{"id":930,"date":"2009-07-05T13:21:57","date_gmt":"2009-07-05T17:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=930"},"modified":"2009-07-05T13:21:57","modified_gmt":"2009-07-05T17:21:57","slug":"baron-thinks-dogs-are-people-too-by-laurie-dean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=930","title":{"rendered":"Baron Thinks Dogs are People Too! by Laurie Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Baron<\/a><\/p>\n

Cute and lovable Baron wants a best friend… but in an effort to get his family’s attention, Baron’s lively antics take him in the wrong direction.\u00c2\u00a0 After being whisked away to doggie school, Baron learns important lessons about behaving himself.\u00c2\u00a0 But will he ever find the friendship his furry heart longs for?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Baron sounds a lot like the Resident Corgi which is one of the reasons I wanted to review this book.\u00c2\u00a0 Both are exuberant and jump to get attention.\u00c2\u00a0 Baron’s dog school experience went a lot more smoothly than that of the Resident Corgi.\u00c2\u00a0 I like to say\u00c2\u00a0the\u00c2\u00a0Resident Corgi has no impulse control\u00c2\u00a0but that’s one of his\u00c2\u00a0unique qualities.\u00c2\u00a0 Baron loves people and wants a best friend.<\/p>\n

Like many children’s picture books, this one has cute pictures.\u00c2\u00a0 Kevin Collier’s illustrations have bright colors for children to identify.\u00c2\u00a0 Children who know their numbers can count the flowers, clouds or bones on some of the pages.\u00c2\u00a0 Parents and children can discuss how silly Baron looks in a tutu or how scared Mom and Dad are when Baron runs towards\u00c2\u00a0the street.<\/p>\n

Multiple messages and lessons\u00c2\u00a0can be found in Baron’s story.\u00c2\u00a0 From personal experience and observation, family dogs are happier when they have a job or know what is expected of them.\u00c2\u00a0 Obedience school can go a long way towards making this happen.\u00c2\u00a0 The author, Laurie Dean, gives the parents a contemporary twist – Dad is a member of the Air Force and gets called to duty.\u00c2\u00a0 Life goes on while Dad is away though he is certainly missed.\u00c2\u00a0 This should sound familiar to children with parents in the military or parents who travel for work.\u00c2\u00a0 In order to gain friends we must sometimes figure out what other people need and do nice things to make them feel better.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Baron’s actions at the end are a good example of this lesson.\u00c2\u00a0 I look forward to reading this book to my young nephews.<\/p>\n

Every copy of Baron Thinks Dogs Are People Too!<\/em> purchased through the Big Tent\u00c2\u00a0Books web site has $1 donated to Operation Smile<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 If your child likes Baron and wants more of him, visit his web site at http:\/\/www.baronthinks.com<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 It has a coloring page, online puzzle game and pictures of Baron’s visits with children.<\/p>\n

About Laurie Dean and Kevin Collier<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Laurie<\/a>
Laurie Dean - Author<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LAURIE DEAN writes children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stories for pleasure, and is now pleased to share the lively antics of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the happiest dog on the planet\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in her debut picture book, Baron Thinks Dogs Are People Too!<\/em> Laurie grew up in a small town, the oldest of five children and many pets. Throughout her years of marriage and raising two sons, Laurie honed her keen awareness of the importance of reading aloud to young children in her capacity as Director of her church nursery department. Also an expert in relaxation, Laurie is a licensed Massage Therapist.\u00c2\u00a0 Visit Baron and Laurie at http:\/\/www.baronthinks.com<\/a><\/p>\n

KEVIN SCOTT COLLIER is the author of many children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s books, including barthpenn@heaven.org<\/em> (the story of a young boy whose pen pal is an angel), and Esther\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Channel<\/em>. He has also illustrated over 60 children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s books, including Topsy Turvy Land<\/em>, which World Magazine<\/em> (Dec. 6, 2006 issue) voted one of the top 50 children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s picture books of all time. Kevin works weekdays as Art Director for a daily Michigan newspaper. More of Kevin’s artwork can be seen at www.Dragonpencil.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cute and lovable Baron wants a best friend… but in an effort to get his family’s attention, Baron’s lively antics take him in the wrong direction.\u00c2\u00a0 After being whisked away to doggie school, Baron learns important lessons about behaving himself.\u00c2\u00a0 But will he ever find the friendship his furry heart longs for? Baron sounds a… Continue reading Baron Thinks Dogs are People Too! by Laurie Dean<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[105,24,171,104],"class_list":["post-930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-baron-thinks-dogs-are-people-too","tag-book","tag-kevin-collier","tag-laurie-dean","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=930"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1710,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions\/1710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}