Sit! 13 new ‘Marley books coming from author John Grogan

Sit! 13 new ‘Marley’ books coming

NEW YORK — Call it the luck of Marley.

The late Labrador retriever made famous by “Marley and Me” will be the hero of 13 children’s books by “Marley” author John Grogan. The first of the series comes out this summer, HarperCollins Children’s Books announced Thursday.

Grogan’s “Marley & Me,” published in 2005, is a million-selling memoir and the basis for the hit movie of the same name, starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston.