Christmas Is Good!: Trixie Treats & Holiday Wisdom
by Dean Koontz (Editor), Trixie Koontz (Dog)
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A delightful book full of seasonal cheer, Christmas is Good gives readers a dog's-eye view of their favourite holiday. Humorous, kind-hearted and eye-opening, Trixie gives advice for holiday activities including play frisbee in the snow' and 'go out to a nice restaurant and bring the leftover home for the dog'. She also has sound advice on gift-giving ('if it tastes like bacon everyone will love it') and debunks many Christmas myths, revealing that Santa's sleigh is actually pulled by dogs. show more Comes complete with charming full-colour pictures of Trixie.' show lessTags
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You don’t have to own a dog or even be a dog lover to appreciate the photos and humor in this compact book. Trixie Koontz has given us a dog’s eye view of Christmas, along with some good advice on gift giving (“if it tastes like bacon, everyone will like it”) and what you should not do (“do not tie cat to tree for decoration – it’s funny, but not worth losing your nose”). The real meaning of Christmas is here, too. “Is not about gifts. Is about Jesus, love, hope, and dog treats.” So, treat the dog owner in your life to this book, and give the dog what he really wants, which according to Trixie, must be bacon flavored sausages.
Is the holiday stress getting you down? Are you feeling overly grinchy? Then take a break from Christmas mayhem and remind yourself of the joy of the season. Fix yourself some cocoa, grab a candy cane, and read this book! Depicting Christmas from the perspective of an innocent--in this case, an innocent dog--this story is cute, adorable, and laugh-out-loud funny at times. Not-quite-grammatical dogspeak is a plus.
Almost as amusing as the first book Trixie wrote, "Life is Good." The book isn't as carefully crafted as the first book, but if you like dogs and found the first book a good laugh, you'll probably like this one too.
Cute, humorous book; would recommend!
Cute, humorous book; would recommend!
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Dean Koontz was born on July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania. He received a degree in education from Shippensburg State College in 1967. A former high school English teacher as well as a teacher-counselor with the Appalachian Poverty Program, he began writing as a child to escape an ugly home life caused by his alcoholic father. A prolific writer show more at a young age, he had sold a dozen novels by the age of 25. Early in his career, he wrote under numerous pen names including David Axton, Brian Coffey, K. R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, Richard Paige, and Owen West. He is best known for the books written under his own name, many of which are bestsellers, including Midnight, Cold Fire, The Bad Place, Hideaway, The Husband, Odd Hours, 77 Shadow Street, Innocence, The City, Saint Odd, and The Silent Corner. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Fiction and Literature
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- 818.5402 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American miscellaneous writings in English 20th Century 1945-1999
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- PN6231 .C36 .K66 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Wit and humor
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