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Celebrating The New Books!

Celebrating The New Books!

It’s winter. The horses like this time of the year. No flies. No summer heat, just long naps with the winter sun warming their backs.

Winter is a time for dreaming, a time for stories. It is the perfect time for “Edgrr the Bear Who Wanted to be Real”

The new book will be published Feb 1 2024

That’s the new children’s book. Today is January 28 and I am celebrating my other new book, “Modern Horse Training” at this year’s Clicker Expo Live. I started my day with a Book Nook conversation with Ken Ramirez. What a pleasure and what an honor to talk about the book with Ken.

A screenshot taken during the Book Nook conversation with Ken Ramirez at the Clicker Expo Live.

You can learn more about all my book at my web site: theclickercenter.com

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Edgrr: A Sneak preview continued:

All day long Edgrr lay in a heap just as the little girl had left him.  Kenyon shook his head.  He just did not understand him.

“Don’t you want to be adopted?” he asked.  “Don’t you want to be loved?”

“No,” Edgrr growled.  “Real bears do not need love.  Real bears live in the woods and eat berries.  Real bears do not need anybody.”

Kenyon sighed, but it made him sad to think of all the wonderful things Edgrr was missing.

“We must help him,” Kenyon said to the other bears.  The shop was closed for the night, and all the people had gone home to their nice warm houses. 

“We must show him what it is like to be loved.”

“But how?” asked all the other bears.

“I do not know,” Kenyon sighed, “but we must think of something.  We must.”

So, all the bears sat and thought.  Kenyon wrinkled up his forehead as hard as he could.  No one said anything.  The shop got very very quiet.  Outside the wind howled and blew gusts of snow up against the window.  It was a cold February night and Kenyon was glad to be inside.

“That’s it!” he exclaimed.

“What’s it?  What is it?”

But Kenyon put his paw to his lips and winked meaningfully in Edgrr’s direction.  “Shh . . . .  I’ll tell you later.”

You will have to wait just a little bit longer to hear Kenyon’s plan. My new book, “Edgrr the Bear Who Wanted to be Real” will be published on February 1 2024. You can order it now from my web site: theclickercenter.com, or after February 1 through Amazon

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Edgrr – A Sneak Preview Continued

Edgrr: A Sneak preview continued:

The key turned in the lock, and the shop owner walked in.

“Get over here at once,” Kenyon hissed.  “Someone will see you.”

“Then I shall growl and scare them away,” declared Edgrr.  “I am a real bear.  I won’t sit in the window anymore.  I won’t! I won’t! I won’t!  And you can’t make me!”  he shouted. He ducked under the table cover and hid between two large cartons.

Kenyon groaned, but he couldn’t move from the window.  A young mother came in with her two little girls.  They came up to the front of the shop to pick out a bear.  Kenyon watched in horror as Edgrr crept out from under the table and stalked up behind the little girls.  He was growling under his breath and looking his fiercest.

The eldest girl turned around and saw him, but she wasn’t a bit afraid.  She picked him up and gave him a big hug.  Edgrr went limp and put on his scowliest face.

“What about this one, Mommy?” asked the little girl, holding him up so he could be seen.

“No, I don’t think so, dear.  He doesn’t look very happy.  Put him back in the window.  What about this one?  I like this bear.”

She picked up a cinnamon-colored bear who smiled and grinned, and could barely keep from laughing out loud at the thought of being adopted.  The little girls liked him a lot so the shop owner tucked him away in a pretty gift bag, and off he went to his new home.

Edgrr will be published on February 1, 2024.

You can order both books through my web site: theclickercenter.com

Or you can get them through Amazon. You can order Edgrr on Amazon after Feb 1 2024.

I’ll share more tomorrow.

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Edgrr: A Sneak Preview Continued

Edgrr: A Sneak preview continued:

Kenyon Bear did not understand.  Kenyon was the shop’s bear.  He was bigger than the others, and he lived in the window year round.

Kenyon like to help the little bears find good homes.  He didn’t mind not being adopted himself.  The shop was his home, and he had many good friends who came to visit.  But he did not understand Edgrr.

Just before opening every morning Kenyon did a check of the window.  It was his job to make sure all the bears were back in their places before any people came in.  After a full night of playing, it wasn’t always easy to remember where everyone belonged.

  On this particular morning Kenyon looked around at each of his friends.  Chester was sitting up straight and tall on Hector the toy horse.  Six little bears were sledding down a hill of cotton snow.  In the side window four more bears were cutting out valentines.

  “One, two, three, four . . . .”  Kenyon did his head count.  “Wait a minute, I’m missing someone.  Oh no! Where’s Edgrr?”

  Kenyon checked the window again, but Edgrr was not to be seen.  The shop would open at any moment.  He couldn’t start a search now.  They’d be caught.

  And then he saw Edgrr.  He was hiding under a table over by the tea cupboard.  But it was too late to do anything about it. 

Edgrr will be published on February 1, 2024.

You can order both books through my web site: theclickercenter.com

Or you can get them through Amazon. You can order Edgrr on Amazon after Feb 1 2024.

I’ll share more tomorrow.

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A Sneak Preview

Enjoy a sneak preview:

Edgrr was a teddy bear.  He lived in the window of the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop along with all the other bears.  The problem was Edgrr did not want to be a teddy bear.  He did not want to be cute or cuddly.  He did not want to be picked up and hugged. 

When families came to the Herb Shop to buy a teddy bear, Edgrr would look fierce.  If anyone picked him up, he would scowl at them.

“I don’t like this bear,” he would hear them say.  “He’s too cross.  I want one that’s smiling and happy.” 

