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    Letters From Liza
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    Join Liza, a chocolate Labrador Retriever, on her family adventures!

    Liza is a puppy living in Pennsylvania with her family—together they make five. They are always off on an adventure together, and you can join them, too. Each chapter offers something fun, like a surprise visitor in their garden!

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    Letters From Liza

    Written by Johnette DeRose

    Illustrated by Joan DeRose

    Ages 4-9 | 40 Pages

    Publisher: Independently published | ISBN-13: 979-8679204690

    Publisher’s Synopsis: Have you ever thought what the world looks like from a dog’s point of view? Read Letters From Liza and experience her adventures with her human siblings, Sam and Bea. In one letter they are off to Bald Head Island on vacation and in another they are pretending to be Sherlock Holmes and solving the mystery of the disappearing hibiscus plant. Liza shares her unique perspective as the beloved pet in the family. Their adventures are the same experiences that your child might have, and children enjoy seeing their own stories come to life on the page.

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    About the Author

    Johnette DeRose is a mother, grandmother, and a retired school administrator with more than 30 years of experience working with early readers. Many of the adventures in Letters From Liza mirror those of her two sons and their chocolate labrador growing up.

    For more information, visit www.puppyliza.com

    About the Illustrator

    Joan DeRose is a mother and grandmother who also teaches English at the local community college. She pursues art as a hobby and also is active with the Westmoreland Historical Society.

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    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

    56 Comments

    2. Linda A Gawthrop on

      I’d love to share the story with the children at my community library. We are dog lovers and volunteer at our local shelter, too. Our current fur baby was adopted form PA Boxer Rescue.

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    3. Amy D on

      My 7 year old daughter absolutely loves books about dogs. She has read several series of dog books and really needs a new one. In fact, she has read 59 dog books from one series along, The Puppy Place. This would be a great book for her.

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    5. Jayne Homsher on

      We rescue lab mixes for the last 23 yrs. This story will touch hearts amongst the children I read too as they have come to adore my labs who come along to our story hours to give and get some loving from the children.

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    6. John Smith on

      “Please tell us why you would love to win this giveaway. Are you a dog lover?” We loves dogs, and Liza sounds like she has fun adventures!

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    8. Julie Waldron on

      I’m a dog lover, we have a Yorkie/Bichon named Maggie. She’s a year old and keeps us on our toes! 🙂 This sounds like a cute book.

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    13. Barbara on

      Yes we are dog lovers. We have two rescues. They both watch over my grandchildren. One is a lab mix. They love playing hide and seek with the children.

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    14. Anne on

      We are dog lovers. I have two dogs rescued from Lap Dog Rescue who are very special. My grandchildren would love this wonderful and delightful giveaway. What a treasure.

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    18. gloria patterson on

      great niece zadaya has a little dog, it was mommy but when zay was born he begam hers. Princie will lay and watch dvd’s or cartoons with zay he’s he buddy

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    19. Mary W on

      We have 3 rescue dogs including one who is our Covid rescue. The Grands cannot have a dog where they live but they could read about one in this book!

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    20. Vicky Chan on

      My four grandkids and I are all dog lovers! I have had 6 dogs in my life and now have a darling cockapoo. My grandkids have a basset hound. We LOVE all dogs and this book would be great for my grandkids!

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    23. Jeane Campbell on

      We have a four year old neighbor boy, Noah, who always wants to pet our dog as they take their walks around the neighborhood. Perfect for him and his new baby brother. His birthday is this month.!!!

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    31. Wendy Lee on

      I adore dogs…have always had at least one my entire life until a few years ago. I now live with my daughter and son in law and he doesn’t want any dogs in his house 🙁 I would love to win a copy of Letters from Liza!!

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    33. Rosanne on

      I love dogs but I am not able to have one because of my allergies as well as my sons and my granddaughter asthma. I enjoy seeing them at the parks and while out walking

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    36. Peggy Clayton on

      Oh goodness what a cute book. I being a former teacher and now a grandmother of 10 almost all of us have at least one dog if not more. All of my grandkids love puppies and dogs. I included have always for 18 years have a puppy and a 5 year old chihuahua I used to have a lab but he died at the age of 15 but all of the grandkids loved him and we are thinking of again getting another big dog as we have many acres here in Iowa and the pup can run and run. Plus what grandsugar wouldn’t love to hold onto a puppy which I am reading the book to them. Or even pup it in their lap while they try to read the book themselves. I would be over the moon to win this one for the grandsugars and those that don’t have a pup can hold onto one while we read.

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    43. Rhonda Martin on

      My whole extended family loves dogs. I can’t remember a time when we didn’t have a dog and most of the time we had two or three. Who can resist rescuing those shelter dogs right!?! This would make for a great book to add to their library of fun to read books. I can see them now trying to teach Sam and Toto how to write. That is just to funny.

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    47. Vickie L Couturier on

      Id love to win this for my grandchildren,they love to have me read to them when they are at my house and i love for them to read to me too,yes big dog lover

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    51. Bonny McDevitt on

      I am a huge dog lover and so is my daughter she always snags a chapter book about a dog from the store when we go! I know for sure she would love this alot!

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