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Dress Me!
Written by Sarah Frances Hardy
Illustrated by Sarah Frances Hardy
Sky Pony Press 5/05/2015
978-1-63220-823-3
20 pages Age 3—7
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“This little girl can be a lawyer, doctor, superhero, or plumber. She can be graceful, creative, brave, caring, silly, and even scary. She can wear braids or glasses, a crown or a beret. There are infinite, limitless possibilities, and this little girl gets to choose who and what she wants to be. And there’s always the option for her to be ‘just me.’ From the author/illustrator of Paint Me! comes a delightful, imaginative story about a little girl with some incredible aspirations.” [book jacket]
Review
The nameless young girl, along with her loyal puppy, take readers through part of their day as they move from room-to-room, outfit-to-outfit, and activity-to-activity. They start their day deciding what to wear. Deciding to start with some exercise, the girl pulls down her pink tutu, matching top, a violet sash, and . . . wait, what about her feet? No worries, pup has fetched the girl’s pink ballet slippers, dutifully waiting for his friend to slip them on her feet. With a high twirl and a long leap the pair dance, never out of step. The young girl and her dog take on a gamut of outfits (tutu, smock, scrubs, dresses, and masks), and identities (artist, teacher, lawyer, diva, builder, or plumber), as they dance, paint, fly through the air, and take lunch orders.
Older children have books such as WIGU Publishing’s When I Grow Up I Want to be a . . . series to help them decide what they might like to become. Dress Me does the same for younger children, in terms they y understand. More than that, Dress Me is about being yourself while enjoying who you are, right now. The illustrations tell the majority of the story. I like that Dress Me leaves much of the narration to the reader—or he young listener. While the young girl teaches a couch full of attentive stuffed animals (and one real puppy), the text reads,
“Teacher me.”
I like that kids can decide why the girl is teaching, what she is teaching, and to whom she, dong a great job of blending in to the scene. Pup does the same in this scene. Dress Me will appeal to young girls more than boys, even though Hardy includes male-oriented careers and activities boys enjoy. The illustrations are delightful. Each spread is loaded with detail, adding continuity by carrying items from one spread to the next. For example, the puppy pulls a blue-striped tie from the laundry basket. In the next image he wears the tie while pretending to be in court, on the wrong side of the young girl’s law. She has pushed a pair of glasses atop her head while waitressing and worn correctly as a teacher.
Dress Me is the perfect book for preschoolers beginning to self-explore their world and their place in it. Parents will appreciate the creativity Dress Me can inspire in young girls, who will begin to think out of their prescribed female roles. More importantly, Dress Me encourages young girls to enthusiastically be themselves.
A final note: the illustrations are the best yet from Hardy who improves with each book. Dress Me! is Hardy’s third book. Her others are Paint Me! and Puzzled by Pink (reviewed HERE).
DRESS ME! Text and illustrations copyright © 2015 by Sarah Frances Hardy. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Sky Pony Press, New York, NY.
Purchase Dress Me! at Amazon—Book Depository—Sky Pony Press.
Learn more about Dress Me! HERE.
Meet the author/illustrator, Sarah Frances Hardy:
Website: http://www.sfhardy.com/
Blog: http://sfhardy.blogspot.com/
Facebook: http://bit.ly/SarahFrancesHardyFacebook
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sfhardy2
Find more picture books at the Sky Pony Press website: http://www.skyponypress.com/
Sky Pony Press is an imprint of Sky Horse Publishing
Also by Sarah Frances Hardy
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Copyright © 2015 by Sue Morris/Kid Lit Reviews.
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The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba of The Caffeinated Book Reviewer. This is a weekly meme where we can share news of the week and highlight new books received.
I’m back from OKC and trying to get all caught up at work and on the blog. I have to say, I enjoy going out of town, but I miss my puppers when I’m gone. Here are some pix of them.
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Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews to share new additions to our library. Click here to learn more about it.
New Arrivals at the Café:
I got slammed by books over the last two weeks. It’s like a book explosion. It’s scaring me.
The Winner’s Crime
Illusion
The Millionaire Rogue
Jala’s Mask
The Secrets we Keep
Embassy Row #1: All Fall Down
The Terminals
Ignite
Court
Anomaly
The Tears of the Rose
Her Winning Formula
Broken Open
Texas Mail Order Bride
Riding for the Stars
The Sin Eaters Daughter
I also received a nice assortment of picture books that will be reviewed starting Jan 2015.
A great big thanks to the publishers for their continued support!
