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Ms. April & Ms. Mae: A Fable

Lively, charming art illuminates this zesty modern fable. Ms. April loves her field and forest, pond and hill. When widespread land development forces animals from their rural homes, Ms. April invites them to live safe and protected on her land.  With Ms. Mae, a resourceful fox (and her closest friend), she shelters the animals until the day she falls ill and greedy enemies seize the moment to invade her land, bulldozers poised. At this moment of peril, Ms. Mae steps in to match wits with their adversaries.

In this book, Karen Dugan asks: “What would an intelligent animal do if her relatives and their homes were threatened? As human beings, we’d call the police, go to court, or fight a war. But in these pages I suggest another way. I am talking about the possibility of civility to all, of walking as gently as possible upon this earth.”

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AWARDS It’s Raining Cats and Cats is the 2008 ASPCA Henry Bergh Award Winner in Fiction, Companion Animals

A Home for Dakota is the 2008 ASPCA Henry Bergh Award Honor Book in Fiction, Companion Animals

TEACHING GUIDES
Please check back soon for new teaching guides for Ms. April & Ms. Mae, It's Raining Cats and Cats, and A Home for Dakota.
         
  What readers are saying about The Gryphon Press books...  
         
 
“The engaging stories published by The Gryphon Press are a wonderful way to teach children the values of empathy and respect for animals. There is sadly little time in the day for this important aspect of education, but these beautiful stories will ensure that we communicate these positive messages to our students through their use as interactive read alouds and as valuable additions to the classroom library.”
—Esther Klein Friedman, Ph.D., Director,
Office of  Academic Intervention Services K-12,
New York City Department of Education 
 
“Incorporating Are You Ready For Me and It’s Raining Cats and Cats into our library and shelter reading programs, as well as our supplemental curriculum, has been a big hit and a lot of fun.  Both stories help bring to life our lessons about responsible pet parenting.  Students are engaged as they read along, which in turn excites educators and parents.  We look forward to new titles that will complement and inspire our humane education programs.”
—Ingrid Norris, Humane Education Coordinator,
Spartanburg Humane Society
 
“Gryphon Press's inspiring books bring education about empathy and the human-animal bond  to children in the form of beautiful fictional picture books.  These books have become an integral part of our humane education library program, since they provoke thoughtful dialogue about responsible pet care among our young participants.”
—Lauren Briskin, Interim Humane Education Coordinator, Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society
 
"Friends of Long Beach Animals, through our Humane Education branch, has donated many of the books published by The Gryphon Press to all of our area schools and libraries. The beautiful books are much used and appreciated by librarians, teachers and the children, and help to make all of us aware
of kindness to animals."
--Sally McCabe, Chairperson of the Humane Education Committee, Friends of Long Beach Animals
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