FREE GIVEAWAY: Hello Goodbye Dog

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Updated: The winner of the book giveaway is Sarah E. of Massachusetts. Congratulations, Sarah! You will receive a copy of Hello Goodbye Dog very soon. 

The principal at my elementary school knew Bowzer well. My beloved mutt hated goodbyes and followed me to school, preferring the many hellos of the kids in the playground. Bowzer was sent home, to bark maniacally at the mailman and wait not-so-patiently for the school day’s end.

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Zara and her dog Moose also suffer the pangs of daylong separation in Maria Gianferrari’s lovely picture book Hello Goodbye Dog. For Moose, hello is a “ride in the car” and a “pat on the head,” while goodbye feels like an “itch that cannot be scratched” and “a closing door.” After Moose makes mayhem in the school cafeteria one day, Zara provides a perfect–and unexpected–solution. Train Moose to be a therapy reading dog! Now Moose go to school, too, and turn reading into a cozy, furry experience for Zara and her classmates.

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To celebrate this little gem of a book (illustrated by Patrice Barton and brought into being by Roaring Brook Press), I created an easy bookmark project that honors both reading & puppy power! Your finished bookmark will slip onto the corner of the page & hold your place so your copy of Hello Goodbye Dog won’t get dog-eared.

What you need:

5.76″ x 5.76″ origami paper

Scissors

Black pen

Glue stick

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Step 1: Fold the origami paper as shown in the slideshow below.

Step 2: Once you have a triangle shape, cut the bottom point into two rounded points to make the dog’s snout.

Step 3: Cut out the nose (a small rounded triangle), ears, and tongue shapes in colors of your choice. You can freehand or use this template for the ears and tongue.

Step 4: Glue the nose in place. Adhere the ears into the pocket at the top of the triangle. I folded the ears at a slight angle to give the puppy a rakish look!

Step 5: Trim the tongue so that you can insert it into the opening at the snout end of your triangle. Dab with glue so that you can press it into place.

Step 6: Draw eyes and other details with your black pen. Voila! A dog-eared bookmark!

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Also, if you are in New England this August, Maria and therapy dog Brig will be presenting Hello, Goodbye Dog at the Toadstool Book Shop in Keene, NH August 20 at 11 a.m.

The blog tour of Hello Goodbye Dog continues . . . check out these sites:

July 27      Kid Lit Frenzy

July 28      Mrs. Knott’s Book Nook

July 31      Picture Books Help Kids Soar

Aug 1        Bildebok

Aug 2        The Loud Library Lady

Aug 3        DEBtastic Reads!

Aug 4        Mamabelly’s Lunches with Love

Aug 7        Writing for Kids (While Raising Them)

EXTRA: Aug 25     Kidlit411—Interview with Patrice Barton

37 thoughts on “FREE GIVEAWAY: Hello Goodbye Dog”

  2. Hello Goodbye Dog sounds like another great book by Maria. Her stories are perfect for our animal loving family. What a great ending in this one. How I wish we had therapy reading dogs when I was in school.

    I’ve seen these bookmarks around but hadn’t tried making one yet, so thanks so much for the instructions.

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  6. Margaret!! You have outdone yourself once again–I love this so much! It’s so adorable!! Can’t wait to try it out! Thank you-thank you-thank you, from one dog lover to another :).

    I love that Bowzer followed you to school too. Dogs definitely love hello much more than goodbye!

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  8. I love the sound of this book about a girl and her dog and that it resonates with you in such a happy memory. The dog bookmark is adorable! I’m going to give it a go on my own and again with the nephew. Thanks for sharing and for always being so creative!

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  13. So cute! We’ll definitely be making these at Dallin this year. Just ordered that book, too! I think it will be a great beginning of the year read aloud!

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  18. I love this book! My little girl is five and is in a wheelchair and I love seeing kids with different abilities represented in kids books. I also love that she is just a girl that happens to be in a wheelchair and not the main topic of the book.

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