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Thanks for talking to Boomerang Books, Elizabeth Fensham. My Dog Doesn’t Like Me (University of Qld Press) resonated with me because I also have a puppy, Floyd (whose middle name is Pink)– a spoodle who is easier to train than Eric’s dog, Ugly, but I have used one of the dog-training tips described in the novel. […]
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It’s Friday everyone, and you know what that means! Poetry Friday! Today, we’ve chosen a poem from our new fall title, Lend a Hand: Poems About Giving, to share with you:
Puppy
The puppy we’re raising
is the cutest I’ve ever seen—
cuddly and playful,
with floppy ears
and a wagging tail
and a look on his face that says,
“Please hold me and love me.
I want to be yours forever,”
and before long
we’re going to give
him away.
He’ll be someone’s eyes
one day.
If you’re interested in working with puppies and training them to become guide dogs, you can check out a few of these great organizations:
Guide Dogs for the Blind (based on the West Coast)
The Seeing Eye (based on the East Coast)
OccuPaw Guide Dog Association (based in Wisconsin)
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Now that the weather is finally improving, I have been taking the dogs to the park, either separately or together. Here are some pictures from a recent walk with Poppy. There isn’t much green yet, but there are hints of growing things everywhere. There are also dried up leaves from the fall everywhere, which are really, really fun to crunch along on.
Lots and lots of leaves – everywhere! Sometimes the leaves are so thick that it’s hard to make out the trail. There is thick tree cover – can hardly wait until the leaves grow back!
Most of the park is marshy, so there are lots of wooden paths to keep your feet out of the muck. They don’t help much when little dogs jump into the muck. Yuck!
Here is a very bad shot of the marsh – we were on the wrong side for me to get a good picture. There are water fowl hanging out in the water, and when they get angry, they get LOUD! The frogs are also very noisy. The first time I took Poppy, she was frightened of all of the noise, but she’s getting used to it. The snakes don’t even bother her anymore; we flush a few out every time we go. Most of them are small, but a couple have been a good size, so they must be gorging on all of the bugs. Bumble doesn’t care about anything but sniffing all of the delicious smells on the trail.
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Ned is a book-smart turtle with a very introspective way of thinking. As Rosco cartwheels onto the scene singing a song, Ned’s long awaited moment of serenity is shattered and so begins the story’s true tale of accepting differences and finding a balance between learning and living.
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The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimba of The Caffeinated Book Reviewer. This is a weekly meme where we can share news of the week and highlight new books received.
Here’s an update for the past two weeks. First, I can’t believe it’s almost October. I leave for OKC and the Grand National Morgan Horse Show in a little less than two weeks. I am so looking forward to relaxing while watching the best Morgan horses in the country that are showcased in the competition.
I took the puppers to a private training lesson last week. Bumble was pulling me during our walks, and totally ignoring me. Rachel showed me some things to try with him, and I was AMAZED at how quickly and how well they worked. He still needs a lot of work, but when I took them to the park for our walkie, they were both much improved. I am so excited to work on some of his other trouble areas, especially how he reacts to other dogs. He gets so nervous and thinks that he has to protect his little pack from danger, and I don’t like him to be so stressed out. They go back for another lesson after OKC, but in the meantime, I will continue to work on improving his walking habits, and both of their listening skills. When I ask them to come to me, I need them to pay attention to me! Do any of you have problem areas with your dogs that you’d like to work on?
I also changed the template for the blog. I was tired of the old one, and I wanted something a little more whimsical and colorful. I’m not sure if this is the theme I’ll stick with, but I do like it. It just needs some tweaking, so I have to find time to work on that.
I haven’t even mentioned all of the drama drama drama surrounding GoodReads. They deleted user data with no advance notice, and no explanation. This bothers me. A lot. They were trusted to safeguard the hard work of their users, and they destroyed that trust. I don’t know that I will ever trust them again, and I am leery of posting anything there anymore. I am in the (long, long, long) process of moving my book collection over to BookLikes. As I get a better understanding of the site, I’ll share my experience using it.
How was your week?
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Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews to share new additions to our library. Click here to learn more about it.
New Arrivals at the Café:
This is two weeks of books
A Cadence Creek Christmas by Donna Alward (Special thank to the author for sending this)
Sickness Unto Death Vol 1 by Hikaru Asada & Takashiro Seguchi
The Flowers of Evil Vol 7 Shuzo Oshimi
The Lost Planet by Rachel Searles
In Love With a Wicked Man by Liz Carlyle
Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman (I love Neil Gaiman)
The Diamond Deep by Brenda Cooper
A Terrible Love by Marata Eros
Pop Manga by Camilla D’Errico and Stephen W Martin
Stealing Home by Jennifer Seasons (Free for Kindle)
Cold Spell by Jackson Pearce
Curtsies & Conspiracies: Finishing School Book the Second by Gail Carriger
Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong
Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi (SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!)
Barefoot in the Grass by Judith Arnold (.99 for the Kindle)
A great big thanks to the publishers for their continued support!