When they dropped him and picked up another bear, Edgrr would be pleased.

Edgrr will be published on February 1, 2024.

You can order both books through my web site: theclickercenter.com

Or you can get them through Amazon. You can order Edgrr on Amazon after Feb 1 2024.

I’ll share more tomorrow.

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Edgrr is Coming!

My new book, “Edgrr the Bear Who Wanted to be Real”, is coming!

Edgrr was originally published in 1987, a year after my first children’s book, “Teddies to the Rescue” was published. “Sara” came out the following year. After that horses demanded more and more of my time. I was already teaching and training. There wasn’t time for everything so the bears found their way, as so many bears do, to a back corner of my life. They weren’t forgotten or set aside. They simply had to wait for their turn to come again.

Bears can be very patient, much more patient it seems than the many horses who were demanding that I pay attention TO THEM. Never mind all those silly children’s books They wanted me to write something IMPORTANT about them.

So I did. I began with “Clicker Training for your Horse” followed by “The Click That Teaches: A Step By Step Guide in Pictures” and “The Click That Teaches: Riding with the Clicker”. That was just for starters. I don’t know how tens of thousands of emails and internet posts I have written. Then there were the DVDs, the conference presentations, the on-line courses, and the Equiosity podcast. In 2023 I published my newest horse book: “Modern Horse Training.”

I’ve written a lot of words that have gotten a lot of attention. I’m not alone in speaking out on behalf of horses. Horses today have a much louder voice. They are being listened to by people all around the planet.

It’s amazing what happens when people start to listen. Horses begin to feel less pushy. They can relax – a little – and let others have some attention.

In my case that means I get to invite you to

“Teddies To The Rescue” was first. The new edition came out in August of 2023.
“Edgrr” will be published on February 1 2024.

You can order both books through my web site: theclickercenter.com

Or you can get them through Amazon. You can order Edgrr on Amazon after Feb 1 2024.

Read them to the little ones in your life. Read them to your horses. Horses like it when you share time together. Or simply read it for your own enjoyment while you remember the magic from your own childhood.

I’ll share more tomorrow.

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It’s Time For A New Book

It’s time for a new book. I’m not talking about another book about clicker training. My new book, Edgrr – The Bear Who Wanted to Be Real is the second in the series of Kenyon Bear Books. Edgrr is the perfect winter time story.

Edgrr does not want to be a teddy bear. He wants to be a real bear.

All the other bears at the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop find good homes. But not Edgrr. Nobody wants a fierce bear.

Edgrr the Bear Who Wanted to be Real will be published Feb 1, 2024. I’ll share more tomorrow.

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Teddies To The Rescue: Get Your Copy!!!!

“Teddies To The Rescue” is the first book in the Kenyon Bear Series.

Kenyon is sent a letter that contains a plea for help and the adventure begins.

“Teddies to the Rescue” makes a great read-aloud bedtime story. The chapter format invites young readers into the story.

When I was little, I would read the same story over and over again. That’s what happened with “Teddies“. I heard back from so many of the parents of our young readers. “Teddies” was a great favorite.

Here are some of the comments people shared when the books were first available:

“My eight year old son keeps your book by his bed along with two or three other toy treasure. He looks again and again at it with his younger brother. We’ve read it a million times. And he always knows if it’s been moved for dusting his table. I believe it’s that book we all had as children and that we’ll always remember.” New York

“My family loves “Teddies To The Rescue”. A big favorite with Louis who is four and has learned to love the word Chapter since spending time with Teddies. He is now only interested in books that have chapters.” Virginia

This next one refers to the second book in the Kenyon Bear Series. It could have been written for any of the Kenyon Bear books.

“Emma (Age 6) and I snuggled down one evening with “Edgrr The Bear Who Wanted To Be Real”, and read it straight through. When we finished, we felt wonderful and thought it was a very special and important thing that Edgrr learned. . . Thank you for sharing.” New York

“My Son is eighteen and has a reading difficulty, though he does well in other areas. He liked “Teddies to the Rescue” so much, I bought him the second book. He ordinarily does not like books, but these are the first ones that he liked and in fact discussed with me. He wants to know when there will be another one.” California

The world has changed a lot since the Kenyon Bear books were written. We live in the digital age. But young children still have teddy bears, and they still love being read to. I hope there is still a place in this modern world for some bear magic.

“Teddies To The Rescue” is available as a hardcover and a paperback.

I designed an ebook version, but then decided not to use it. Ebooks have many advantages, but they lack the charm of a printed book. Children’s books are about more than the stories they contain. Holding a book in your hands, turning the pages and discovering new worlds, new friends, seeing your favorite books stacked up on your bedside table, these are all part of falling in love with reading.

I may issue “Teddies” as an ebook at some point, but for now enjoy it in the hardcover and paperback versions. It is a perfect bedtime read-aloud, as well as a great book to give to your young readers.

You’ll see that the hardcover and the paperback are two different sizes. The paperback version is larger and may be better if you are reading the book aloud. The larger page size makes it easier to share the illustrations. The hardcover is a great size for young, independent readers to enjoy on their own.

You can order the book through my web site: theclickercenter.com. Visit the Bear Hollow Press section in the site. https://www.theclickercenter.com/bear-hollow-press

You can also get it from Amazon. If you are ordering the book from outside of the US, that is the easiest way to get it. When you do a search for “Teddies to the Rescue” in Amazon, make sure you are looking at the new edition. The original edition is still listed even though it is out of print.

When you order the book through Amazon, do please add a five star review. Your reviews help others to find the book.

Enjoy!