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Journalists: to interview author Christine Davis or arrange for review copies, please call 1-877-385-6837 or email davis@lightheartedpress.com. If you would like to use our cover art, the images are available at https://www.lightheartedpress.com/cover_images.htm in both High Resolution for print media and Low Resolution for website use. Selected reviews from other media outlets can be found here. Index of Press Releases:Popular Author/Illustrator Introduces a Christmas Story about an Old Dog's Last Wish Love and Death: Animal Lover’s Grief Becomes A New Career – and a Book Series When Angels and Animals Dance Together: Celebrating the Loss of a Four-Legged Companion For Release: On Receipt POPULAR AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR INTRODUCES PORTLAND, OR: Popular book author/illustrator Christine Davis was taking a shower on New Year’s Day 2005 when she received an unexpected gift: a story she had to tell about an old dog blessed with the true spirit of Christmas. In her third book, Old Dog and the Christmas Wish (publication date: October, 2006), Davis tells the story of a forgotten dog, chained to a tree, who feels called to complete one final task before his time on the earth is over - watch over and protect the child sleeping in the manger in the neighbor’s wooden Nativity display. Whispers of his Christmas Eve wish reach the heavens and suddenly anything is possible on this very special night. “It was definitely sent from a higher place,” the bestselling author of For Every Dog An Angel and For Every Cat An Angel commented. “All I did was give it a voice and a visual expression and flesh it out a bit. My hope is anyone who keeps a dog chained outside will remember the special purpose all creatures have on this planet and will bring their animals inside to be part of the family.” Davis herself successfully intervened on behalf of a real dog who, like the protagonist of Old Dog, was chained up and neglected. Davis was able to find Maya a good home after she spent several months with Project Pooch www.pooch.org , a correctional facility that pairs selected youths with dogs who need a little “behavioral assistance.” Davis “always wanted to write a Christmas story” but never expected it would be about a neglected dog. The book has been published in hardcover by Lighthearted Press Inc. of Portland, Oregon. Her previous books, also from Lighthearted Press, have sold over 130,000 copies combined. Old Dog and the Christmas Wish (ISBN 0965922537) will be available summer 2006 at your favorite bookstore, or directly from the publisher at 1-877-385-6837 or https://www.lightheartedpress.com , as are her earlier books. Journalists: to interview Davis or arrange for review copies, please call 1-877-385-6837 or email davis@lightheartedpress.com. If you would like to use our cover art, the images are available at https://www.lightheartedpress.com/cover_images.htm in both High Resolution for print media and Low Resolution for website use. For Release: On Receipt Love and Death: Animal Lover’s Grief Becomes a New Career – and a Book Series
Davis abandoned a 24-year successful career in business management to write and illustrate books about pet loss. Her charming and beautifully illustrated books, For Every Dog An Angel and For Every Cat An Angel, focus on the lifelong bond with a special animal even after the animal dies. Praised in Today’s Librarian, Dog Fancy, Cat Fancy, Pet Life, Dog World and elsewhere, the books have sold over 130,000 copies – many to veterinarians and grief counselors who use them to comfort clients of all ages who have lost a beloved animal companion. Considering that many small press titles are published in print runs of 2,000 to 5,000, this is a stunning accomplishment for a first-time small publisher. Davis even turned down a buyout from another publisher. Anne Lucas, writing in Pet Life, called For Every Dog a “must read,” saying “The book’s sweetness, along with its depth, brought me to tears.” Dog World’s Christine Verstraete noted that “it has continued to touch an emotional chord with dog lovers.” The world of angels and magic is a natural transition from the fantasy worlds of Davis' own favorite books: Watership Down, Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter books. For Every Dog An Angel (ISBN 0965922529) and For Every Cat An Angel (ISBN 0965922510) are both available at your favorite bookstore, or directly from the publisher at https://www.lightheartedpress.com, 1-87PETLOVER (1-877-385-6837). For Release: On Receipt When Angels and Animals Dance Together: Celebrating
the Loss PORTLAND, OR: People live a lot longer than dogs or cats—and when a beloved companion dies, grief is expected and appropriate. But in the eyes of author and illustrator Christine Davis, there’s also something to celebrate: that treasured animal—the “forever dog” or “forever cat”—is once again in the company of his or her guardian angel and will finds ways to show love and care from beyond. Someday, when the animal’s “forever person” passes on, the angel will help bring the two friends back together for a final reunion that can never be broken. Davis, who makes her living full-time as an author, illustrator and publisher, framed a pet’s death as a moment of grace and joy in her first two books, For Every Dog An Angel and For Every Cat An Angel. The two books have sold more than 130,000 copies, combined—when most self-published books do well to sell 2,000. Even an unloved animal can achieve that blessed state. In her third book, Old Dog and the Christmas Wish (publication date: December, 2006), Davis tells the story of an old, neglected dog who finds meaning and purpose in—and beyond—the final moments of his earthly existence, watching over and protecting the child sleeping in the manger in the neighbor's wooden Nativity display. All three books are lavishly and whimsically illustrated in full color, by Davis herself. For Every Dog An Angel (ISBN 0965922529), For Every Cat An
Angel (ISBN 0965922510), and Old Dog and the Christmas Wish
(ISBN 0965922537) are available at your favorite bookstore,
or directly from the publisher at https://www.lightheartedpress.com, Journalists: to interview Davis or arrange for review copies, please call 1-877-385-6837 or email davis@lightheartedpress.com. If you would like to use our cover art, the images are available at https://www.lightheartedpress.com/cover_images.htm in both High Resolution for print media and Low Resolution for website use. |
PORTLAND,
OR: Why did Christine Davis let her career go to the dogs?
Because Martha, her “forever dog,” died after thirteen
years and left her nowhere to turn with her grief.
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