Cagney wakes up to the smell of breakfast and runs into the kitchen with her tail wagging furiously. It’s Lake Day!
After a fun day of chasing sticks and splashing in the waves, Cagney wakes up the next day to find she can’t wag her tail. That means a trip to the animal hospital. Will the vet help her get her wag back? Based on a true story.
“The pictures are really cute. I really enjoyed the book and learned something new. I give it five stars.” — Review by Safiya, Age 9, Kids’ BookBuzz
Dragonfeather Books
36 pp. ● 6×9
$12.95 (pb) ● $7.99 (eb)
ISBN 978-1-945805-72-1 (pb)
JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs
publication date: April 2018
Laurie Salzler holds a degree in Natural Resources Conservation and Outdoor Recreation. She has worked with animals (wild and domesticated) her entire life, including several years spent in the veterinary field and equine industry at training and breeding facilities in New York, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. She is an avid outdoor enthusiast, whose activities include horseback riding, hiking, kayaking, bird-watching, photography, and one of her favourite pastimes, walking with her pack of canines. As a member of WIRES (Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service), she is involved in rescuing and rehabilitating native Australian wildlife in New South Wales.
In addition to a book of photography, Eye of the Beholder, she has penned five books: A Kiss Before Dawn, Right Out of Nowhere, Positive Lightning, In the Stillness of Dawn(the sequel to A Kiss Before Dawn), and After A Time. Under the name of Laurie Eichler, she co-wrote with Mardi Alexander, To Be Determined, published by Bold Strokes Books.