Dog Messages from the Cummer Museum

The Chlidren's Book Fair at the Cummer Museum was fantastic!

We had a message box at our table

for people to write a message to their dog or cat.

They were all very sweet and loving.

Lots of people have lots of love for their Fur Angels.

We made a video of the bark outs!

Check out the messages, maybe you'll hear yours.

Children's Book Fair at the Cummer Museum Saturday Nov. 20th

Me and a few friends 

will be at the Children's Book Fair

at the Cummer Museum

signing our books:

Angel in a Fur Coat

Author: C.L. Enuton

www.Gooberella.com

Angel in a Fur Coat is about Angels trading their wings and halos for fur coats and bones to be born on earth as dogs but first they must learn what it means to be a dog so they go to school. They learn about various dog breeds and different dog jobs and when they graduate they get their fur coat and are born on earth to find the person they were made for.  Explore the wonderful world of dogs through the eyes of one special little angel whose everlasting dream is to be a person's best friend.

America's Real

First Thanksgiving

Author: Robyn Gioia

www.robyngioia.com

America's REAL First Thanksgiving. The story chronicles a little known fact that St. Augustine, Florida, is the site of the REAL first Thanksgiving, 56 years before the Pilgrims!

Penny and Rio: The Mysterious Backyard Meeting

Author: Jennifer Swanson

http://www.pennyandrio.com/

Penny and Rio: The Mysterious Backyard Meeting: Penny and Rio are two dogs who are complete opposites. Penny is curious and always on the go, while Rio prefers a good nap. At their new house, Penny discovers that their backyard is the meeting place for several different animals. Penny doesn’t know why a cat, a groundhog, a squirrel, and an owl could possibly be meeting, but she knows she has to find out. She comes up with an ingenious plan for spying on them and discovers their plot. She has to stop them – but can she get her sister dog, Rio, to help her or will Rio decide that sleep is more important?  

Gullah, The Newleans Cat

Author: Nancy Murray

www.gullahmeetskatrina.com

Gullah, The Nawleans Cat Meets Katrina, part-whimsy, part-reality, is the story of a mischievous cat caught in America's worst natural disaster, Hurricane Katrina. Florida author Nancy Murray says she wrote the story because the littlest of victims, the children and animals, deserve a book uniquely their own.

These are just a few of us.

You will find many more authors and illustrators listed on the poster

In addition to meeting authors

and getting autographed copies of some of your favoriate books,

there will be hourly author book readings, a scavenger hunt,

arts and crafts project making by Art Connections

and performances by Ajamu

It's going to be fun! Hope to see you there

We have a winner

I forgot to mention the winner of my book.

Congratulations Erma from Ohio, the winner of the Goodreads book giveaway.
There were 1020 people who entered the giveaway!

Thank you all for participating.

Ram in November

It's feeling like winter in Florida...

...under the bridge at RAM

but the hot chocolate is delicious!

And the artists were out and playing

with sidewalk chalk

 And we met a very important dog...

He is in his final stages of training before he goes to college

and once he graduates he will go to live with a little girl

who has Cerebral Palsy

There is a wonderful program in Florida where volenteers train dogs to be people companions. The program is free with no cost to the family.

The families are able to meet the dog and be matched with a best friend for life. A little girl is about to meet her best buddy in the whole world.

How cool is that!

Making milk bone money on Halloween

For Halloween I was an Angel

and worked the Gooberella booth

at the Riverside Arts Market

Lots of people were dressed up but my

 favorite was the wolf man

boy was he scary!

I met lots of cool dogs...

 But the coolest dog of all was Tess.

Tess had served in Iraqi...a real hero dog!

I had tons of fun...

lots of people took pictures of me in my angel wings.

I made lots of milk bone money.

It was a great day and now for my nap