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Everyone loves coming-home stories, especially when they include
dogs and happy endings! From Steven Carino and Alex Tresniowski
comes Oliver for Young Readers, a heartwarming and true story of a
man searching for a beloved lost dog and finding more than he’d
ever hoped for. When Steven Carino discovered his dog, Oliver, had
been stolen from his car, he knew he would do anything to get
Oliver back. The friendly Yorkie–Shih Tzu mix—with his bundle
of black and brown hair, long floppy ears, and big round eyes—had
been Steven's companion during even the loneliest days. But it took
more than one man to bring Oliver home. It took a community of
friends and strangers who believed that love is worth fighting for.
Oliver for Young Readers offers a story of good triumphing
over despair, a beautiful reminder that a little kindness can truly
change the world. This hardcover middle grade book: Is for ages 8
to 12 Has a kid-friendly design and a four-page photo insert that
features Oliver and Steven Includes Oliver’s “thoughtsâ€
during the journey and extra stories of Oliver and Steven’s
adventures Is a great gift for dog lovers Has a companion book for
adults: Oliver: The True Story of a Stolen Dog and the Humans He
Brought Together Oliver for Young Readers is a story of good
people—including hardworking immigrants, wealthy suburbanites,
car mechanics, deli workers, old friends, close relatives, street
cops, a dedicated TV news reporter, and one very gifted
hairdresser—offering help without asking for anything in return.
It's a story of near misses, false hopes, and fresh leads ending in
a joy-filled reunion on the streets of a rundown New York
neighborhood. It's a story of faith renewed and hope restored.
The boom in trained service animal use and access has transformed
the lives of travelers with disabilities. As a result, tens of
thousands of people in the United States and Canada enjoy travel
options that were difficult or impossible just a few years
ago.Henry Kisor and Christine Goodier provide a narrative guidebook
full of essential information and salted with personal, hands-on
stories of life on the road with service dogs and miniature horses.
As the travel-savvy human companions of Trooper (Kisor's miniature
schnauzer/poodle cross) and Raylene (Goodier's black Labrador), the
authors share experiences from packing for your animal partner to
widely varying legal protections to the animal-friendly rides at
Disneyland. Chapters cover the specifics of air, rail, road, and
cruise ship travel, while appendixes offer checklists, primers on
import regulations and corporate policies, advice for emergencies,
and a route-by-route guide to finding relief walks during North
American train trips. Practical and long overdue, Traveling with
Service Animals provides any human-animal partnership with a
horizon-to-horizon handbook for exploring the world.
A Reason to Live explores the human-animal relationship through the
narratives of eleven people living with HIV and their animal
companions. The narratives, based on a series of interviews with
HIV-positive individuals and their animal companions in Australia,
span the entirety of the HIV epidemic, from public awareness and
discrimination in the 1980s and 1990s to survival and hope in the
twenty-first century. Each narrative is explored within the context
of theory (for example, attachment theory, the ""biophilia
hypothesis,"" neurochemical and neurophysiological effects,
laughter, play, death anxiety, and stigma) in order to understand
the unique bond between human and animal during an ""epidemic of
stigma."" A consistent theme is that these animals provided their
human companions with ""a reason to live"" throughout the epidemic.
Long-term survivors describe past animal companions who intuitively
understood their needs and offered unconditional love and support
during this turbulent period. More recently diagnosed HIV-positive
narrators describe animal companions within the context of hope and
the wellness narrative of living and aging with HIV in the
twenty-first century. Bringing together these narratives offers
insight into one aspect of the multifaceted HIV epidemic when human
turned against human, and helps explain why it was frequently left
to the animals to support their human companions. Importantly, it
recognizes the enduring bond between human and animal within the
context of theory and narrative, thus creating a cultural memory in
a way that has never been done before.
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