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The forest has played a major role in children's literature from the earliest time.
The forest was mysterious, a place of unknowns and often darkness and fear.
From legends to fairy tales, the forest was a place of wonder and often a place of danger...from Winnie the Poo to Little Red Riding Hood
The forests are central to the Planet Of The Dogs and Castle In The Mist.
For readers, the forests, like the books whose stories embrace them, open the doors to the imagination.
This blog is dedicated to children's literature that opens the doors to the imagination. And to the amazing role of dogs in enhancing our lives. -
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SLEEPING BEAUTIES VS. GONZO GIRLS By Maria Tatar
In this fascinating article that moves through children's literature and cultural myths ranging from Gretel and Red Riding Hood to Katniss Everdeen and Lady Gaga, Maria Tatar explores the evolution of the female archetype today. Here are excerpts.
Beauty goodbye at last, as feminists advised us to do not so long ago...
Maria Tatar chairs the program for folklore and mythology at Harvard University. She is the editor of the excellent Enchanted Hunters, the Power of Stories in Childhood.
The Illustration Of Red Riding Hood in bed with the wolf is by Dore...
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In recent times, many versions of the fairy tales of old have been made for film and TV. Producers of these retold versions of Little Red Riding Hood have been inspired by the early versions of the Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault with the ominous forest, the dangerous wolf, and the innocent young maiden. These retellings have often been heavily influenced by the quest for commercial success, and the reults have been decidely mixed. Often banal or cliched, they are examples of how commerce as well cultural change affects the retelling of fairy tales.
Here is a link to the trailer of the 2011 Movie film, Red Riding Hood
And here is an excerpt and a link to Roger Ebert's laugh out loud review.
"Of the classics of world literature crying out to be filmed as a sexual fantasy for teenage girls, surely "Red Riding Hood" is far down on the list. Here's a movie that cross-pollinates the "Twilight" formula with a werewolf and adds a girl who always wears a red hooded cape...
What this inspiration fails to account for is that while a young woman might toy with the notion of a vampire boyfriend, she might not want to mate with a wolf. Although she might think it was, like, cool to live in the woods in Oregon, she might not want to live in the Black Forest hundreds of years ago because, like, can you text from there?
"Red Riding Hood" has the added inconvenience of being dreadfully serious about a plot so preposterous, it demands to be filmed by Monty Python..."
Like Mr Ebert, most critics gave the film a negative review. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the audience rating was 39%.
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A sensual intepretation of Little Red Ridin Hood from 1997 is found in this short film by David Kaplan adopted from Conte De LA Mere Grande...music by Debussy...the wolf moves like a seductive spirit of the forest...soft black and white images and a clever Red Riding Hood...
Here is the Link: Red Riding Hood
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Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
Roald Dahl wrote his own version of Little Red Riding Hood in the form of a humorous,tongue in cheek poem. This is how it begins...
"As soon as Wolf began to feel
That he would like a decent meal,
He went and knocked on Grandma's door.
When Grandma opened it, she saw
The sharp white teeth, the horrid grin,
And Wolfie said, "May I come in?"
Poor Grandmamma was terrified,
"He's going to eat me up!" she cried.
And she was absolutely right.
He ate her up in one big bite.
But Grandmamma was small and tough,
And Wolfie wailed, "That's not enough!
I haven't yet begun to feel
That I have had a decent meal!"
He ran around the kitchen yelping,
"I've got to have a second helping!"...
The image above is from a fun film made of Dahl's Red Riding Hood poem using stop-motion puppets. The imaginative creators, Hannah Legere and Andrew Wilson, certainly caught the spirit of the Dahl poem. Link here to this delightful film version of Roald Dahl's poem...
The dog lover in the photograph is Roald Dahl.
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Artists and Illustrators...
14 different artist's versions of Red Riding Hood are posted on the Art of Children's Books blog site..here is an excerpt from their introduction...
"Folk tales and fairy tales are at the top of the list when it comes to vintage children's books. The Brothers Grimm* folk tale, Little Red Riding Hood, has been a beloved and enduring story. Originally titled Little Red Cap, the story has a strong lesson. Since it's publication, Little Red Riding Hood has been illustrated by many artists over the years. Here is just a sampling of the different artistic interpretations of Little Red Riding Hood."
Book cover by Andrea Wisnewski...*The original version was published by Charles Perault.
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The Forest and Imagination...
The influence of the forest on the imagination will always be with us, especially in legend, folk tales and children's stories.
Innumerable film and TV versions, including many annimated cartoons, of Little Red Riding Hood will continue to be made. And wonderful writers like Roald Dahl in the past, and Philip Pullman in the present, will continue to find the forests of fairy tales a timeless setting for timeless stories.
