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interesting too. After working for a large corporate law firm, Kincaid returned to his family’s small farm in Kansas. He began legally representing people with very differ- ent problems - children in trouble. “When I visited them in jails, halfway houses and treatment centers, I was shocked to see one thing consistently missing from their lives and homes. Books were all too often nowhere to be seen. It was not a hard leap for me to know what these children were missing,” said Kincaid. He has spent the last twenty years writing and advocating for literacy. Throughout the story of Noelle,
As Christmas quickly approaches, the lives of the families in Crossing Trails, Kansas will intersect in unexpected ways. Old relationships will be redefined and new friendships forged. Lives will be changed forever, thanks in no small part, to a dog named Noelle. On sale in bookstores on October 24, this story will warm the heart, just in time for the holidays. From the bestselling author Greg
Kincaid, Noelle is his fourth book in the series, starting with A Christmas Home, Christmas with Tucker, A Dog Named Christmas (which was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie) and Tantric Coconuts (on our reading list). School teacher Mary Ann McCray
unintentionally volunteers to redefine Christmas. “Santa, Rudolph, Frosty, Santa, the Grinch - all men. Why are women excluded from the holiday stage?” she asks herself. She realizes that Christmas tends to bring out the best and the worst in all of us. From year to year, she could see the same reaction in herself. “The value of a hug was just as much
in the giving of it as it was in the receiving it,”she thought to herself after having hugged her mare, Lady Luck. Instead of asking children what they wanted for Christmas, she began to ask them, “What do you want to give for Christmas?” Mary Ann’s son Todd works at the
city’s animal shelter. He brings Elle, an oddly shaped dervish of a dog, to work with him, hoping to train her as a service dog. However lovable, Elle has a hard time stay- ing out of trouble, and the refrain, “No Elle! No Elle!” is often heard throughout town. The author’s personal story is pretty
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Kincaid uses his life experiences with the challenges of family and marriage. As a divorce mediator, the author deals with first-hand marital issues, particularly the impact of divorce on children. “Today, I remain busy working at my
law practice, writing and advocating for childhood literacy and for a more humane world for our fury friends,” writes Kincaid. Noelle, by Greg Kincaid Convergent Books - 2017
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Every year, around the world, thou- sands of innocent dogs are forced to fight to the death for the entertainment and capital gain of humans. After a heartbreaking encounter with a real-life fighting dog, the creators of Chance The Film were inspired to make a film that would tell the story of dogs that are forced to fight. Instead of telling the story from the
perspective of a human, the filmmakers decided to enter the world of the dog themselves. Using animation, the film’s creators hope the film will be emotionally impacting, brutally educational, yet enter- taining. The story’s author is Chicago native
Kenny Young, an actor, writer and director for the screen, stage and television.
Kenny Young, Phil James, Kenny Roy. Phil James is the film’s producer and
For the past 88 years, The New Complete Dog Book has been the American Kennel Club’s ultimate resource for the purebred dog aficionado. In addition to being the longest continually published dog book in history, it is also the most successful dog book ever published with more than two million copies sold. The revised and updat- ed 22nd edition contains revised breed standards, changes in breed specifications and recently recognized breeds. Beautiful photography, the almost 1000-page ency- clopedia is the perfect gift for the dog pro- fessional on your gift-giving list. The New Complete Dog Book CompanionHouse Books - 2017
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CEO of James Young Entertainment, a motion picture company. Kenny Roy is the director, and has
been in the animation industry since 1998. His work has appeared in feature films, tel- evision, commercials and theme park rides. In its 10th year of operation, his own com- pany, Arconyx Animation Studios, has worked with Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Fox and Mattel, to name a few clients. As the director, Roy is leveraging new-age pipelines to realize his vision of the film with its gritty realism. They are currently seeking distribution
with plans to release the film early in 2018.
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