Dr. Duncan Dog On Duty!
By Lisa Dunn-Dern
Visikid Books, 2007, $16.99
Oversized hardcover with dust jacket, 30 pages
Reviewed by
Jackie Houchin
This inspirational and educational children's book is written from the perspective of a little girl in a busy but loving family. Her father is an attorney and her mother is a children's book author (Lisa Dunn-Dern?) who writes at home.
The little girl has an industrious pet bird named Delilah, and a friendly brown dog named Duncan that they rescued from the shelter. Duncan is a "Therapy Dog" whose job is to visit sick children in hospitals.
Readers will learn all about therapy dogs from this delightful book - how they must get ready to visit a hospital; what they must wear (they have a special ID vest and a backpack with three important things inside);and the kinds of things they do to help children and adults to feel better.
"Dr. Duncan Dog on Duty" has adorable color illustrations by
Andrea Yomtob on each page, with easy-to-understand text for young readers. Children will want to read this heartwarming book again and again.
Author
Lisa Dunn-Dern was a staff writer on the Fox-HBO television series "ROC" and directed many children's theater productions in the Los Angeles area.
Her first children's book, "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" received critical acclaim. She did research for her books at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
For more information, see
www.derngoodbooks.com.
For
quantity discounts contact
info@derngoodbooks.com or the publisher,
www.Visikidbooks.com/
For
media and personal appearances by the author, together with a certified therapy dog, contact Flo Selfman at
floslef@aol.com or call (323) 653-4555.
For more information about Lisa, check out this article on her by Valleynews.com writer Pam Vetter at: http://valleynews.com/TheValley/Stories/News/About-Town/Story~396388.aspx