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Adorable! Or should I say "a-dogable!" Hope kids around the world enjoy it and their parents applaud all of your hard work. Thank you!

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I'm so glad you liked it!!!! Thank you!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

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I highly recommend The Professional Dog. (My Siberian husky is in it. Ahem.)

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Thank you!!! And your Siberian Husky is a consummate professional!!!! 💚💚💚💚

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You're welcome! Give Mr. Johnson some attention, and he's your friend for life. :D

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How wonderful!!!!! Love and hugs from me to both you and Mr. Johnson!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚

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Thank you!! :)

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Just back from Storyberries. What a fantastic, beautifully wrought collection of art! Each dog has such an interesting and unique expression. I found the two breeds I've had the honor of having as family members over the years, Rotts and Corgis, and many others I adore as well. I was so curious about how the letters Q and X would turn out, so have now slaked my curiosity! WELL DONE! 🐶🐕💗🌻🐾🐾

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Lol!!!!! Thank you so much for your wonderful comment!!! I so appreciate you for taking the time to look at Storyberries and also tell me your thoughts!! Thank you!!! 💚💚💚💚💚

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Sue, this is absolutely wonderful - I love, love, love it - and shhhhhhh, I'm not even a 'dog person'! Thank you so much for the gift of the download - that's ever so kind! AWESOME, awesome work. ❤️

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Awwww your comment made me smile so big!!!!! Thank you so much!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚

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😘

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Very clever

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Thank You for this delightful book!

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I'm delighted that you liked it!!! Thank you!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚

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Fabulous! I just ordered a copy!

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Wow!!! Thank you so very much!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

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Great artwork!! I thought I was the only one who counted things to fall asleep - mine turned into baby names in alphabetical order when my youngest son & his wife were waiting for my youngest grandchild.

I have kept that one up only now it is named for dogs. Since we got a new dog which already had a name, I have been doing / if we had named him…..

A great idea & seriously gorgeous pics!

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Thank you so much!! I'm glad you liked my artwork!! Isn't the alphabet such a fun thing to play with to put yourself to sleep??!!

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I absolutely love this Sue, it's brilliant. I sometimes write Abedecarian poems. But the dogs are just beautiful. Have you done a Cat story book? Your art work is beautiful. :)

Also is 'Storyberries' your website? I want to share your work on my facebook author page. I'll also share. your substack too.

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Thank you so very much for your kind comment!!! I have done a Cat story book! It's called Numpurrs and you can see details here https://www.blurb.com/b/10297565-numpurrs Numpurrs is also on Storyberries and on my index page of my ebooks here on my Substack.

https://sueclancy.substack.com/p/clancy-ebooks

Storyberries.com is an ebook distribution company based in Australia (I'm in USA) and not owned by me. They asked me if they could distribute by work as free ebooks for kids. I've given them permission to distribute some 20 or so books written and illustrated by me. A search on Storyberries.com will bring up all of my titles. Storyberries also has a printed bookstore and some of my titles are available there too. I would greatly appreciate it if you shared my work!! Thank you!

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👍🏻 you betcha!

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Marvelous! ! My wire haired dachshund has several jobs...personal trainer, life coach, nap buddy, kitchen floor maintenance worker, security guard against the postal workers and Amazon delivery persons, and taste tester / quality control for treats!

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Goodness!!! Sounds like your dachshund is very busy too!! And aren't they wonderful at everything they put their paws to??!! 💚💚💚

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Arf Arf!

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Lol!!!!!! Yes!!!!

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Wonderful. Inspirational. Thanks so much. 🤗🤗😘

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You're so welcome!! I'm glad you liked it!!! 💚💚💚💚

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Love this!!

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I'm glad!!! Thank you!!!

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Eee this feels timely as we got a phone call about adopting a dog, we’re at phase two! Is T for teacher? 👩‍🏫

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I checked! It is! I feel it a sign from the dog gods I will be a teacher and dog owner hehe 👩‍🏫 🐕

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Lol!!!!! Bravo!!!! I wish you the best!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚

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Hopefully we find the pooch for us!

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I hope so too!!!

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Sue, what a delight! Thank you for the joy.

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I'm so very glad you liked it!!!! You're so welcome!! Now is the time for us to help each other maintain our spirits!!! 💚💚💚

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What an innovative project! I love the backstory of how you created it and how it has blossomed, perhaps like a dogwood tree! Thank you for leading me to a word new to me, abecedarian, leading to the synonym "tyro" which comes from Medieval Latin tȳrō, meaning "squire," tyro being a variant of Latin tīrō, meaning "recruit." All these are beginners, like those learning the alphabet. Doggone great flyin' frisbees of fun!

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I'm so delighted that you enjoyed my project!!!! I'm glad to share the word abecedarian with you!! And I loved your comment with the synonym and meanings!!! Abecedarian is one of my favorite words and its inspiration for many of my projects - especially when combining with the concept and word "bestiary". What's a synonym for that?? Yes, it's lots of fun to play linguistically with words and get inspired to make art !!! 💚💚💚💚

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I'm not sure there is a good synonym for bestiary! Its meaning has been oversimplified in modern definitions as fable; however, that leaves so much out, don't you agree? In looking into some older sources, I found another interesting Medieval literary jewel (no pun intended): the lapidary! It seems that, as in so many other areas, the pagan-to-Christian transition in England/Scotland/Wales/Ireland and France was filled with fascination and symbolism from both sides:

"LAPIDARY

Selections from Lapidaries

Marbodus, Bishop of Rennes in the twelfth century, was the author of the lapidary which was best known during the Middle Ages. This book, called "De Gemmis," was written in Latin verse, and gives the strange superstitions about the virtues and efficacies of sixty stones. Many of these stones are now unknown to us. There was so much interest in this lapidary that it was frequently translated into French, both in verse form and in prose, and was popular in England as well as in France. The traditions about stones developed two sorts of treatise: one in which the purely pagan beliefs are represented, as they were handed down by Aristotle, Pliny, Marbodus, and others; and a second in which the pagan superstitions are inwrought with Christian [171]teachings and associated with Scriptural passages. In translating Marbodus, a Christian clerk would add and alter material in such a way as to impress religious symbolisms upon his readers, through the popular interest in all the lore of stones."

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48355/48355-h/48355-h.htm#BESTIARY_notes

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Yes, I think of bestiary- I use it this way anyway- as the use of animal characters to illustrate aphorisms, stories, sayings/phrases in playful and helpful ways. In my mind this usage dovetails with the relatively new genre Hopepunk.

And yes, many of the original pagan words/meanings/phrases/symbols/metaphors using animals, flowers, stones (and more) were stolen and co-opted by the christian's as a way to usurp attention and benefit from someone else's work without paying for it. A version of this continues today: a group of artists make a thing. A group with deeper financial pockets (a religious group, political group or a corporation) steals the idea and then badmouths or even sues the idea originators in order to stop them from using their own idea. An example would be trump using musicians work at his events without permission and without paying the musicians. Anyway....

There's a new translation of The Owl and the Nightingale (poem mentioned in the link you shared) by Simon Armitage that is delightful.

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Thank you, I'll check out Hopepunk! I love things new to me! I'll also check out the Simon Armitage translation of the Owl and the Nightingale! 🦉🪶

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