Joni Wilson Boeken

What happens when kids and dogs form an unbreakable alliance? In the chapter-book series The Dog Rescuers, they go on a fantastic journey to find purpose, hope, courage, friendship, and generosity, and learn anything is possible with the love of a great dog! In a sleepy town smack dab in the middle of America, Kiddo, a 'scruffy' commitment-phobic mutt searches for his next 'unsuspecting human' to train as a bona fide dog rescuer. He convinces a 'scruffy' mismatched kid named Abby, and her cool neighbor, Luke, to rescue him. Her yard becomes Kiddo's secret site to launch his 'Master Plan' igniting his telepathic superpower of messaging down and out dogs to come and get helped by his new Dog Rescuers in training. The kids have no idea how or why dogs, like the benevolent Great Pyrenees named Zeus, mysteriously show up, and quickly wonder who is actually rescuing who!?

The much anticipated, book two of The Dog Rescuers series ushers in more dogs needing to be rescued like Romeo, the trash addicted bulldog and Chanel, the misplaced trapeze artist with a French accent. We also meet an existentialist cat, much to the annoyance of Kiddo, that saunters in on his action, forcing Kiddo to deal with his own long, dark history of hating cats. Thus, the title Purrfectly Unleashed. The, Master Plan is sidetracked when a trip to Hollywood brings the pack face to face with a night in a dog shelter. After a brave escape, they make it back smack dab in the middle of America, where it's no surprise that more dogs answer Kiddo's call and show up in Abby's yard to be rescued. Time to get back on track and keep Abby and Luke focused on the Master Plan, which is to ultimately find homes for the dogs through the Plan B- Mode of Operation. In the meantime, so much good is happening around the colliding of the two worlds of man and beast one asks, who is actually rescuing who!?

Letters and photos from 1915 to 1945 about Virginia Merle Moorman's family and life.