The illustration is by Arthur Rackham...if you look closely, on the path beneath the huge tree, you will see red Riding Hood and the wolf.
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Reading for Pleasure...opening the imagination, opening the mind...
Reading for pleasure puts children ahead in the classroom, according to a UK study of the reading behavior of appoximately 6000 young people. Here are excerpts from a report that reaffirms the value early reading and bedtime stories.
"Children who read for pleasure are likely to do significantly better at school than their peers, according to new research from the Institute of Education (IOE).
The IOE study, which is believed to be the first to examine the effect of reading for pleasure on cognitive development over time, found that children who read for pleasure made more progress in maths, vocabulary and spelling between the ages of10 and 16 than those who rarely read...
...Children who were read to regularly by their parents at age 5 performed better in all three tests at age 16 than those who were not helped in this way."
The research was conducted by Dr Alice Sullivan and Matt Brown; To read the article, visit Pleasure Reading
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The Doors that Rose opens...
“I consider myself a facilitator…if my dog could drive, she would not need me. Rose seems to enjoy seeing people multiple times and developing a relationship with the people… She is a working dog by nature and she just loves these jobs. I am constantly amazed at the doors that Rose opens…she goes to places I could never get without her…reaches beyond my reach, touches a person deeper than my touch. The restless or agitated patient who is calmed by Rose’s touch...the child in the classroom who won’t settle down and get to work but when Rose sits by them, they quiet right down and the hyperactivity seems to dissipate. The child getting excited about reading to Rose every week; they wouldn’t do that for me, but they do it for Rose. Lying with a dying patient who will smile, close their eyes and stroke her with a peacefulness that is so precious…I know I could not enter that person’s space without Rose…it really is all about occupying part of someone else’s space for just a short time be it in a school, home or hospital...”
A former teacher, Susan Purser, and her Australian Cattle Dog, Rose, have been very active as a therapy dog team for several years in Sarasota, Florida.
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Paws Giving Independence
Paws Giving Independence is a recpient of a 2013 Planet Dog Foundation Grant. Planet Dog has this year donated $71,500 in new grants to 16 non-profit dog organizations..."The PDF grants will help fund assistance dog, therapy dog and search and rescue programs across the country and support a wide variety of non-profit programs that are helping children and adults with physical and developmental disabilities; injured service members; natural disaster survivors and many more people in need..."
"Paws Giving Independence is an all-volunteer organization that saves dogs from area shelters, trains them to be service/companion dogs, and places the dogs, free of charge, with those in need. Their Saving a Life to Change a Life project identifies suitable dogs in shelters and trains them to meet the specific needs of people with disabilities. They train dogs to open doors, pick up dropped objects, turn lights on and off, and other ways to assist in independence. In addition, they train dogs to alert for epileptic and diabetic seizures, and psychological assistance for military veterans with PTSD. PDF funds support veterinary care, special prosthetics and balance equipment and training."
Paws Giving Independence was founded in 2008 by 3 Bradley University students who recognized the marvelous healing capabilities of dogs.
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for Dog Lovers and decent people...
Here's a Goodreads review that strikes home and makes sense for dog lovers and decent people...Passionate dog rescuer, animal rights advocate and author.C.A. Wulff wrote How to Change The World in 30 Seconds...
"At first i started reading this book as an animal rescuer myself. But as i started to go through all of the information in the book i realized that this book is a GREAT informative guide for people who have just dipped their toes into the realm of rescue. It is laid out in a way that focuses on an audience that may, or may not have already heard of some of the ideas. This way a novice rescuer can understand it, but the veteran rescuer isnt just wading through either. I saw several options that were detailed out even for someone in rescue many years. So really what im saying is.. it doesnt matter if you are new or old to it, this can give you great ideas, starting points and explanations for why so many rescuers are able to save lives on click at a time."
Here is a link to the full review by Sylence of How to Change the World in 30 Seconds, in Goodreads...
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Much has been written of the importance of childhood experiences with books...books that meant a lot to an individual as a child and where the memory of the book remains important in their adult life. Here, thanks to Monica Edinger's Educating Alice blog, are excerpts from a rather fascinating converstion by two of the most prominent, respected, and imaginative writers of children's and YA literature...
Guest Blog: Gaiman & Pullman Talk Children's Books in Literary Oxford
"Gaiman talked about reading the Mary Poppins books when he was six or seven and how they helped form whatever worldview he had as a kid. 'The idea that the world is incredibly unlikely and strange secret things are always happening, that adults don't really explain to you, or in fact, that adults may be oblivious to'...
