence the "minor sighting" status. Please feel free to enlighten me if you own or have read this one.
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1996
Country
USA
Company Credits
Richard C. Owen Pubs., Inc. (probable 1st printing)
Written by
Carolyn Ford
Art by
Sally Schaedler
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
Couldn't find much info on this children's picture book, aside of a quote from Barnes&Noble: "Never receiving anything for himself in the mailbox, a child decides to write letters to almost everyone he knows, with happy results". The boy seems to have a Pem (and a very nicely drawn one it is, judging by the cover) for a pet though, hence this is included as a minor sighting.
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1995
Country
United Kingdom
Company Credits
Hodder & Stoughton General (likely first printing)
ISBN
0340654147 (likely first printing)
Written by
Matthew Sturgis
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
A Queen's Corgi ostensibly recounting his life to the author
Comments
A quote of US edition back cover: "A fascinating first-hand account of the British Royal Family at work, at play, at home, at each other’s throats -- told with all the biting honesty for which corgis are justly famous". Apparently, a humorous/satirical look at the life behind the scenes of the Royal Family. Listed this as a minor sighting since it's not all that likely that it's very important that the story is "told" by a Corgi. Wouldn't know, obviously, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Category
Books
Year
1997
Country
Suomi Finland
Written by
Liisa Mainela
Art by
Kristian Runeberg (photos), Kauko Häkkilä (drawings)
Company credits
Suomen Luonnonsuojelun Tuki Oy (first printing)
ISBN
951-9381-66-X (first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring dog
Onni as himself
Comments
Ostensibly a bird watcher's guide to Raisio bay area (it's not as grand as it sounds...) written by the Pembroke Onni, this book walks the fine line between fact (which is by definition excluded from this site) and fiction (which is welcomed with open arms). A heartwarming little book in any case.
Och samma på Finska..
Onni uikkupolulla on Onni-pemun 'kirjoittama' kertomus sen Raision lahden alueella emäntänsä kanssa tekemistä linturetkistä. Vaikka se sisältää myös faktoja, on aiheen käsittely kuitenkin sen verran fiktiivishenkistä, että päätin sisällyttää tämän mukavan pikku teoksen tietokantaan.
Category
Books
Country
USA
Written by
Dav Pilkey
Art by
Dav Pilkey
Corgi breed
Cardigan
Starring dog
Leia
Comments
From Pilkey.com (see links below): "The Paperboy’s dog was modeled after Dav’s dog, Leia, who is best known as the star of the book, Dogzilla". This book received a Caldecott Honor Award in 1997. See the link below for sample pages & other stuff.
Links
http://pilkey.com/bookview.php?id=11
Category
Books
Year
2000
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
This would be number 8 in the series of Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries books, in which Postmistress-cum-sleuth Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen's cat, the titular Mrs. Murphy, and her Pembroke sidekick Tee Tucker solve murders commited in the small town of Crozet, Virginia. From Barnes&Noble: "In the deceptively sleepy town of Crozet, Virginia, people have a way of turning up dead. So when the past comes back to haunt the alumni of Crozet High's class of 1980, it has a very lethal effect. Mrs. Murphy, along with Tee Tucker, the Welsh corgi, and a gray cat named Pewter, are working [...] to solve the case and keep their mistress safe. Their humorous and puzzled observations of human nature provide an entertaining contrast to their own instinctive knowledge and abilities. Their dogged efforts do pay off, but by the time they ferret out the truth and discover the startling identity of this weaselly killer, they are forced to employ some rather desperate measures in hopes of keeping Harry alive".
Category
Books
Year
1995
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Company Credits
American Artists, Inc. / Bantam Books (first printing)
ISBN
0-553-09603-6 (first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
Number 4 in the series of Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries books. Postmistress-cum-sleuth Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen's cat, the titular Mrs. Murphy, and her Pembroke sidekick Tee Tucker solve the riddle of a murdered mystery biker. From ritamaebrown.com: "Mrs. Murphy, the corgi Tee Tucker, and their rotund gray friend Pewter, the grocery cat, haven’t been slinking purposefully through alleys and offices and attics for nothing [...] the three begin clawing apart the strands of greed, treachery, desire, and hatred tangled closer to the heart of this town than its good citizens ever dreamed".
Category
Books
Country
USA
Written and illustrated by
Christian Slade
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Penny
Comments
From Christian Slade's website (see links below): "A furry orange creature is on the prowl, stealing food from the neighborhood animals. Who or what is this salivating beast?" It is of course the titular Penny, a welsh corgi pembroke with a huge apetite, who appears to be inspired by the author's own pem with the same name. This children's picture book is self-published by the author and is available via his website.
