Lucky Me
A Children’s Guide to Animal Companionship and Safety
Lucky Me is a great book for parents, teachers, veterinarians. It is written to help children know how to take care of a new pet. Christi Drue Dunlap makes it easy with her thoughtful and instructive book that features sweet-but-smart text, children and parents alike learn how to care for and keep their new pets happy, safe and secure.
Told from the point-of-view of Rocky, an absolutely adorable rescued pug, this book will show children what it feels like to be a pet without a home; what the inside of a Humane Society looks like; ways to make sure your new pet feels at home, right away; and how animals tell us what they like and what they don’t. Told with a lot of heart and over 14 practical tips, LUCKY ME features heartwarming, up-close photographs of seven dogs and three cats: Rocky the Pug, Martha the Bernese Mountain Dog, Bogard the Vizsla, Belle the Lewellen Setter, Durham the Great Dane/Pitbull Mix, Puck the Cairn Terrier Mix, Harry the Poodle/Bichon Frise Mix and Oliver the Domestic Long-Haired Cat, Gherkin the Domestic Short-Haired Cat and Serena the Calico Domestic Short-Haired Cat.
Children learn that, for example, Durham shouldn’t be bothered while he eats because he might growl. Gherkin hisses when she is nervous and doesn’t want to be touched. And Puck wags his tail to show you he’s happy and ready to play.
Children are also reminded to, for instance:
- Keep your new dog on a leash because it will keep him or her safe from getting lost, being hit by a car, getting in fights or catching diseases from other animals.
- Be sure to license your new pet because if your dog or cat gets lost, the Humane Society can find you.
- If a loose dog comes toward you, act like a tree or, if you are already on the ground, act like a rock. Trees and rocks don’t talk or move. The loose dog should get bored and move on.
Also included in the book are online resources and a certificate that reads:
“My Promise to My New Animal Friend I, _______________ (child’s name), promise to always take care of my new animal friend,
_________________ (animal’s name). I will provide him/her with food, water, shelter and love. I will always keep him/her safe. Signed, __________ (child’s signature)”
Christi Drue Dunlap created LUCKY ME to educate families about how, while exciting, integrating an animal into your life is a very big undertaking. And by explaining how to care for a new pet, as told by the animals themselves, children will be empathetic and lifelong advocates for compassionate animal care. This is a lovely and valuable book for families who are really thinking about or have just adopted a new pet. LUCKY ME can be purchased at: Summerland Publishing, Amazon, and Borders. We have 5 copies to giveaway to 5 lucky readers! Would you like a chance to win? Here is what you need to do:
- Leave a comment on this post before midnight on July 24, 2010.
- Let us know why you would like to win the book.
- The winners will be chosen at random and contacted by email after the giveaway ends. They will have 3 days to respond, otherwise a new winner will be chosen.
- This is open to all, and you may comment daily until the giveaway ends.
Be sure to check out Christi’s blog, Life in the Fur Lane to see her musings about life as a mom in a very furry, fun-filled home.
*this giveaway is now closed*
I would like the book because my sister is a 3rd grade teacher and this would be a great book for her to read to her class.
I would like to receive this book, because the organization I am with, the Animal Advocates, is in the process of our Capital Building Campaign to build a no-kill foster/adoption facility for our area. Our current county shelter has had euthanasia rates as high as 98%. We will pull our animals for adoption from the shelter.
Our facility will have a Teacher’s Pet Pavilion, where we will hold summer camps for children. This will help us in educating children on how pets should be treated. We can also use the information in educating families that come in to adopt from us. This looks like a wonderful book!
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My kids would really enjoy this.
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I would love to win this book for several reasons. My whole family is an Animal family, we love and respect all animals. We are also a literary family. I would love to extend th love of animals, love of books, and wise Pet care on to my first Nephew! Both of his parents are Teachers and can also take this into the classroom. I will also take it and read it at the Latino Youth Club that I volunteer with,Good Pet care really needs to be reminded not only to some kids but adults as well. My husband is Mexican -American and so we can read it in English and Spanish to them. This is a great thing for us. At my Dads funeral instead of flowers he requested ahead of time that people donate to the Humane Society, and they did.
This sounds like a great book and one that I would like to have on hand for when I hear someone is looking for a puppy – education first – so important!
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I would like to share this book with my preschool class.
I would like this because my daughter is at the age where she would like to be responsible for a pet.
For my dog-loving friend!
enter me please, thank you for the giveaway
I would like to win this for my 2 children to teach them in a fun way how to love and handle a dog or other animal
I would love to win this book because I love animals and know a number of children to whom I could lend the book to read!
I think this is really a great book – knowledge ALWAYS helps, and teaching kids to be with animals is very important!
kids would like it
This looks lik a great book for my kids.
son would love this
I would like to win this book for my granddaughter. She has started wanting a dog.
My kids love animals so i’d like to win it for them
It sounds like a good book. My kids would love it.