It’s December and nothing says holiday time like being with your favorite pup in front of a warm fireplace and reading a new or holiday dog-themed book. Especially if there is a mystery involved too.
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New Books Published in time for the Holidays.Lara Rian’s newly released “How to Be a Happy Hooman: A Dog’s Way of Life” is a charming ABC work that offers insightful life lessons from a unique perspective.”How to Be a Happy Hooman: A Dog’s Way of Life” from author Lara Rian is a fun and engaging juvenile fiction that provides readers with a variety of helpful lessons on faith, family, and positive social attributes. Rian shares, “How we are raised partly has to do with how our future will turn out. This book not only teaches children new vocabulary they can grow with, but it also teaches them new and worthwhile characteristics they should adopt to become better human beings.”We learn from our parents, teachers, and our surroundings, but it’s a treasure to learn from something that cannot speak but rather show us through their character.”I’ve learned so much from my pet since she came into my life a little over a year ago. The act of forgiveness, honesty, and kindness are only a few that are now more prominent attributes in my life. I’m sure many other pet owners can agree that their four-legged friends have made them into better and happier people.”Our youth are very vulnerable, but they are also our future leaders. We need to teach them early on characteristics that will help them succeed in life. This isn’t your average A–Z playbook. This book builds character, and character builds success.”Books available at traditional brick & mortar bookstores, or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble. [Link] |
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Wonderdog: The Science Of Dogs And Their Unique Friendship With Humans by Jules Howard Pegasus Books, November 2022, ISBN 978-1639362622The Science of Dogs and their Unique Friendship with Humans is a science book for animal lovers. Looking at evolution, animal behavior, animal neurology, veterinary science, and history, Howard reminds viewers of all that is loveable about humankind’s “best friends” — even though they are, really and truly, nothing more or less than domesticated wolves, however cute and adoring.Wonderdog is an avenue for him to talk about dogs. Clearly, they number among his favorite love objects and preoccupations. But it’s also a way for him to write a “for everyone” book about ideas like consciousness, the history of sensory knowledge, attachment, cognition, neuropsychology, social sensitivity, and the theory of mind.Wonderdog succeeds in drawing readers in and delivering reliable scientific information packaged in compelling and sometimes heart-warming anecdotes. I have no doubt that even the science-phobic among dog lovers can find Wonderdog exhilarating |
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Christmas in Blue Dog Valley
Love animals? Then you’ll love all the books in the Meg Langslow mystery series by Donna Andrews. In the 32nd merry installment, Meg has her hands full with computer programmers, family, dogs and other animals while trying to solve a murder and make the season festive in the town of Caerphilly. $26.99. Minotaur Books |
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Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off
Christmas cookie bake-off with a sprinkle of murder along with a very cute Newfoundland named Wellington make for yummy reading in the second installment of the Beacon Bakeshop mystery series by Darci Hannah. $8.99. Kensington Cozies |
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Santa’s Little Yelpers
Love a good murder mystery with lovable dogs sprinkled throughout? Then you’ll want to unwrap the 26th installment of David Rosenfelt’s Andy Carpenter mystery series. $25.99. Minotaur Books |
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The Christmas Village
A French Bulldog named Bella, a book club and ex-fiancé all mix together in the town of Somerset Lake for the holidays in the 2nd installment of the Somerset Lake series by Annie Rains. $7.29. Forever, imprint of Hachette Book Group. |
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The Dog Who Came to Christmas
Sit by the fire and read this collection of true stories celebrating the gift of dogs, edited by Callie Smith Grant. $9.74. Revell, an imprint of Baker Publishing Group. |
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A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
An arrival of a lost puppy combined with a family emergency combine to save or fracture the Goss family in time for Christmas. This beautiful tale will open your heart, another poignant read from W. Bruce Cameron. $14.99. Forge Trade, an imprint of Macmillan USA. |
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The Twelve Dogs of Christmas
Add a sprinkle of romance to your holiday reading with Lizzie Shane’s heart-warming story of an animal rescue owner and a single dad who are on a mission to find forever homes for 12 pups before Christmas. Book one of four in the Pine Hollow series. $7.99. Forever, imprint of Hachette Book Group. |
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Here Comes Santa Paws
Canine Mystery In the 24th installment of the Melanie Travis mysteries by Laurien Berenson, Melanie has her hands full of pampered Poodles, decking the halls and searching for her missing friend wanted for murder. $7,99. Kensington Books Publishing. |
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It’s a Wonderful Woof
Spencer Quinn brings us the 12th book in the Chet & Bernie mysteries, just in time for holidays in the Valley and a vanishing fellow private eye and his client. They do some dashing through the snow to close the lid on this holiday caper. $13.49. Forge Books, an imprint of Macmillan USA. |
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