The Dog Who Saved The Bees 🐝 (picture bees)

     We know dogs 🐕 can do really amazing things. They can help people with disabilities lead fulfilling, productive lives. They can locate avalanche survivors trapped under the snow. They can detect minute amounts of bad stuff like illegal drugs. They can locate people who go missing. 

     And when I read Stephanie Gibeault's The Dog Who Saved The Bees I learned another super power canine companions have. They can be trained to detect foulbrood, a highly contagious, fatal bee disease with no cure.

     Cybil was the apiary inspector for the Maryland Department of Agriculture. She had to inspect every shipped all over the country before they left the state...

     ...Shall we say that's an awful lot of hives? She heard that a trained sniffer dog would be a big help...

     ...But Mack, the dog she rescued from an abusive situation, proves to be impulsive and distractable. Can she possibly get him to focus enough to learn the skills necessary to pass the test?

     Mack is a gorgeous protagonist. The Dog Who Saved The Bees is sure to be a hit with dog loving kids.

     And it's so important for kids to know and care about and be invested in bees, considering their crucial role in food production and how endangered they are. This book could inspire some future entomologists.

Yesterday I was paparazzi for a really cool event that involved puzzles, games, fresh hot popcorn 🍿 😋 machine popcorn 🍿, 🍬 🍫 🍭, and soda. It drew a lot of people. Maybe the irresistible popcorn 🍿 aroma wafting through the union. I got lots of cool pictures. One couple put together an incredibly complex puzzle with tiny pieces. (In contrast my residually damaged brain 🧠 froze up on a simpler 300 piece puzzle because too many pieces were solid color background.) I insisted they get a prize.) I knew the candy and soda were off limits. I read the nutrition information for machine popcorn. It made me so sad. It's really hard to photograph an event where you can't eat or drink anything, especially when an enticing aroma is everywhere. 

I've got two major events to look forward to. Tonight my older daughter will be on a panel of authors at a local store. Tomorrow is a date yourself event catered by Olive Garden. 

A great big shout out goes out to all who participated in yesterday's event. 

Jules Hathaway 

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