I am excited to report that The Rabbit Rescuers has been chosen to receive a Gold Award in the Juvenile Fiction – Early Reader/First Chapter Books category in the 2016 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards.

I am pleased to announce that The Rabbit Rescuer has been chosen for First Place in the Charity/Making a Difference category and Honorable Mention in the Animals/Pets category in the 2016 Purple Dragonfly Children’s Book Awards.

I am happy to report that The Rabbit Rescuers has been chosen as a Finalist in the Chapter Books category in the 2016 National Indie Excellence Book Awards.

I am pleased to report that The Rabbit Rescuers has been chosen for Honorable Mention Award in the Children’s Category, Finalist for the First Horizon Award and Short Listed for the Grand Prize Award, in the 2016 Eric Hoffer Book Awards.

Happy First Day of Spring!

To celebrate we have a cheerful spring photo taken during a recent Rabbit Rescuers photo shoot.

The location was the gorgeous Prickly Pear Garden Centre located in Steveston (Richmond, BC).  And the photo was taken by the talented Karla Wakefield of Karla Wakefield Photography (http://www.karlawakefield.com).

I am very pleased to report that The Rabbit Rescuers has been chosen for Silver/2nd Place in the Best Animal-Children/YA category and for Bronze/3rd Place in the Best Juvenile/YA Fiction category in the 2016 Feathered Quill Book Awards.

The Rabbit Rescuers was featured in an article in the 2015 Fall edition of Bark! magazine. Lots of good information on why not to abandon a pet rabbit.

http://www.spca.bc.ca/news-and-events/publications/bark

I had the good fortune to have photos taken by Karla Wakefield Photography for a photoshoot in support of The Rabbit Rescuers. Her amazing photos are incorporated throughout this website but here are a few of them posted together as a collection.

http://www.karlawakefield.com 

Had a fun time this summer running a Bunny Boot Camp to teach about rabbits and their care, as part of the Animal Day Camp put on by the local animal shelter. A good time was had by all and of course, the campers each received a copy of The Rabbit Rescuers book!

Some rabbits come into our lives, then quickly go. Others stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never the same again.

Dodger was one of those rabbits who will be in my thoughts and in my heart forever. I had the privilege to discover Dodger in Minoru Park in September 2011. He was alone and he was hurt. From that moment on he became a guiding light who led me to write about, to rescue, and to help abandoned rabbits. My first letter to the newspaper was written about  Dodger and I was inspired by his spirit and playful personality to write him as the main character in my book. But Dodger lived a life too short. He passed away in August 2015. Sadly he died still young and before he had the chance to live as a house rabbit in a loving home. Knowing Dodger left a footprint in my heart and the memory of him will be with me always. In fact the day of his death was also the day of my birthday and in an unexpected way that will be my yearly reminder to always follow Dodger’s guiding light he lit for me and never give up efforts to help the abandoned rabbits of Minoru Park.

R.I.P. Dodger. Your voice was heard and you will never be forgotten.

Sept. 23, 2011, Dodger’s story in the Richmond News, “A rabbit tale minus the fluff”
http://www.richmond-news.com/opinion/letters/a-rabbit-tale-minus-the-fluff-1.505547

The real-life Dodger and the portrait of Dodger which was painted for the book cover.