Sammy Visits a Hospital
Lynn Miclea
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(LCM Joyful Life Publishing, Sept. 1, 2016)
“Sammy Visits a Hospital” is an uplifting, charming, feel-good story about a sweet rescue dog named Sammy who has fun and brings smiles to others while exploring in a hospital. When Sammy is snuck into a hospital to visit Susie, he sneaks out of her room for some crazy and fun adventures. Can he help children laugh and feel better? What happens when he gets lost? Join Sammy as he discovers the true rewards of bringing joy to others while having silly and thrilling adventures in a hospital. Throughout this story, Sammy is his happy and lovable self, as he hides from the nurses and shows his loving and playful nature, his sense of humor, and his unique view of life. This is a book about bringing joy and friendship to others, and helping those around us smile and feel good. Through this story, we are encouraged and inspired to care about each other, and to be kind, loving, and compassionate. Filled with fun and humor, this story helps us learn that bringing kindness and smiles to others can help make this a better world for all of us.Excellent book for teaching children about joy, love, life, kindness, helping others, and also about taking care of dogs – great to have in your child’s library! ***The stories in the Sammy-the-Dog series teach about kindness and helping others, no matter what the species, age, gender, or who they are. Sammy discovers that he loves helping others, and in this wonderful series, he helps various people and other animals, as only he can. Sammy is part gentle and loving therapy dog, part compassionate helper dog, and part happy, playful, and silly dog. Laugh along with his crazy antics, as life changes for all the people and animals that he helps in these fun adventures. The Sammy-the-Dog series of children’s books also teaches as well as entertains. Throughout these sweet and delightfully fun adventures, there are gentle teachings about rescue dogs, therapy dogs, how to treat dogs, being gentle with dogs, what not to feed dogs, keeping dogs happy and healthy, and keeping dogs safe on a leash when outside. And most importantly, these stories teach, support, and encourage love, kindness, compassion, and helping others. Although these books are written for children, the meanings under the story lines, and the layers and metaphors are really powerful and meaningful for adults as well. This is a great series for teaching children about compassion, joy, love, life, and kindness, set within sweet, fun, and entertaining stories – great to have in your child’s library! Don’t miss out – read all the books in the Sammy-the-Dog series!