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Cookie's Fortune - by Lynda Graham-Barber (Hardcover)

Cookie's Fortune - by  Lynda Graham-Barber (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Come along on a small dog's journey from surviving in a vast city to finding her forever home.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In simple, poetic language, with captivating art that portrays the challenges of a huge city, <em>Cookie's Fortune</em> depicts a stray dog as she searches for food, shelter, and comfort. </p> <p>Compelling and age appropriate, this adorable stray's quest will engage animal-loving children, their parents, teachers, and librarians with its message of hope and compassion. The story is based on the author's own adoption of a dog she saved from a subway station.</p> <p>The final page is filled with information for parents and other adults who want to learn more about the subject.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Lynda Graham-Barber's abiding passions for writing and animals have intermingled for four decades, as children's book editor, writing teacher, author of 13 books, and an animal rights advocate. The author, who holds a MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College, lives in a small stone cottage, which she helped build, situated on 160 wooded acres in the Northeast Kingdom, Vermont, with her artist-husband, David, and their rescued dog, Biscuit. <p/>Nancy Lane is an accomplished artist, teacher and illustrator of more<br>than 24 books. Four of those have been published by The Gryphon Press: <br>A Home For Dakota, Call The Horse Lucky, The Forgotten Rabbit, <br>and KoKoCat: Inside and Out, also by Lynda Graham-Barber. <p/>She specializes in watercolor and showing emotion on animals'faces, as<br>she knows they have feelings, too. Kirkus Reviews had this to say<br>about KoKoCat: "Lane's beautiful, bright watercolors depict an amazing<br>array of emotions on the face of the realistic protagonist." <p/>She is an avid animal lover and has rescued many animals. Currently she has two<br>German Shepherds that she hikes with every day. The mother of two<br>grown children, Ms. Lane and her husband live in Canandaigua, New York. <p/>

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