Arnie Catches a Cold: A True Story from Cape's Old Friends Animal Sanctuary

by Shelley Frost

This is a story about the animals at the CAPE Animal Sanctuary located in Grass Valley, California. When Arnie the rooster comes down with a cold, his animal friends react to his sickness with concern. Without Arnie to welcome the day, what should they do? Call 911? Give him a pill? When gentle hands take Arnie away, the animals wonder if he will ever come back. Arnies story is one of friendship, love, and the joy of crowing. The CAPE Animal Sanctuary and can be found at www.capeanimals.org

38 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2012

About the author

Shelley Frost is a co-founder of the non-profit Center for Animal Protection & Education (CAPE) and the founder and past director of the Animal Film Festival. She is the author of several books including HER KING THE CON: How an Online Love Affair Led to Near Disaster, KIDS GUIDE TO MOVIE MAKING, YOUR ADOPTED DOG: Everything You Need to Know About Rescuing and Caring for a Best Friend in Need, co-authored with Katerina Lorenzatos Makris (The Lyons Press, 2007), THROW LIKE A GIRL: Discovering the Body, Mind & Spirit of the Athlete in You, (Beyond Words, 2000), ARNIE CATCHES A COLD (Mascot Books, 2015), KIDS GUIDE TO MOVIE MAKING, (Createspace, 2011)

While promoting her books and films, Shelley has been a guest on Oprah, Dateline NBC, Evening Magazine, The Tammy Faye Show, Crook & Chase, Caryl & Marilyn (The Mommies); The Gayle King Show; The Joannie Greggains radio show and the Karel radio show and many more. Shelley has been profiled in PEOPLE Magazine.

She has given lectures in Belmont, New York and Chicago to audiences of teens interested in sports.

Reviews

[Peacegal · Rating 2 out of 5]

I appreciate the intention of these books. They introduce the individual personalities of animals that are typically identified only as food, but are gentle and mainstream enough that they won't scare away omni families. They also show the concept of an animal sanctuary, a place where animals are protected from harm.

However, to reach the widest possible audience, I wish these books were presented a bit more professionally. They are illustrated with a combination of photographs (good) and clipart (not so good). In addition, they are rather fragile paperbacks that do not have the book's title printed on the spine--which makes them easily overlooked in our library.