ROXIE READS INDEX
My Senator and Me: A Dog’s-Eye View Of Washington, D.C. By Senator Edward “Ted” M. Kennedy(February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009). A children’s book and video that follows Senator Kennedy and his beloved Portuguese Waterdog Splash through a busy day in Washington, D.C., from press conferences to meetings with school groups to committee discussions to a floor vote. Splashy is the narrator. Listen and watch excerpts and also watch a video of the late Senator Kennedy hitting tennis balls to Splashy.
ONE INCREDIBLE DOG! KIZZY BY CHRIS WILLIAMS AND JUDITH FRIEDMAN(ILLUSTRATOR) - spend the day with Kizzy a Reading Education Assistance Dog (R.E.A.D.) as he visits classrooms, the home of an elderly stroke victim, a speech-therapy clinic, and a facility for troubled teens.
Patricia McConnell’s Page –bio, list of current books, etc
MAY I PET YOUR DOG by children’s author STEPHANIE CALMENSON(audio interview)
STANLEY COREN Video and Audio Interviews, Articles
EUGENE O’NEILL’S TRIBUTE TO HIS DOG ‘BLEMIE’
Elizabeth Barrett Browning “To Flush, My Dog” ; Listen to Maureen Adams author of Shaggy Muses discuss Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Robert Browning and Flush
Flush, A Biography by Virginia Woolf; Listen to Maureen Adams discuss Flush and Virginia Woolf
Read and listen to Charles Krauthammer’s essay “Of Dogs and Men”
Shaggy Muses author and clinical psycologist Maureen Adams says “It’s all right to be madly in love with your dog.” Listen to Maureen Adams discuss her book Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton, and Emily Brontë with Patricia McConnell and Larry Meiller
The Dog Carries the Day For Senator Nixon
Read and Listen to Senator Richard Nixon’s Famous Checker’s Speech
What I Owe Daisy by Christie Blatchford
Man’s Best Friend by Roger Rosenblatt
John Steinbeck’s quotes about his dog Charley
I Believe In My Dog by David Buetow
Tails of Devotion by Emily Scott Pottruck forwarded by Amy Tan (listen to Amy Tan)
Izzy & Lenore: Two Dogs, an Unexpected Journey, and Me (listen to Jon Katz discuss his new book) and also Meet Izzy and Jon (video)
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aly // January 23, 2009 at 1:25 am |
i love that cute dog
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[ ]My Name Is Roxie Reads:My Senator and Me: A Dog’s-Eye View Of Washington, D.C. By Senator Edward M Kennedy(February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009). A children’s book and video that follows Senator Kennedy and his beloved Portuguese Waterdog Splash through a busy day in Washington, D.C., from press conferences to meetings with school groups to committee discussions to a floor vote. Splashy is the narrator. Listen and watch excerpts and also watch a video of the late Senator Kennedy hitting tennis balls to Splashy, ONE INCREDIBLE DOG! KIZZY(Reading Education Assistance Dog) By CHRIS WILLIAMS; HOORAY FOR READING (Jessica Worries Series) by MARGERY CUYLER and the R.E.A.D(READING EDUCATION ASSISTANCE DOGS PROGRAM),JOHN GROGAN’S “MARLEY AND ME”: INTERVIEWS, READINGS AND BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE TRAINERS – The Great Result from This Movie is That 6 Labradors were Rescued!!!(Videos)
Patricia McConnell’s Page -bio, list of current books, etc; Tales of Two Species and Play Together Stay Together by Patricia McConnell(listen to Patricia discuss her two new books with Diane Rehm);MAY I PET YOUR DOG by children’s author STEPHANIE CALMENSON(audio interview); STANLEY COREN Video and Audio Interviews, Articles; EUGENE O’NEILL’S TRIBUTE TO HIS DOG ‘BLEMIE’ ; Elizabeth Barrett Browning “To Flush, My Dog” ; Read and listen to Charles Krauthammer’s essay “Of Dogs and Men”; Shaggy Muses author and clinical psycologist Maureen Adams says “It’s all right to be madly in love with your dog.” Listen to Maureen Adams discuss her book Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton, and Emily Brontë with Patricia McConnell and Larry Meiller; The Dog Carries the Day For Senator Nixon; Read and Listen to Senator Richard Nixon’s Famous Checker’s Speech;What I Owe Daisy by Christie Blatchford; Man’s Best Friend by Roger Rosenblatt; John Steinbeck’s quotes about his dog Charley; I Believe In My Dog by David Buetow; Tails of Devotion by Emily Scott Pottruck forwarded by Amy Tan (listen to Amy Tan);Izzy & Lenore: Two Dogs, an Unexpected Journey, and Me (listen to Jon Katz discuss his new book) and also Meet Izzy and Jon (video)
Jon Katz – The New Work of Dogs; Billy Collins United States Poet Laureate (2001 – 2003) read along with him as you watch him read his two poems Dharma and The Reverant. Listen to Another Reason Why I Don’t Own a Gun, and Sept 4/ 2001 interview on NPR when he was appointed United States Poet Laureate[ ]