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Little red dog brings cheer to northern Kentucky families
Press Release December 15, 2020
Several agencies in Northern Kentucky are working together to provide gifts to several children whose parents are incarcerated.
Community and Restorative Justice, Covington; the Northern Kentucky Re-Entry Council; the Northern Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy and the Northern Kentucky Area Development District are collaborating on the CRJ-Covington Christmas project with a grant from the Tides Foundation.
Community and Restorative Justice, Covington, is a grassroots organization that uses education and discussion circles to help resolve neighborhood, community, legal and educational issues. The agency is currently working with Covington Independent Public Schools and the Erlanger-Elsmere School District.
The organizations that are working together for the Christmas program plan to help 10 families where the parents are incarcerated and the children are being raised by their grandparents or others. The groups are also working with local author David W. Hickey on taping a video program to stream on Facebook during Christmas Eve and the rest of the holiday season. The video will feature readings from Dr. Hickey’s Little Red Dog Adventure Book series which are stories about a rescue dog that Dr. Hickey and his wife, Marie, adopted.
Dr. Hickey and Little Red Dog plan to be part of the gift-giving during Christmas Week. Pamela Mullins of CRJ-Covington said she hopes the families and everyone involved with the CRJ-C Christmas Project will have a Merry Christmas and a happy and safe new year.
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Little Red Dog Adventure Book Series
INTRODUCTION
In the second installment of Mr. Dave's Little Red Dog Adventure Book Series, the remarkable red-furred beagle protagonist is reunited with his young human friend, Willy, and moves to a farm near Rabbit Hash, Kentucky.
Willy and Little Red Dog soon discover that their neighbors – an orphaned high school girl, Maya, and her Grammy -- have made their farm a haven for rescue animals of all shapes and sizes. Little Red Dog comes to rely on his new friends to help him deal with angry bulls, menacing coyotes and the vagaries of the weather, and in turn helps them in their times of need. The little red beagle also helps his human companions, notably through a daring adventure that allows him to solve the mystery of the Ghost of the Henhouse.
Like the original, “Little Red Dog and the Ghost of the Henhouse” features engaging characters and a compelling storyline. And, as before, this is a story that returns again and again to the themes of rescue, adoption and the power of love.
little red dog: A coloring book that tells a story
INTRODUCTION
The Little Red Dog Coloring Book can be used as a companion with other selections from the Little Red Dog Adventure Book Series. Little Red Dog is a coloring book that tells the story about a rescue dog’s long and sometimes harrowing journey from a farm to his forever home in Rabbit Hash, Kentucky.
Little Red Dog's numerous escapades keep the reader engaged through the little dog's exuberant personality and trials and tribulations as he seeks to find his forever home.
Anyone with a love of animals will want to share Little Red Dog's adventures with their family and friends, as it's a story full of compassion, love, and understanding. Young (and not-so-young) will delight in coloring the characters that populate the story.
These titles include The Epic Adventures of Little Red Dog and Little Red Dog and the Ghost of the Henhouse.
The Epic adventures of little red dog
INTRODUCTION
The Epic Adventures of Little Red Dog, Second Edition, is a story about a rescue dog’s long and sometimes harrowing journey from a farm to his forever home in a Northern Kentucky suburb. It’s a heartwarming tale of friendship, second chances, and the healing power of love.
Based on a mixture of real events and fiction, The Epic Adventures of Little Red Dog describes the life of an excessively curious beagle who, as a very young puppy, loses his happy home after creating a ruckus in the henhouse and eating a Shepherd’s pie that was to have been dinner for the farmer and his family.
Driven to a lonely field and left to fend for himself, Little Red Dog is soon befriended by a wise mole named Kirby. This delightful creature – who speaks several languages and communicates across vast distances using a mole tunnel network – guides Little Red Dog as he travels in search of a loving family. When the little beagle is attacked and suffers a life-threatening injury, Kirby finds help and then, after his friend is placed in the care of animal shelter foster care volunteers, figures out a way to reunite with him miles and miles away.
Young (and not-so-young) readers will delight in the characters that populate this simply illustrated book. They include Sally the Skunk, Penny the Porcupine, Three Paws the Cat, The Dog Named Little Chicken, and a cheeky squirrel who unwittingly imparts a lesson about The Circle of Life.
The Epic Adventures of Little Red Dog is a kid-friendly but surprisingly worldly look at not only dog rescue, but the efforts of men and women and boys and girls to remake their lives. It’s a delightful story, dedicated to animal rescue volunteers who help to adopt more than 3.2 million dogs and cats each year.
What readers are saying about Little REd Dog ADVENTURE BOOKS
Gini Browsh (retired K-12 educator)
“Once again, the exuberance of Little Red Dog comes to life in Volume II of the rescue dog’s real and fictionalized adventures. Dave’s downhome expressions and maxims lend legitimacy to the story’s setting in Rabbit Hash, Kentucky. He ably weaves Civil War history and the realities of Kentucky farm life into this extended tale. Those who were charmed with Little Red Dog’s beginnings will delight in his continued escapades with his new friend and mentor, Mr. Tickles. Together they apply good sense, morality and love of one’s neighbors in coming to the rescue of a hard-working compromised teenager and her grandmother. The unfolding of a budding romance adds warmth and humor to the account of coming to terms with life’s zigs and zags with good spirit. Inspiration and adventure lie in wait for the reader.”
the little red dog book series and companion coloring book
Little Red Dog is a coloring book that tells the story about a rescue dog’s long and sometimes harrowing journey from a farm to his forever home in Rabbit Hash, Kentucky. The coloring book can also be used as a companion with other selections from the Little Red Dog Adventure Book Series.
In the second installment of Dr. David Hickey’s Little Red Dog Adventure Book Series, the remarkable red-furred beagle protagonist is reunited with his young human friend, Willy, and moves to a farm near Rabbit Hash, Kentucky.
The story is a heartwarming tale of friendship, second chances, and the healing power of love. Based on a mixture of real events and fiction, The Epic Adventures of Little Red Dog describes the life of an excessively curious beagle- Little Red Dog.
The Epic Adventures of Little Red Dog, Second Edition, is a story about a rescue dog’s long and sometimes harrowing journey from a farm to his forever home in a Northern Kentucky suburb. With twice the number of illustrations than the original, The Epic Adventures of Little Red Dog, 2nd. Ed. is a kid-friendly but surprisingly worldly look at not only dog rescue, but the efforts of men and women and boys and girls to remake their lives.
AVAILABLE VIEWING ON CHRISTMAS EVE 2020
Watch Mr. Dave and others read Little Red Dog books!
Watch Mr. Dave and Susie & Pam from Community & Restorative Justice - Covington read from the Little Red Dog Books on Christmas Eve!
WHEN & WHERE: 12/24 - Christmas Eve at 7pm on TBNK's Main Event Channel (Spectrum 200 and Bell 819), TBNKtoGO 3 at www.tbnk.org, TBNK's Facebook LIVE feed, and TBNK's ROKU Channel
Acknowledgements
Illustrations
Kara Schuler (kjoschuler@gmail.com)
Author Photo
Lori Moore.
Cover Art
Sahori Rodriguez-Gonzalez: (5th grade student).
Book Editors
Marie M. Schenkel, Bob White, and Gini Browsh.
Inspiration
Marie M. Schenkel & Little Red Dog.
Dedication
Dedicated to our grandchildren, my sister Lucy (Angel Date 2013), all of the volunteers at Owen County Friends of Animals (OCFA), and of course, Little Red Dog. A special thanks to Lori Moore, volunteer at OCFA who introduced us to our first OCFA rescue family member Buddy.