For more corgi-related work by Christian Slade, see the series page.
Links
Penny's Day Out samples and ordering information
Category
Books
Year
1964
Country
France
Written by
Rene Guillot
Art by
Jacques Poirier
Corgi breed
Unknown
Comments
This is the original French edition of Little Dog Lost. It was published as Bibliothèque Rose (2nd series - Nouvelle Bibliothèque Rose) #147.
Category
Books
Year
2008
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Illustrated by
Michael Gellatly
Company Credits
Bantam Books (first printing)
ISBN
9780553803655 (first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
From the editor: "Autumn has arrived in cozy Crozet, Virginia, and that means the town’s inhabitants are hard at work in home and garden preparing for winter. Harry is planning to harvest her first crop of Petit Manseng grapes along with her beloved sunflowers. Meanwhile, her recent marriage to Fair and her friendship with Deputy Cynthia Cooper, who’s rented nearby Blair Farm, are flourishing. But even when peace descends on the idyllic countryside, murder is lurking." Rita Mae Brown's mystery series Mrs. Murphy Mystries has reached the 16th volume. One has to wonder if the titular cat's pembroke sidekick Tee Tucker is not getting a bit long in the tooth...
Category
Books
Year
2007
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Illustrated by
Michael Gellatly
Company Credits
Bantam Books (first printing)
ISBN
9780553803648 (first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
From the editor: "Instead of a proper second honeymoon, the newly remarried Harry and Fair Haristeen leave cozy Crozet, Virginia, for Shelbyville, Kentucky, site of the famous saddlebred horse show. [...] But soon after they arrive, events veer mysteriously–and murderously–off course. [...] As Harry searches for clues, rediscovers life as a married woman, and deals with her upcoming fortieth birthday, her four-legged detective friends are already on the case. But is animal instinct any match for human depravity?" One can pretty safely assume it is as Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mystries series continues past this, its 15th book. The latter parts of the series aren't getting top reviews but apparently they still sell well enough as there's at least one out every year.
Category
Books
Year
1993
Country
United Kingdom
Written by
Sue Townsend
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
various Pembrokes of the Queen of Britain
Comments
From Barnes&Noble: "The creator of the celebrated Adrian Mole children series, including The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 and Adrian Mole: From Minor to Major, presents an outrageous new story in which England's Royals are given the sack and must go on the dole". From Cathy Rathbone: "Queen's corgis are important characters here... Adult book".
Category
Books
Year
1984
Country
United Kingdom
Company credits
Olympic Marketing Corp (likely first printing), Scholastic, Inc. (1st American edition)
ISBN
0316493422 (likely first printing), 0531059731 (1st American edition)
Written by
Margaret Wild
Art by
Sue O'Loughlin
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
The Queen's five Corgis
Comments
From The Columbia River Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club book reviews: "A very Victoria-like Queen decides to go to the seashore. With her go her page boy, lady-in-waiting, bodyguard, groom, doctor, palace guard, maids, footman, and butler. And of course, her five Corgis. 'But it was a long, long walk to the seaside, and on the way everyone got rather hot and silly.' The cartoon drawings of the Corgis running in terror from an alley cat, fainting, and begging the butler for help are just hysterical! The Queen sternly calls everyone to order, sets things straight, rescues the Corgis, and marches everyone down to the seashore for a marvelous day". Apparently a funny book about how even Corgis need to observe protocol, suitable for all ages.
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1996 (September, probable first edition)
Country
USA
Company credits
E P Dutton (probable first edition)
ISBN
0525941908 (probable first edition)
Written by
Richard Bachman
Corgi breed
Unknown
Starring role
Rose ("off camera")
Comments
Richard Bachman is, as we all know, really the famous horror author Stephen King. A corgi person, mr. King has inserted several references to one Rose ("the corgi that could count") in this quite unbelievable but still somewhat entertaining horror story about a very sick version of child's play brough to life by a vampiric psychic evil. The corgi is not actually present in the book, which makes this a minor sighting (if that, really).
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
2000
Country
Written by
John Lithgow
Illustrated by
C.F. Payne
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
a pembroke featured in the pictures
Comments
A children's book about a musical child prodigy written by J. Lithgow better known as tv and movie actor. According to Carol Ann Wilson in School Library Journal, "Payne's realistic mixed-media illustrations contain whimsical details" which include a pembroke welsh corgi appearing from unexpected quarters. The pem doesn't seem to make an appearance in the text though, nor is it in every pic: hence the minor sighting status of this entry.