''His (Gaiman's) wonder was infectious as he recalled discovering the library when he was very
young and having that incredible feeling of power; discovering the card catalogue in which you could actually look up subjects like witches or robots or ghosts; or you could just take down books and read the interesting ones. Both authors talked about discovering American comic books and marveled at the speed in the stories, the size of them, with Gaiman adding, "Everything was alien, everything was equally as strange and unlikely, so skyscrapers, and pizza and fire hydrants were just as alien to my world as people in capes flying around..."
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Monica Edinger, a fourth grade teacher, and a passionate advocate of the wonders and benefits of children's literature, has a very lively and informative blog: Educating Alice . Her new book, Africa Is My Home, is receiving excellent reviews.
Here are excerpts from her blog ;
The Unjournal of Children's Literature
The “un” movement is an intriguing one. Until recently I had only heard about it in terms of unconferences, participant-driven events such as this one. But now there is another sort of un-thing, an unjournal. Created by children’s literature graduate students at San Diego State University, the inaugural issue of The Unjournal of Children’s Literature is up and ready for viewing, reading, and responding. Gorgeous to look at, clearly designed in terms of navigation, fascinating in terms of content, this is one elegant web publication.
And from an article on kids, books and reading: "Reading to me is many things and so I think we teachers need to provide many different experiences with reading and books. My fourth grade students read all sorts of material on their own, for themselves, for all sorts of reasons..."
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What do Therapy Dogs Do All Day?
Here are videos from Peple Animals Love (PAL), based in Washington DC, that document the wonderful work that their volunteers and their dogs perform. Click this link: PAL
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Fairy Tales as the Last Echoes of Pagan Myths...
Seth Lerner, in writing about the orgins and history of fairy tales and folklore, points out that Wilhelm Grimm, at the time the Grimm brothers books were being published in 1812 and 1815, wrote that fairy tales were the "'last echoes of pagan myths'. He (Grimm) went on:"A world of magic is opened up before us, one which still exists among us in secret forests, in underground caves, and in the deepest sea, and it is still visible to children.(Fairy tales) belong to our national poetic heritage..."
Lerner sees even more significance in Fairy tales. He goes on to point out that "what we find inside these secret forests, caves, and seas is not just a poetic heritage, but a personal one as well. For fairy tales are full of families, full of parents who bequeth a sense of self to children, full of ancestors and heirs whose lives play out, in little, the life of a nation from childhood to maturity..."
Seth Lerer is Dean of Arts and Humanities and Distinguished Professor of Literature at the University of California at San Diego. The quotes and ideas above are from his informative and insightful book, Children's Literature, A Reader's History from Aesop to Harry Potter
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NYPL's Children's Literary Salon is pleased to announce our event on Saturday, October 12th at 2:00 p.m.
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Harry Potter's Textbook...
"J.K. Rowling will write her first movie script for Warner Bros., writing Fantastic Beasts and Where to
Find Them–a film based on Harry Potter’s textbook from his school for wizards.
The film is part of a planned series featuring the author of the magical book, Newt Scamander. Rowling published a book by the same name in 2001. She had this comment on her Facebook page:
"Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for seventeen years, ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world..." Here is the link: JKRowling
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Dogs in the Forest...
The forest plays a very important role in the Planet Of The Dogs Series. Here is an excerpt from Castle In The Mist...
"The dogs continued to lead the soldiers deeper into the woods. Soon, it began to snow, slowly at first, and then, the wind increased and the snow was everywhere. It became very difficult to see very far. The leader of the soldiers told his men that they were to follow him. They were returning to the castle.
They started walking through the snow when one of the men, who was an experienced forest guide, said to the leader, “With respect sir, but I don’t think we are going in the right direction.” The leader was about to answer him when howling started. It seemed to come from all directions. Then the leader spoke, “You will follow me, I am certain that this is the way.” They continued on through the swirling snow, unable to see, and surrounded by howling dogs..."
Here is an excert from a review:"Do you think it is possible for dogs to stop war? Author Robert J. McCarty has created a charming fantasy-allegory that can be read and understood on at least two different levels…a story about dogs who come from another planet to help people on earth. But under the surface are the important messages of friendship, love, loyalty, and how to overcome evil with good…Castle In The Mist will keep you turning the pages to find out what happens next.
Wayne Walker reviewing Castle in the Mist for Stories for Children Magazine, the Home School Book Review and the Home School Buzz wrote:
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CANADIAN SERVICE DOG FOUNDATION
The Canadian Service Dog Foundation trains and provides service dogs for a wide variety of human needs and services. They provide a wide range of vital services,,,ten major humanitarian objectives are listed on their website. Here are the first two:
- "To improve quality of life for Canadians through the use of service dogs, assistance dogs, therapy dogs and emotional support animals. Provide opportunities, resources, and support through the use of trained service dogs for Canadians living with psychiatric disabilities so as to allow for greater functional independence, sufficient to make healthy choices and lead active lifestyles."
