Nancy Arnold's Award Winning Book, "Patriotic Pups," Personally Autographed!
Item Number: 194
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Nancy Arnold will personally autograph and mail to winning bidder!
We are so proud of Nancy! Please see her Bio below and the announcement that she is the winner of our Senior Essay Contest!
2010 Arizona Book Awards winner in Children's Fiction!
Included on the Recommended Children's Book lists of the Mamie Eisenhower Library Project and Constituting America!
"Patriotic Pups is a lively retelling of the events of the American Revolution. Following the proceedings are endearing puppies that find homes with American patriots, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other great Americans. The pups follow their patriotic owners through the famous events of crossing the Delaware River, writing the Declaration of Independence, and other historical incidents. Nancy Arnold's rhythmic recitation links the appeal of puppies to the importance of history in a way kids will enjoy and remember. These pups are an adorable family bunch and add their own fictional contributions to the founding of the United States."
Author is on the Educational Board of Constituting America. Pioneer Pups and Patriotic Pups are endorsed by Janine Turner, Juliette Turner, and Cathy Gillespie. Both books have won awards!
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Nancy Arnold
Constituting America's Best Senior Essay Winner!
"For thirty years as a school teacher, Nancy K. Arnold, shared her love of America and its history with her students. Though now retired, she continues to share this love through the children's books she writes. Her goals continue to be to excite children about American history, and to help insure that they understand the values upon which our country was founded. To that end, she is often found presenting a program in a school or civic organization, dressed as Martha Washington or a pioneer woman. The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution has recognized her for her contributions to children's books on American history, and she has also been given their Women in the Arts Award. Her book, Patriotic Pups, won the Arizona Glyph Award, and in 2015 she received a Silver Will Rogers Medallion Award for Pioneer Pups. In 2011 she was honored to receive the Arizona Federation of Republican Women Teacher of the Year Award. She is thrilled to be the Senior Essay Award winner from Constituting America, and to represent such a wonderful organization. Nancy and her husband enjoy activities with their four grandchildren, as well as sailing on their sailboat off the southern California coast. She is presently in the early stages of writing her third book, and it looks like she will be in need of a Pilgrim costume for future school visits!"
REVIEWS:
A totally fun, fresh book for children!,
July 25, 2008
This review is from: Patriotic Pups (Perfect Paperback)
Thank you, Nancy and Ellen, for a delightful, fun book that retells our nation's fight for freedom. It is best read out loud to hear and feel the rhythm of the wonderful poetry. Children will find their favorite pup as our Revolutionary War is told from their pup-perspective. The charcoal pencil drawings allow the pups' eyes, ears and positions to really express the story. Teachers need fresh ideas to teach the same subject year after year - this is a book that can help do that. Cover to cover, it's a winner!
Wonderful read!,
June 21, 2009
This review is from: Patriotic Pups (Perfect Paperback)
"As an elementary school librarian, it is always a challenge to find books about history that will attract young children. Ms. Arnold's book captures the reader from the very beginning. The narrative is told through the perception of several brave and adventurous beagle pups. Each enchanting chapter introduces the reader to a different American Revolutionary figure. The book is written with beautiful poetic structure and is a joy to read out loud to children of any age. The reader learns about American History in a fresh yet instantly classic approach. This book is perfect to read during the month of Presidents Day, or anytime you which to teach about America in an entertaining and engaging way! I would also point out that Ms. Berger's simple charcoal illustrations bring history and the pups alive wonderfully. Patriotic Pups is a must have for any home or school library!"
Patriotic Pups (Perfect Paperback)
Patriotic Pups
- paper book
"Peter the dog-keeper rushes to the house to catch Mr. Washington before breakfast. His favorite dog gave birth at three-thirty in the morning, and Mr. Washington will gladly postpone breakfast to see the pups! Ah, but this is a fine litter indeed! Lady Liberty, their mother, and Rebel, their father, are the two best beagles on the plantation, and as soon as the puppies' eyes are open they are into everything. Mr. Washington studies the pups' personalities and gives each one an appropriate name, as he considers which of his friends will be the best recipients of these prize gifts. At last he decides, and he delivers each pup personally.
Beacon goes to the famed silversmith Paul Revere. Kite goes to the diplomat and inventor Ben Franklin, an older man, but not too old to enjoy the antics of a prize beagle. Quill, who is fairly quiet (for a beagle) goes to Thomas Jefferson, the learned writer whose personal library would later form the nucleus of the Library of Congress. Banner, whose little nose is always into everything, goes to seamstress Betsy Ross.
By the time the American Revolution breaks out, the pups are grown, and each one is ready and eager to help his person accomplish his or her special deeds for the cause of liberty."