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Meowoof
Meowoof invites you into a world of dogs! Of course it is filled with licking, sniffing, biting and chasing. It is no doubt a fun and amusing place to visit. But life is not without its challenges.
Barney, a beagle, and his mate Inky, a dachshund are just a young couple looking to start a family and live a typical life. But there is something unusual about one of their pups. He is like no pup they or any other dogs have ever seen before. Skip and Rosie, friends of the family do their best to support them as does His Howliness, the leader of the Moon Howlers, but they are up against attitudes deeply held by doggy society. Barney and Inky find out how those around can change when someone is not like everyone else. Those who understand the experience of being different will fearfully whisper about how dogs are taken over by the Grumble, an evil living inside of everyone. How does one battle against something everyone has inside of them? Dogs like Skip and His Howliness refuse to be put off by differences in others and will bear their teeth and fight the Grumble. But the Grumble is not that easily defeated.
What is it to be different? What happens to you and those around you when you are not like everyone else? You are different. In a truly unique way, Meowoof begins a story about those who are different and what their lives are like.
If you are a little different you will see yourself in this story.
If you love someone who is different, you will more fully understand your experience.
And, if you struggle with those who are different, perhaps you will begin to understand why.
Barney, a beagle, and his mate Inky, a dachshund are just a young couple looking to start a family and live a typical life. But there is something unusual about one of their pups. He is like no pup they or any other dogs have ever seen before. Skip and Rosie, friends of the family do their best to support them as does His Howliness, the leader of the Moon Howlers, but they are up against attitudes deeply held by doggy society. Barney and Inky find out how those around can change when someone is not like everyone else. Those who understand the experience of being different will fearfully whisper about how dogs are taken over by the Grumble, an evil living inside of everyone. How does one battle against something everyone has inside of them? Dogs like Skip and His Howliness refuse to be put off by differences in others and will bear their teeth and fight the Grumble. But the Grumble is not that easily defeated.
What is it to be different? What happens to you and those around you when you are not like everyone else? You are different. In a truly unique way, Meowoof begins a story about those who are different and what their lives are like.
If you are a little different you will see yourself in this story.
If you love someone who is different, you will more fully understand your experience.
And, if you struggle with those who are different, perhaps you will begin to understand why.
155 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 18, 2017
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December 11, 2024
I love this imaginative world of dogs that Jeff McNair has created! It was so lighthearted and warm to hear about the society of dogs that go to work and have families but still enjoy licking, howling, and chasing cars. At the same time this was a deep, thought provoking book that I’m sure I’ll be thinking about for a long time. Great read!
March 16, 2017
Beneath the surface of an engaging story of a family facing challenges is the more subtle theme of how the way facing theses challenges on an individual level both affect and define each of us. Great for deep discussions in small groups!
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