Today we bring you a special gift: a free-to-read book about a traveling chien boule dog and his small Frenchy companion. Published in 1909, the text and illustrations open a window into a long ago, quite different world, complete with regional dialects, idioms, and some very out-dated notions. Take a close look at the illustrations and see […]
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Before there was TV, the internet, and YouTube to showcase amazing animals there was Vaudeville. One such dog on the Vaudevillian stage was a talking French Bulldog named Princess Jacqueline. She had a reported vocabulary of 20 words, which she could use in correct order. She lived to be 10 years old, dying of pneumonia […]
Recently expanded our Following list on Twitter, and around noon a cursory check of incoming Twitter feeds included a Pet Connection tweet that Dr. Marty Becker’s Big Bus Tour was going to be in Austin for a book signing – today – in about an hour! Gave Rocksie a fast swipe and we high-tailed it over […]
Maybe you’ve heard of Google Books? Google has been scanning rare and out-of-print books for easy online reading and researching. Many of these books are available for download to your e-reader, computer, iPhone, or whatever you’re using to read digital books. Would there, could there be scanned books with a mention of French Bulldogs?! (What a […]
You saw our blog post a few days ago featuring an artist’s work about a book on dog shows. Wanna find out more or be first in-the-know when it comes to books about pets? Then check out PetCentric Authors, the first website dedicated to learning more about authors and their pets. At the PetCentric Authors site […]
Ever wonder how art is created for a children’s book? Check out the blog of illustrator Fian Arroyo and see his progression from pencil sketch to finished art and cover for the new book Best in Show, written by Barbara Bakowski and published by Red Chair Press. Yes, there is one small flaw, no Frenchies […]
While watching the fascinating documentary about the inner workings of Vogue, I too, became crushed as creative director Grace Coddington saw her cherished Paris je t’aime photo shoot whittled down, further and further, by Vogue editor, Anna Wintour. Not only because the moody, lush, 20s-inspired images taken by Steven Meisel are wonderful, but because the […]
Upon rifling through the mail the other day, pulled out a magazine. First response, “That’s a Frenchie on the cover! A really nice one, too!” Upon closer examination, “Hey, it’s the AKC Gazette, but not the same Gazette we’ve been getting.” After digging into the publication to see what’s going on, seems the AKC Gazette […]
A couple of years ago we added a health handbook to our library of dog books. Last year, we found ourselves reaching for it again and again. It is called Dog Owner’s Home Veterinary Handbook and is written by three DVMs and a doctor, Eldredge, L.Carlson, D. Carlson, and Giffin. It is a reference book, […]
Camille Tuutti-Winkler, a Washinton D.C. blogger for Examiner.com, created a list of 10 Frenchie-related books, complete with reviews and links to interviews with book authors mentioning their own French Bulldogs. If you want to work in one more summer read before summer’s end, check out her suggestions at the link below. 10 titles about a man’s […]
