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    Keeping Up with the Car Chasers: Peace and Quiet | Dedicated Review

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    Keeping Up with the Car Chasers

    Keeping Up with the Car Chasers: Peace and Quiet

    Written by Brian Neil Hoff

    Illustrated by Alfie Vann and Arvin Atos

    Ages 6-10 | 42 Pages

    Publisher: Independently Published | ISBN-13: 9798820408069

    What to Expect: Dogs, celebrities, humor, family.

    Fame isn’t just for humans! Meet the Barkingtons – a happily dysfunctional family of dog celebrities living the life of the rich, famous, and furry. Matriarch Margie wants nothing more than to read her book, but between her daughter’s divorce plans, her husband’s arguments about what to watch on TV, and her son’s constant harebrained stunts, it doesn’t look like she’ll ever get the chance.

    From memories about their big screen successes to cocktails by the pool, wild antics, celebrity chefs, divorces, and mansion renovations, this family’s doggy dramas are the stuff of headlines. Can they overcome their egos to support each other like a real family? You’ll have to read to find out!

    Filled with tongue-in-cheek parodies of well-known celebrity families and their lifestyles, Keeping Up with the Car Chasers is not just a humorous pastiche but also a story about selfishness, consideration for others, and family values. While readers will appreciate the references to smartphones, social media, and influencers, they’ll also learn subtle lessons about empathy and thoughtfulness. Fun digital cartoon illustrations add to the humor with depictions of celebrity lifestyles packed with canine allusions.

    Keeping Up with the Car Chasers is an entertaining perspective on celebrity culture and could be used for starting discussions about fame, family, and money.

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    Dr. Jen Harrison currently teaches writing and literature at East Stroudsburg University. She also provides freelance writing, editing, and tuition services as the founder of Read.Write.Perfect. She completed her Ph.D. in Children’s and Victorian Literature at Aberystwyth University in Wales, in the UK. After a brief spell in administration, Jen then trained as a secondary school English teacher and worked for several years teaching Secondary School English, working independently as a private tutor of English, and working in nursery and primary schools. She is an editor for the peer-reviewed journal of children’s literature, Jeunesse, and publishes academic work on children’s non-fiction, YA speculative fiction, and the posthuman.

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    1. Franck-Alsid de Chambeau, PhD on August 23, 2022 10:56 am

      Your review captures a wonderful sense for Brian’s latest book in the series “Keeping Up With the Car Chasers.” This book, like the other projected books in the series, helps to teach young people basic human values through the funny, dysfunctional dog family. What a novel way to help children grow. All Moms and Dads should sit with their young children and read and discuss the story. They will be anxious to see the next book in the series for sure. Congratulations Brian

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