Buddy Tail edition by K Anne Russell Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks
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Buddy Boutonniere, a big-hearted Standard Poodle, subsists in the bare backyard of a tract home in the desert city of Yucca Dunes. MacKenzie, a Border Collie, and Javier, a Chihuahua, provide Buddy with companionship and bring him food scraps when his neglectful owners forget to provide for him.
When Buddy's owners decide to move, Buddy meets a wonderful lady who visits his house with prospective buyers. The poodle's humans try to sell their dog and Buddy goes through a series of unsuitable living situations. The final family returns Buddy to the tract home not realizing the owners are out of town. His only lifeline, MacKenzie, is killed by an evil Hummer driver while bringing him food. Tiny Javier tries to support Buddy with the aid of Dumb Derek, a Rottweiler whose brain is damaged from years of guarding a chemical dump. The two are unable to help the poodle.
Buddy dies, but is brought back to life by Sonny, the Good Shepherd. Sonny grants Buddy's wish to go live with the wonderful lady, in return for his promise to go with Sonny when he comes back for him. Buddy has a happy life with the lady and her dog, Skootch. Together they rescue abandoned Leroy and abused Roxanne. Years later, during Skootch's fifteenth birthday party, Sonny comes for Buddy. True to his word, he goes without complaint.
Sonny takes Buddy to Haven, the canine paradise, where he is reunited with MacKenzie. Sonny explains the rules in Haven; dogs acquire free will and give up their role of caring for humans. Their only responsibility is to help guide other dogs to Haven. Buddy excels at guiding, but on a mission to bring back a bomb dog from Afghanistan, Buddy breaks the rule and helps a human, the dog's Marine partner.
The residents of Haven are furious with the poodle and he is exiled to the perimeter of paradise. There he meets a young girl who has died of cancer and befriends her, another infraction of the rules. He is dragged before the communal tribunal, where MacKenzie defends him. With the help of the marine and the girl, MacKenzie convinces the judges that Buddy is not an offender, but a hero.
Buddy's story teaches young readers about the bonds of love and friendship, the role of free will in building character, the importance of responsibility in our lives, especially as it relates to animal welfare, and the acceptance of death as part of life's journey for ourselves and our pets.
Materials for parents, teachers and kids at --
http//www.buddystail.com
Doggie illustrations were provided by Ron Ruelle (http//www.ronruelle.com).
Buddy Tail edition by K Anne Russell Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks
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Buddy Tail edition by K Anne Russell Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks Reviews
"Buddy's Tail" presents a world that I always hoped existed dogs can talk to one another and one of the things they talk about is humans. But the story goes beyond that. The book shows children how some dogs are mistreated and some dogs have a wonderful life. It also introduces children to service dogs, especially dogs who serve in battle. And woven throughout is the truth of how great and fulfilling the love can be between dogs and humans.
There are moments of real sadness in the book one of the main dog characters is killed by a car and another dog is left to die in his yard without food or water. But the dogs band together to overcome hardships and there is the promise of an afterlife for both dogs and humans where they can be free of pain and enjoy a life of comfort and happiness forever.
This is a book for children, but adults can enjoy it as well (I received a Review copy). It is not, however, a book for the very young--the book suggests it is suitable for children 9 years and older.
Buddy's Tail is one of those books that touch your heart. Buddy is a standard poodle. He has several buddy dogs, Mackenzie a border collie who narrates the story, Javier a little Chihuahua who may be small in stature but big in heart. Buddy's owners are selling their house. One of the prospective buyers meets Buddy and falls in love with him. She wants him but for unknown reasons she leaves without him. It is Buddy's dream to live with this woman. Buddy's owners try to sell him. He makes a mistake and is brought back. This happens several times and each time he is returned in worse condition and the owners are angrier. Buddy's best friend Mackenzie sneaks him food until she is killed. When she reaches Haven, her one desire is to return to earth to help Buddy. She is forbidden but given and opportunity to help him if she admits she is dead and agrees to stay in Haven. See all dogs in Haven have free will. Buddy's life takes a turn for the better and his dream comes true. He is able to help many other dogs on earth. When his time is up and he goes to Haven he becomes one of the best dogs to guide others to Haven. Then he makes a series of mistakes that could have terrible consequences. This was one of the best books for children I've read in a long time. It teaches the lesson that some times the rules for doing good are not necessarily black and white. I look forward to this becoming a print book so I can put it on my shelves at school. I also look forward to reading more from this author.