- To support past or present military personnel, emergency service workers, and related professionals dealing with operational stress injuries through the use of specially trained service dogs.
- Here is a link to learn more about their wide reaching canine services for people: CSDF Services
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Read sample chapters of all the books in the Planet Of The Dogs series by
clicking here:Books
Our books are available through your favorite independent bookstore or via Barnes Noble, Amazon, Powell's...
Librarians, teachers, bookstores...Order Planet Of The Dogs, Castle In The Mist, and Snow Valley Heroes, A Christmas Tale, through Ingram with a full professional discount.
Therapy reading dog owners, librarians and teachers with therapy reading dog programs -- you can write us at [email protected] and we will send you free reader copies from the Planet of the Dogs Series...Read Dog Books to Dogs....Ask any therapy reading dog: "Do you like it when the kids read dog books to you?"
And Now -- for the First Time -- E Books of the Planet Of The Dogs Series are coming on KDP Select...
Planet Of The Dogs will be available October 1...Castle In The Mist will be available on October 15 and Snow Valley Heroes, A Christmas Tale, on November 15...in time for the Holiday Gift Season...
Any one of these books would make for a delightful—and one would assume cherished—gift for any child. All three would be an amazing reading adventure. Darlene Arden, educator, dog expert, and author of Small Dogs Big Hearts wrote:
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Finding Fido
"We are excited to announce that Barking Planet Productions is publishing a new book by C.A.Wulff.
"Finding Fido" will be available for purchase at amazon.com on September 30. "Finding Fido" is a handbook every pet owner will want to have in their library.
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A Dog Health Update: here are excerpts from an article on Giardiasis – Parasitic Diarrhea in Dogs, Cats and Humans...The microscopic parasites known as Giardiasis are the most common intestinal parasites to be found in humans, dogs and cats. A protozoan parasite infection, it is the cause of a very serious diarrheal illness in the intestinal areas, known to be highly contagious but not lethal. However, it is a parasite that can be transferred across species — from person-to-person or animal-to-person... The most popular locations for this parasite are on surfaces or within soil and food.However, drinking water and recreational water that has been contaminated with feces (poop) from infected humans or animals are the most common methods of transmission. This includes untreated or improperly treated water from lakes, streams, or wells...
Here's the link to read this comprehensive, informative article: Way Cool Dogs
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New England Conferences-Book Shows in October for Independent Bookstores and Libraries
As members of the Independent Publishers of New England (IPNE), we will be exhibiting Circling the Waggins and Snow Valley Heroes, A Christmas Tale at the New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA),October 6-8, in Providence, RI and the New England Library Association(NELA), on October 20-27, in Portland, Maine.
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Green Eggs and E-Books? Thank You, Sam-I-Am By Julie Bosman
Here are excerpts from Julie Bosman's article...
"Dr. Seuss books, those whimsical, mischievous, irresistibly rhymey stories that have been passed down in print to generations of readers, are finally catching up with digital publishing...
The Dr. Seuss canon will be released in e-book format for the first time, beginning later this month, his publisher said on Wednesday, an announcement that could nudge more parents and educators to download picture books for children...picture books have lagged far behind(adult fiction) . Several publishers said e-books represent only 2 to 5 percent of their total picture book sales, a number that has scarcely moved in the last several years.
But the release of the Dr. Seuss books, still hugely popular after decades in print, could move that number higher. The e-books will be available on color tablets, including the iPad, Kindle Fire and Nook HD. The first titles to be released, on Sept. 24, include “The Cat in the Hat,” “Green Eggs and Ham,” “There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!” and “The Lorax” (featuring an environmentally conscious character who might be happy about the announcement)."
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''The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to seaClick here for information and videos of COROMANDEL , byTrevor Bachman's... Here is an excerpt from their site...A" vibrant musical odyssey for children and adults, Coromandel is a journey through the mind of poet Edward Lear"...playing in New York City in early October..." a fusion of rock, jazz, bluegrass, tango, musical theatre, and classical sounds makes for a diverse, delicious, and sonically satisfying evening. Told with a whimsical simplicity that appeals to children of all ages..."
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.''
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"We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace."
—Albert Schweitzer, "The Philosophy of Civilization" -
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Last Sunday afternoon, we had another puppy play date. This time, my niece brought her Boston Terrier mix, Angel. The addition of another dog really shook up how they interacted with each other, in hilarious ways. Angel hasn’t had the opportunity to play with many dogs, so she spent most of her day running away from puppies who just wanted to be friends. She was given every opportunity for a puppy-free time out, but she kept joining them when they went outside or came back inside. Here are some pictures:
Poppy running like the wind.
Bumble looking for a playmate.
Frolicking puppies (and Angel).
Angel, running away from Bumble who decided he loved her and wanted to be with her always.
