Reader's Age: 7-8-9 yrs old (Third and Fourth graders and above)
Categories: Children's Books > Litterature and Fiction > Pet Stories > Animal Stories > Young Readers
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Worksheets on this touching pet dog story are available to teachers, parents and children at the educational website Barry4kids.

About the Author
Award-winning author Dulce Rodrigues is the happy grandmother of two lovely little girls. She has authored eighteen children’s books published in several languages (including Chinese), two travelogues, and a novel. She also has contributions in international anthologies and writes regularly on the web. She speaks six living languages and translates most of her own books. Born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal, Dulce Rodrigues received a scholarship to study at the Goethe-Institut in Germany, and one for a scientific course with the Open University in the UK, and wound up living in many different countries around Europe. Now retired after a career that included working for NATO and as a translator for the U.S. Military, she currently lives a little everywhere in Europe. She was awarded a few literary prizes : while the Honourable Mention awarded at the 2013 Hollywood Book Festival came from the US, eight other prizes came from Europe, including Honourable Mention at the 2013 London Book Festival. A few of her kids' plays were performed in countries in Europe. After publishing her first children's book, she created the educational website www.barry4kids.net (in four languages) for children to learn with fun. In addition to writing she enjoys travelling, gardening, photography, music, and pets. She also has a passion for History and for all forms of Art that transmit Beauty. Dulce Rodrigues is a member of international cultural and literary associations and she collaborates regularly with Journal BomDia.eu (Luxembourg), ACPS (Strasbourg) and Short Kid Stories (Ireland). Please visit her at www.dulcerodrigues.info.

This award-winning children’s book inspired from a true pet dog story was originally published as a paperback in French and as a CD-ROM in Portuguese.

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

About visits to schools and respective programs
Every visit is customized to meet individual needs, leaving plenty of time for questions. Dulce Rodrigues loves questions! The programs are full of stories, often also of works in progress or books not yet in print. Audience participation and skill-building is encouraged. Whenever possible the author enjoys having a meal at the school with the children, and is always happy to sign her books.

What is the Barry4kids project?
It's a kids' website strongly didactical and free of charge. The site is in four languages, which no doubt is a trump for children (and what about adults?) learning a foreign language at school or living in a country where one of those languages is generally spoken. Heads of school and librarians, as well as of parents and cultural associations, should be made aware of the deep interest for children in using barry4kids.net regularly.

Why is the author doing animations about Maths and Science?
Dulce Rodrigues has noticed for some time now that a lot of people – most of them not even authors – do readings at schools and libraries. On the other hand, most children and teenagers are often struggling with Maths and Science. Being able to develop pedagogical activities on both these areas of knowledge has allowed the author to make converge to one and only end her two university courses – Letters and Science – and her passion for History: even a Maths exercise or an experiment in Physics or Chemistry may be the subject of a tale or a story often taken directly from History.

She believes that there might be a strong demand for this kind of activity, since not everybody has the knowledge required for developing it. She obviously will always be open to more traditional pedagogical activities, in particular to those relating to her own kids books.