Category
Books
Year
1992
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Company Credits
American Artists, Inc. / Bantam Books (first printing)
ISBN
0-553-07728-7 (first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
Number 2 in the series of Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries books. Postmistress-cum-sleuth Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen's cat, the titular Mrs. Murphy, and her Pembroke sidekick Tee Tucker solve the mystery of a man found decapitated in the small town of Crozet, Virginia. Mystery writers do seem to think small towns are really colourful places, don't they? From ritamaebrown.com: "Blair Bainbridge is drop-dead gorgeous, single, and living right down the road from Harry. The local matchmakers think he is the perfect antidote for the pain of Harry’s recent divorce [...] Even Mrs. Murphy and Harry’s Welsh corgi, Tee Tucker, believe he smells A-okay. Could his one little imperfection be that he’s a killer?".
Trivia: in this book Tee Tucker is apparently mentioned to have a tail which would make her an undocked Pem (or perhaps even a Cardi).
Category
Books
Year
1983
Country
United Kingdom
Company Credits
Pavillion Bks. (likely first printing)
ISBN
0907516327 (likely first printing)
Written by
Dorothea King
Art by
Nicola Smee
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Rex Q.C. ("Queen's Corgi")
Comments
From The Columbia River Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club book reviews: "A short picture book of a typical day in the palace from a dog’s eye view. Rex is not at all in awe of his royal owners". One more out-of-print Corgi oriented book for industrious people to dig up.
Category
Books
Year
2002(?)
Country
USA
Written by
Kathy Mancl
Illustrated by
Dona Fischer
ISBN
0-9710988-6-7 (assumed 1st printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Scarlett
Starring dog
Scarlett
Comments
From Acorn Publishing (see links below): "A very special little dog named Scarlett leads the way as an unlikely detective, when she tries to solve mysterious cases of horse theft from area farms. Even with the short legs of a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Scarlett proves herself to be a challenging match for thieves who think they can steal prize horses their owners love". In other words, another mystery story with a Pem but this time for the children. The title character Scarlett is a real Pembroke belonging to the author, although I'd suspect the story itself is not entirely based on fact (-;)
Links
http://www.acornpublishing.com/scarlett.html
Category
Books
Country
USA
Year
1985
Written by
Arthur D. Smith AKA Art Smith
Corgi breed
Unknown
Comments
From a Corgi-L posting: "The book is both written and illustrated by Art Smith (listed as Arthur D. Smith). [...] It is harder to find than hen's teeth". Additional information found at The Columbia River Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club book reviews states that "this is about young Jase and his adventures on the family farm with his new Corgi puppy. An epilogue shows the grown Jase getting a Corgi puppy for his own son".
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1997
Country
USA
Company Credits
Fulcrum Publishing (likely first printing)
ISBN
1555913520 (likely first printing)
Written by
Margaret Read MacDonald
Art by
Yvonne L. Davis
Corgi breed
Unknown
Comments
From a Corgi-L posting: "a kids' picture book [...] about 'little people' [...] The corgi in it is a bit player, but it's fun to watch its antics from scene to scene". A retold Welsh (and globally known) folktale about "wee folk" (i.e. fairies) getting their home flooded with dinner leftovers unknowingly thrown out by humans.
Category
Books
Year
2006
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Illustrated by
Michael Gellatly
Company Credits
Bantam Books (first printing)
ISBN
055380362X (first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
From the editor: "Wouldn't you know it: Just when Harry Haristeen is rekindling her romance with the good veterinarian Fair, somebody has to get murdered." Actually, that's exactly what you should expect by this time as this book is number 14 in Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mystries series. And as always when a murder rears its ugly head, the cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and of course the pembroke Tee Tucker are on it in a flash. Sour Puss seems to be getting very mixed reviews (as in 5-out-of-5 or 1-out-of-5 stars only), so it's probably not the best place to pick the series up...