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New Arrivals at the Café:
Destiny, Rewritten by Kathryn Fitzmaurice (Thank you, Kathryn!)
Legacy of the Clockwork Key by Kristin Bailey
The Program by Suzanne Young
Paradise Kiss 3 by Ai Yazawa
Heroman Vol 3 by Stan Lee, BONES, Tamon Ohta
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Last Sunday the pups went to their first play date. Picture four puppies and two dogs running around for three hours. Pandemonium. We had so much fun we are doing it again later today.
Here are five of the canine participants (and one young human handing out treats). Mine are on the right.
This is Ziva, Sniper, and Bumble peeking inside the house.
Bumble on the short drive home. He could barely keep his eyes open. Both he and Poppy slept the rest of the day. We had a peaceful house for the first time in almost three months!
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New Arrivals at the Café:
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles De Lint and Charles Vess (This is a beautiful book!)
A Bride by Moonlight by Liz Carlyle
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Yesterday I took the pups to the vet for their last round of puppy shots. I also had them micro chipped. Poppy was very stoic about the procedure, but Bumble, my little Drama King, yelped like they were cutting off his tail. He jumped and the chip didn’t go in all the way, so the vet had to push it under his skin. I have to take him back in a few weeks to make sure it didn’t fall out. When we got home, he collapsed into a little ball of emo-angst and refused to get up or submit to cuddles. Sigh.
Here are some videos from last week.
This is how they display their love for each other – by licking, and then biting, the crap out of each other.
Bumble is under the table. Poppy wants to play. She can’t figure out how to get him interested in getting bullied by her, though.
This is how Poppy treats everything, including her brother. She tries to shake the life out of everything.
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New Arrivals at the Café:
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
Surfacing by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Black Helicopters by Blythe Woolston
Mirage by Jenn Reese (yay!)
Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood by Abby McDonald
Plague in the Mirror by Deborah Noyes
Milk of Birds by Sylvia Whitman
The Vow by Jessica Martinez
Just Like Fate by Cat Patrick & Suzanne Young
Hero of My Heart by Megan Frampton
Thrill Ride by Julie Ann Walker
Witch Fire by Laura Powell
What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang (This is a short term loan from the library)
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Yesterday I took the puppies for their another set of boosters. Bumble is now 35 lbs, and Poppy is 27. After their appointment, they slept most of the day, which gave me an opportunity to clean up around the house, even though all I really wanted to do was take a nap.
Bumble’s favorite toys are balls. He loves to chase them, bat them about with his paws, or just carry them around in his mouth.
Poppy is far too refined to be bothered with balls. She prefers to try new styles of wearing her ears. Here, she is doing her Princess Leia impersonation.
Bumble finds Poppy’s new ear style ridiculous, but he is too much of a gentleman to tell her.
Poppy posing by one of her favorite toys – a latex chicken that squawks annoyingly when she squeezes it or I step on it accidently.
Bumble finds the chicken toy boring. It just doesn’t do much other than make noise.
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New Arrivals at the Café:
Betting on Texas by Amanda Renee
Silent Warrior by Lindsey Piper
A Little Bit Cupid by Jennifer Shirk
Lycan Unleashed by Tiffany Allee
Game for Marriage by Karen Erickson
Tempting Acquisitions by Addison Fox
The Sweetest Dark by Shana Abe
Society of Steam Book Three: Power Under Pressure by Andrew P Mayer
Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block
Notes From Ghost Town by Kate Ellison
Ninja Attack! by Hiroko Yoda & Matt Alt & Tatsuya Morino
Yokai Attack! by Hiroko Yoda & Matt Alt & Tatsuya Morino
Yurei Attack! by Hiroko Yoda & Matt Alt & Tatsuya Morino
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The puppies are doing better with their housetraining (or maybe I am getting better at taking them out every time they so much as sniff the carpet). They spend most of the day either tearing up the house chasing each other, or sacked out on their blankets.
Bumble trying to chill for a few on Christmas day.
This is a very unusual pose for Poppy. She is usually sprinting through the house, chasing after her brother. I think both Bumble and I cherish the quiet moments when she takes a nap!
On their best behavior – for about 30 seconds!
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Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Earth Girl by Janet Edwards
The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd
Assassins in Love by Kris DeLake
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My puppies are keeping me hopping, so I haven’t had much time to read. I spend most of my time at home removing things from their mouths (like books, my iPad, my iPhone, my jacket, my shoes – you get the picture). Here are some pictures – forgive the poor quality; they don’t ever stop moving.
Puppies never do what you ask them to do. I have used the word “No” more in the last week than I have my whole life.
Puppies never stand still. I am burning those pesky calories chasing those pesky puppies.
