Kim Kavin's Blog, page 11
October 10, 2012
“Little Boy Blue” Author Radio Interview
The Jersey Dog Trainer just uploaded this podcast version of a radio interview that Little Boy Blue author Kim Kavin gave last week on WNJC radio. The segment originally aired live in the Philadelphia/southern New Jersey region.
It runs about a half-hour long and includes a discussion of current legislation that would ban gas chambers from animal shelters in the state of Pennsylvania.
Filed under: Little Boy Blue: The Book
October 4, 2012
A Letter from a 12-Year-Old Reader of “Little Boy Blue”
Dear Kim Kavin,
I am a 12-year-old girl from Oklahoma who loves dogs. If I see anything with a dog on it, I will be the first one to grab it to look at it. So, when I saw Little Boy Blue with an adorable picture of a dog, who I would soon know as Blue in The New York Times, I knew I had to buy it.
Once I began to read your book, I knew that I would need a box of tissues next to me whenever I read. Your book taught me so much about what goes on behind the doors of shelters across the country. Hearing about the gas chambers, about Floyd going to the big doggy bone in the sky, the dogs in Annie Turner’s house, and so much more, made me cry. You really made me think about what happens to that cute dog that no one adopted.
So, because of that, I am making sure I donate to a local rescue in town. Little Boy Blue was an amazing book, and I am in awe about how you went all over the country to find out about Blue and other dogs’ fates at shelters.
I adopted my two Schnauzers from the Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) here in town. My first dog, Daisy, was a gift from heaven. Right now, she is eight. She is so sweet and loving, but, the people who had her before weren’t. She came from a puppy mill where luckily she only had to be pregnant once. As I read your book, it made me think of what would have happened to her when she was the age she is now. Would she have been killed already? Then, I thought, how would they kill her? They obviously weren’t going to be humane and euthanize her if they were already forcing her to be pregnant, so it left me with three things to think. First, a gas chamber, second, abandonment and third, abuse until death. Thankfully people with amazing love in their hearts found the puppy mill and saved the dogs they could. I don’t know if some of those dogs ended up in gas chambers or in loving homes, but what I do know is that my family helped save one of those dogs.
Kim, you made a 12-year-old girl think about what she read. You made me understand the awful things citizens of this country are doing to tons of dogs without making an attempt to find the dogs homes. You should be beaming with pride.
Sincerely,
Roberta
Filed under: Little Boy Blue: The Book
October 3, 2012
Audiobook of “Little Boy Blue” Now Available
The audiobook of Little Boy Blue has just been published by Audible.com. You can download it from the Audible website, or from Amazon.com, or from iTunes.
No matter where you download, the file will run just short of eight hours. The narrator is not author Kim Kavin, but the woman’s voice is pretty darn similar.
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October 1, 2012
“Little Boy Blue” Author to Appear at Hamptons Film Festival
On Sunday, October 7, Little Boy Blue author Kim Kavin will sign copies of the book from 4-5 p.m. at Harper’s Books in East Hampton, Long Island. The signing will be part of a reception following the Hamptons Film Festival showing of the HBO documentary One Nation Under Dog, which is receiving the inaugural Zelda Penzel Award for “giving voice to the voiceless.”
We hope to see you there!
Filed under: Appearances
Animal Fair Q&A with “Little Boy Blue” Author Kim Kavin
Animal Fair just uploaded this new Q&A with Little Boy Blue author Kim Kavin. Among other things, Kim discusses why she feels it is ideal to adopt a dog from a rescue group that works with a system of foster homes—where pups have a chance to let their true personalities shine.
Filed under: Little Boy Blue: The Book
September 29, 2012
New “Little Boy Blue” Review: “I Can No Longer Look at Dogs the Same Way”
The blog “Where Books Meet Boats” just uploaded its review of Little Boy Blue. Full disclosure: This blog is written by one of author Kim Kavin’s longtime editors at a marine website. The editor took a look at Little Boy Blue as a friendly courtesy to Kim, and then decided she liked the book so much that she wanted to post a full review, even though the topic of dog rescue is far off the beaten course of her regular boat-related reviews.
One thing that the editor praised was Kim’s efforts to be fair to all sources in Little Boy Blue, something that is often far easier said than done, especially when the research turns up questionable information:
“Kim’s even-handed treatment of everyone keeps this from being a diatribe—though she leaves no doubt about her feelings on the topic of shelters, sterilization, and adoption vs. the purchase of pure bred animals. Everyone—shelter operators, transport drivers, dogsitters—receives the benefit of the doubt that is always due to good-hearted people who sometimes end up doing the wrong thing.”
Read the full review of Little Boy Blue at “Where Books Meet Boats.”
Filed under: Little Boy Blue: The Book
September 26, 2012
Little Boy Blue Author to Appear on KWMR in California
At noon Eastern time on Tuesday, October 16, Little Boy Blue author Kim Kavin will give an extended interview on KWMR community radio in Marin County, California. This interview is expected to last nearly an hour and will be one of the longest aired so far about the book.
You can listen live at the .
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September 24, 2012
Little Boy Blue Author to Appear in Princeton, N.J.
On Saturday, November 10, Little Boy Blue author Kim Kavin will be at the dinner and fund-raiser to support SAVE Animal Rescue in Princeton, N.J.
This is a ticketed event that will take place at the Bedens Brook Club. Last year’s event raised nearly $30,000 for the rescue.
For more information or to purchase tickets to the event, go to this page on the rescue’s website.
We hope to see you in Princeton on November 10!
Filed under: Appearances
September 22, 2012
Long Valley Patch Previews Little Boy Blue Appearance
Today’s edition of New Jersey’s Long Valley Patch includes a short article about an upcoming appearance by “Little Boy Blue” author Kim Kavin and Blue himself.
They will be at the Washington Township Public Library at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 3. Books will be available for sale and signing following a short reading.
For a look at all of Kim and Blue’s upcoming events, check out our Appearances page.
Filed under: Appearances
September 20, 2012
Little Boy Blue to Appear in Rockaway, N.J.
On Sunday, October 28, Little Boy Blue author Kim Kavin and Blue himself will be at Pawsitive Experience in Rockaway, N.J., to sign books as part of the Halloween festivities benefiting Coming Home Rescue.
This event is scheduled from 11 a.m. till 2 p.m. and will include doggie games, a tricky tray auction, tarot card readings for humans and dogs, and a costume parade starting at 1 p.m.
We hope to see you there!
Filed under: Appearances