Buddy is a standard poodle. He grew to be bigger than his owners thought, he is neglected and unloved. He has several dog friends who pull him through the hard times. They bring him food when his owners leave him without food for several days and they cheer up his day.
Buddy's Tail is not a completely sad tale of an abused and neglected dog. There is a ray of sunshine for him. As he is given a second chance, he begins to pay it forward and help out other dogs in need.
A good portion of this book takes place in "Haven". Haven is the place where dogs go after fulfilling their mission on earth to help humans. It is in Haven that Buddy's friend. MacKenzie, watches over him and gives him as much help as she can.
I was describing the story to my children at the dinner table today and they are very interested to see what happens with Buddy and possibly read it themselves. While some of the subject manner is sad, I think that it was handled well. I have no objection to letting my kids read it.
Honestly, my dog had been outside for two hours and I felt guilty and brought him in to give him some love and attention. This book will definitely tug at your heart strings and give you a moment to consider how you are treating your animal friends.
I received a copy of the book to review through Bostick Communications. I am not paid to review it. I have honestly expressed my thoughts of this book.
I received this book for free from the author in order to provide an honest review. The review is entirely my opinion and was not influenced by the receipt of a free book.
After signing up with Book Blogs, I started receiving emails about books for review and one of them happened to be a 4th grade level book. Though I typically stay far away from animal stories (I was traumatized by Old Yeller as a child), I chose to review Buddy's Tail for a couple of reasons. One, I have a niece that will be entering 4th grade in the fall. Two, I can't really remember what I read as a 4th grader, but I sure haven't recognized the titles my niece and nephew talk about. Three, on a related note, I wanted to have a book that I could talk to my niece and nephew about - my niece isn't really into books due to a slight reading disability, but my nephew loves books. I am really glad I chose to review it. It was a really good read.
Like I said, I can't really remember what I read when I was their age (I guess this might have been the age I was reading The Bobbsy Twins). When I received it in the mail. I remember thinking it was kind of long for a children's book (I have adult books that are only 10 - 20 pages longer). I mentioned it Mom (who has worked with kids all her life) and she reminded me that kids are reading Harry Potter at this age.
The summary of the book pretty much tells you everything about the book so there were no surprises. I prepared myself for the dogs to die. It was a little sad, but since their story continues after death, it wasn't like they disappeared. Also there isn't a lot of human interactions to make me feel attached to the dogs on that level. I did get a little teary eyed at the end, but I won't spoil for you.
Buddy's Tail would be great to use in a classroom when studying southwest US as there were many geographically specific references. I was a little disappointed with the stereotyping that Russell used with the dogs. A chihuahua that "speaks" Spanish, lives with a Hispanic family, and likes Taco Bell seemed contrite. Maybe 4th graders are assumed by it, but I thought it condoned stereotyping. The book is also good for a vocabulary lesson. I'll admit that I had to look up a couple of terms - granted they were architectural terms. Again, the southwest influence of language was present which would easily lead to discussions of sense of place. Russell has a website with additional classroom tools. The book (which I think this was suppose to be the main point) deals with animal neglect and responsibility of having a pet - lessons a child should learn. This is the fourth reason I wanted to review this book. In the overview that came in the email announcement it was mentioned that the book was to teach children about animal cruelty - I was curious how the subject would be handled to be age appropriate. I thought Russell did a good job. I think in the back my mind I thought it might push for vegetarianism or more extreme PETA-like propaganda, but it didn't. Like I said it touched more on being a responsible pet owner.
I would recommend this to teachers and parents (it would make a good summer read for all those summer reading programs). For the parents what are your kids reading? For my readers without young kids what books did you read as child?
Fantastic story.....love the whole thing, I know this will help when trying to explain death to my son (eventually) )
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