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1967
Country
United Kingdom
Company Credits
Heinemann (1st hardback edition)
Written by
Dodie Smith
Art by
Janet & Anne Grahame-Johnstone
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
Corgis aren't actually "seen" in this lighthearted doggy fantasy that is a sequel to the better known The Hundred And One Dalmatians, but they get a special mention for steadfastly upholding the Pembroke traditions in a time of weirdness. From a Corgi-L posting: "All the dogs of England converge on London and the Prime Minister's residence [...], the dynamic Dals Pongo and Missis (only Disney calls Pongo's doggy wife Perdita) leading the way. They're welcomed by a cheering crowd of dogs -- all breeds seem to be represented in the throng [...] They are informed that all the dogs of England ARE there... except the Corgis, who are all sitting in front of Buckingham Palace". OK the author probably forgot that Cardigans are Corgis too, but one could easily assume they were up at the Palace supporting their royalist cousins (-;)
Original English title
Magic Lemonade
Category
Books
Year
2002 (date of the 1st Finnish printing)
ISBN
951882228X (1st Finnish printing)
Written by
Joyce Dunbar
Illustrated by
Jan McCafferty
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
Kirjan Magic Lemonade suomennos. Tämän 4-8 vuotiaille suunnatun kuvakirjan päähenkilö leikkii olevansa kuningatar, ja totta kai hänellä sattuu myös olemaan lemmikkinä pembroke! "Kuningattaren" koira kommentoi kirjan tapahtumia erittäin pemumaiseen tyyliin -- jos meidän pembrokemme olisi osannut puhua, juttu olisi ollut juuri sellaista: "Tietä koiralle!". Hauska pikku tarina, joka sopii myös vanhemmille lukijoille.
Category
Books
Year
2003
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Art by
Michael Gellatly (line art, presumably in the 1st printing)
Company Credits
Gale Group (assumed first printing)
ISBN
0786249919 (assumed first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
The 11th book in the series of Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries books, in which Postmistress-cum-sleuth Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen's cat, the titular Mrs. Murphy, and her Pembroke sidekick Tee Tucker solve murders commited in the small town of Crozet, Virginia. From Barnes&Noble: "Tucker the soulful-eyed corgi, Pewter the prototypical fat cat, and Mrs. Murphy, feline sleuth extraordinaire, all know exactly what will happen the moment they learn that the game has ended with philandering building contractor H.H. Donaldson dead in the arena parking lot...".
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1996
Country
USA
Company Credits
Simon & Schuster Children's (likely first printing)
ISBN
0689811624 (likely first printing)
Written by
Tasha Tudor
Art by
Tasha Tudor
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
If Barnes&Noble is to be believed, the alternate title says it all really: "This charming picture book presents a year of holiday traditions from Tasha Tudor's own childhood [...] Delicate watercolor paintings, intricate border illustrations, and a loving text celebrate the turning of the seasons and the year's special days". This has been given "minor sighting" status since the Corgis are likely to be "bystanders" in this one, although there's even one pictured on the cover. Several of Mrs. Tudor's other books also include pictures of Pembrokes, see the Corgiville series for more details.
Links
http://www.tashatudor.com/
Category
Books
Year
2002
Country
United Kingdom
Written by
Dick King-Smith
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Titus, one of the Queen's Pembrokes
Comments
This is an earlier, less flashy, UK printing (Doubleday, ISBN: 0385604424) of Titus Rules! and is included here because a title change (even if a minute one) has happened along the way.
Category
Books
Year
2003
Country
United Kingdom (this iformation refers to the US edition)
Written by
Dick King-Smith
Art by
John Eastwood (USA, Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 0375814612)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Titus, one of the Queen's Pembrokes
Comments
From Kirkus Review: "Poking affectionate fun at Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, the author looks at their relationship through the eyes of Titus, one of the Queen’s ten corgis. Never referring to his royal mistress as anything other than 'the servant', Titus learns proper behavior from his mum ('Our servant she may be, but it’s important to treat servants right if you want them to look after you well'), earns a place on the Queen’s lap after nabbing a jewel thief, then on her very bed after heading off a flood (Philip falls asleep in his tub, leaving the taps on), and a cigarette-caused fire". Sounds like fun to me, although Kirkus Review goes to add that they didn't find the Queen jokes very entertaining. Perhaps you should check out for yourselves. This book has been previously published in UK under the slightly different title of Titus Rules OK!.
Read an independend review of this title by Florence Scarinci
Category
Books
Country
United Kingdom
Written by
Essex Hope
Corgi breed
Mix
Starring role
Garry, a Corgi/Irish Terrier(?) mix
Comments
The original UK edition of Garry -- The Story Of A Dog.
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1969 (1st edition?)
Country
Finland
Company Credits
Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava
Written by
Dodie Smith
Art by
Janet & Anne Grahame-Johnstone
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Comments
The Finnish edition of Dodie Smith's The Starlight Barking.
