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Before You Were Mine

*Read to the children in your life every day.  You are giving them a gift that will last a lifetime!

Before You Were Mine            By:  Maribeth Boelts*         Illustrated by:  David Walker

Ages:  Preschool through First Grade

 

Having had two rescue dogs, I always wondered what their lives were like before they came to live with me.  Though one has passed away, both were and are such loving dogs, it was hard to believe that no one wanted them.  This thought provoking children’s book puts it all into prospective and stresses the importance of adopting dogs from shelters.  What an important message to share with children.  Reader, beware!  You may need a box of tissue as you read this lovely story.

*The author, Maribeth Boelts, is donating part of the profits from this book to the Humane Society of the United States.

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