Puppies have the attention span of fleas. They spend most of their waking hours jumping on each other and wrestling. Or chasing leaves. Or trying to eat fluff off the carpet. Or trying to eat anything that’s not nailed down. *sigh*
Puppies look like angels. Don’t be fooled. They are really devils. Especially this one. She has the innocent, sweet puppy look down pat. She waits until you are ready for a cuddle to kamikaze your face.
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Fairy Redhead Girl and Husky Puppy is a cute painting of a little redheaded fairy and her adorable canine companion. Every dreamy-eyed girl needs a lovable pup. She is wearing a green dress and she has curly red hair. She has her hand around a little husky dog. I have to of my favorite things in this painting: Huskies and fairies. Also I’m redhead so I guess just painted myself with my dream dog.
This Print is 8 1/2″ x 11″ with a white 1″ inch border around the image for easy framing. Printed on high quality archival Epson ink jet paper. It comes unframed. Beautiful vibrant colors. Looks even better in person than on screen.
I have this print now available in my Etsy store.
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4.5 Stars Back Cover: Being mean ain’t in nobody’s blood. Reckon folks will argue that one until there’s no more moonshine on the mountains. But in Freedom Pen that’s what Sarah the Twerp believes. And soon she and her brother, Billy, are setting out on a courageous summertime adventure to free two pit bull pups [...]
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Another free kindle ebook for kids!
And remember you don't need a Kindle to read Kindle ebooks! You can see them in full glorious color on your iPad, iPhone, Android device, Mac or PC by getting your FREE Kindle reading app HERE!
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Having done a Storytime Corner on cats, it only makes sense that we’d have to do one on dogs, right? I’m a cat person myself, but these dog stories are completely irresistible. And to keep all your parents and kids happy, you could even consider mixing up the dog and cat stories to make an integrated “Pets” program!
STORIES:
IF YOU GIVE A DOG A DONUT by Laura Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond (On-sale 10.4.11)
THAT PUP! by Lindsay Barrett George
NO DOGS ALLOWED! by Anne Davis
TEN LITTLE PUPPIES/Diez perritos by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy, illustrated by Ulises Wensell
Usually when I do storytimes, I like to make some books available for checkout that follow the theme. Here are a few ideas of books you can display for checkout post-program:
CHARLIE THE RANCH DOG by Ree Drummond, illustrated by Diane deGroat
DOGS by Seymour Simon
HARRY THE DIRTY DOG by Gene Zion, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham
HIP HOP DOG by Chris Raschka, illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky
I AM THE DOG by Daniel Pinkwater, illustrated by Jack E. Davis
MAGGIE’S BALL by Lindsay Barrett George
ZOOMER by Ned Young
I started compiling song, rhyme, and craft ideas…and then I realized that Storytime Katie had most likely already put together something fabulous for a dog-themed storytime. And she had. Check out her
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Ever have one of those days where you just can't find happy? I did. And when that happens, the creative side of me shuts down. It's a form of artist-block and it's very icky. So after a day of mopey ickiness I decided I would force myself to draw myself happy as a form of therapy...here is what happened when pencil touched paper.
Oh how I love to force my kitties to love me. And of course the wiener dogs always laugh because they know they're next! So if you're having a gloomy icky day, draw yourself happy and see if it helps.
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Life often feels as if we are carreening around steep mountain trails at high speeds with computers in tow and cell phones in hand!
Stop me now! I am ever resisting that lifestyle! Gotta take some time with friends, family and my puppies!
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Scarlett has only lived in an apartment. Her backyard is a tiny cement patio bordered with about five feet of scrubby grass. There’s no room, or even allowance, for most pets, especially dogs. Although both Nick and I had dogs growing up, since we aren’t planning on moving (or being able to afford moving) for quite some time, it seemed Scarlett would not experience all that comes with sharing space with man’s best friend. And then, when Scarlett was a year old, her Grandpa Dan brought home a little blonde bit of scruff and needle-sharp puppy teeth named Abbey. Scarlett was a baby who didn’t realize how hard you can squeeze a puppy. Abbey was a baby who didn’t realize how little force it takes to knock down a toddler. Somehow it worked. They have a very interesting relationship of antagonism and attachment that seems more sibling than owner and pet. Scarlett insists on putting Abbey on the leash and “walking” (which sometimes resembles dragging) her, even in the house. Abbey gets jealous of the attention Oba and Grandpa pay to Scarlett, and steals binkies every chance she gets. They are lucky enough to play and fight and grow together while we are lucky enough to watch. In Susan Hood’s The Furry Arms Hotel, Elmo and Baby Natasha play hide-and-seek with a little black puppy who may or may not be in any one of the many environmentally-diverse rooms. Only Natasha finds him, ‘cause babies are meant for each other.
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