Archive for August, 2012

Rob Laidlaw’s Dog Tales: the Issue of Dog Fur

August 6th, 2012

Welcome to Dog Tales, a series where author and animal advocate Rob Laidlaw shares stories and facts from his travels and work in dog advocacy. According to the Humane Society International an estimated 2 million dogs and cats are killed for their fur every year. While the trade in dog fur is mostly in Asia, […]

Posted in No Shelter Here

The Vietnamese Orphan Airlift: A Tribute

August 3rd, 2012

In 1975, as the city of Saigon in South Vietnam was falling to the North Vietnamese army, western governments and aid workers scrambled to evacuate thousands of orphans who were at risk of being killed. Many flights made it safely to the United States, Canada, England, and elsewhere. One did not. Last week we interviewed […]

Posted in Last Airlift

Two Pajama Press Authors on 2013 Canada Book Week Tours

August 1st, 2012

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has announced the 30 authors who will be touring for TD Canadian Children’s Book Week 2013 and we couldn’t be more thrilled: two Pajama Press authors, Sylvia Gunnery (Emily For Real, Spring 2012) and Alma Fullerton (A Good Trade, Fall 2012), have been selected to take part. You can see […]

Posted in A Good Trade, Emily for Real

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