New book explores our love for pets — and the pain that comes when they die. ... “Dog Songs.” I usually mark lines that strike me with a Post-It note. Here there was no need.

The kids' book, which features illustrations by MacKenzie Haley, follows Billy the Kid, a dog who loves barking to the beat of country music and wants to make it big as a country music star in ...

As for making Billy the book's hero, Parton says she grew up with "a yard full of dogs" and as an adult had one dog that was very special to her — a Boston terrier named Popeye who Billy ...