Och samma på Finska:
Dodie Smithin The Starlight Barking -kirjan suomennos. Kuten oletettavasti alkuteoksessakin, kirjan kansikuvan vasemmassa yläkulmassa näkyy sliitävä (ks. kirja) pembroke. Muutoin corgeja ei kirjassa varsinaisesti esiinny, mutta ne saavat tärkeän erikoismaininnan juuri sen vuoksi. Kohtauksessa, jossa koirat kokoontuvat Downing Street 10:een todetaan seuraavaa:
"Näyttää upealta", tuumasi Pongo. "Tuntuu siltä, että tuolla on ihan jokaisen rodun edustajia."
"Paitsi corgeja", sanoi Possuli. "Ne ovat kaikki vartioimassa kuningattaren linnaa."
Kirjailija lienee unohtanut, että myös cardiganeja on olemassa, mutta toisaalta voidaan kai ajatella, että ne olivat "rojalistiserkkujensa" tukena linnalla (-;)
Category
Minor sighting
Subcategory
Book
Year
1977
Country
United Kingdom
Written by
James Herriot
Corgi breed
Unknown
Starring role
Skipper
Comments
The short story Jingo & Skipper is incorporated in this book as Chapter 4. See the relevant entry for more details. Note that although in the short story itself, Skipper the corgi is in fact more of a central character than Jingo the bull terrier, the other 23 chapters have no corgis in them. Hence, in the context this is a minor sighting.
Category
Books
Year
2004 (March, first printing)
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Company Credits
Bantam Books, Incorporated (first printing)
ISBN
0553801619 (first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
The 12th book of Rita Mae Brown's long running Mrs. Murphy Mysteries. Once again, two cats and the pembroke Tee Tucker are on the trail of a murderer alongside their owner, the "unfailingly curious" local postmistress and amateur sleuth Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen. In addition to the killer targeting horse breeders, there's also the threat of rabies in the air this time around, but of course the crafty animal protagonists once again save the day in the end.
Category
Books
Year
1990
Country
USA
Written by
Rita Mae Brown
Company Credits
American Artists, Inc. / Bantam Books (first printing)
ISBN
0-553-05881-9 (first printing)
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
Tee Tucker
Comments
First in the series of Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries books. The series tell the tale of a cat, the titular Mrs. Murphy, and her Pembroke sidekick Tee Tucker, who solve a series of murder mysteries in and about the small town of Crozet, Virginia. They tend to be a step ahead of their owner, Mary Minor "Harry" Harristeen, to whom humans mistakenly give the credit for solving the mysteries... From ritamaebrown.com: "Mary Minor 'Harry' Haristeen, thirty-something and in mid-divorce, is the youngest postmistress in the history of Crozet -- but then, nobody else was clamoring for the job. Nobody cares if she brings her tiger cat, Mrs. Murphy, and Welsh corgi, Tee Tucker, to work with her [..] When Kelly Craycroft, Crozet’s richest contractor, receives a card with a stone angel from a tombstone on the front and the inscription, 'Wish you were here' on the back, Harry thinks little of it. Until Kelley’s body is found in his cement mixer".
Trivia: in this book Tee Tucker is apparently mentioned to have a tail which would make her an undocked Pem (or perhaps even a Cardi).
Category
Comics, graphic novels & cartoons
Country
USA
Written by
Barb Jacobs
Art by
Barb Jacobs
Corgi breed
Pembroke (sorta)
Starring role
Livy
Comments
Faeries and wild romance abound in this beautifully illustrated fantasy web comic. The highlight of the story is of course Livy, who "seems to be a very ordinary Pembroke Welsh Corgi. But [...] Livy is anything but ‘ordinary’. A size shifter, Livy can expand or contract her size to that of a bear or a hamster. She is also able to converse telepathically. Tough and taciturn, Livy is all business" (quoting from the Xylia site, see Links below). The story hasn't progressed very far at this time of writing (the site updates fairly regularly, but only once or so per week, which is hardly surprising considering the complex artwork), so it's pretty easy to get into.
Links
Category
Books
Year
1984
Country
United Kingdom
Company Credits
Piccadilly Press (likely first printing)
ISBN
0946826080 (likely first printing)
Written by
Diana Avebury
Art by
Hugh Casson
Corgi breed
Pembroke
Starring role
A Corgi pup accidentally taken to the Queen's palace
Comments
Apparently this is the one book with Corgis in a series about Zelda, a Papillon, and her canine friends having adventures in London. From The Columbia River Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club book reviews: "Zelda and her friends assume a lost Corgi puppy must belong to the Queen and return him to the palace, then have to retrieve him when they discover his real owner".
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