Thoroughly Poetic Thursday and Louis' Challenge

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Thoroughly Poetic Thursday with Teddy and Angel Sammy

Two  SPOILED CAT 

Today's post is brought to you by the letter

X

Xcitement is what I felt when I realized it was X day

Xactly how I was going to rhyme

Was something I hoped would come to mind

Xcept what I had in my mind was only a scheme

Xtreme glee filled my cup when

Madi finally said, Mom give it up, there is no Xrta time

You will never Xcel at poetry unless

you Xerox one from the pages of time.

X's and O's

Madi and Mom

We are Xcited to also be participating

......in Louis' May Challenge to talk about a story or book we like and why. 

Your story can be a poem, book, folk tale, movie, song or anything else that could be considered to be a story. It could be a story you have made up or one that you heard around a campfire. The wide-open choice is yours.  Write some words about the story and why you like it.

Each of the books is non fiction.  

1. Dewey:  The small town Library Cat who Touched the World by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter

What we liked about it was EVERYTHING!  But mainly Dewey lived in a library with BOOKS.

Dewey's story starts off not so good BUT OMCs he winds up a kitty known world wide.....

He was only a few weeks old, he was stuffed in a return book slot at Spencer, Iowa's library.

The morning Dewey was found in the library he pulled himself up and hobbled on frostbitten feet to nudge each of the staff present.  He won their hearts.  In spite of his circumstances Dewey survived and inspired everyone who came in the Library for 19 (yes nineteen years). Dewey had a way of knowing just who came in and needed his attention the most.  

2. Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale:  by Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff, the co-founders of
Three Dog Bakery

In 2000, I read a love story, Amazing Gracie, A Dog's Tale.

The book jacket starts off, "it was love at first sight"!

Dan went to see a house full of Dane Pups...Gracie was the runt of the litter so to speak.

She had so many digestive issues she was not thriving.

She struggled to get up to go to Dan.  He said he could just tell she was saying

"you know I'm the one, now get me outta here"! 

Gracie's digestive issues were the motivation for ,Three Dog Bakery.

If you have not read this love story, I highly recommend it.

There are 248 pages full of love and devotion, this is why we loved this book

To read what we wrote about Homer's Odyssey and a Lion Called Christian  click here to be transported over to Louis' Art and Entertainment Blog to read all about other favorite books