BOOK DONATION PROGRAM

To help nurture compassion and respect for animals

Our book donation program is a no-cost, innovative approach for animal organizations to enhance existing community outreach and humane education including summer camps, reading programs, scout programs, and school visits. Our primary focus is for children ages 5-8 years old as we want to develop kindness and compassion at the earliest age possible. The following options are two ways we can help organizations stand out in the community and uniquely educate children about the responsible care and proper treatment of pets:

1) BOOK DONATION: Copies of Love Me Gently; A Kid’s Guide for Man’s Best Friend, are provided at NO COST to qualifying organizations to give every child participant in one of your humane education programs as a terrific supplement and take-home gift. Love Me Gently helps children understand kind and responsible care of pets through the lesson-based story of a boy and his rescue pup. Kids learn simple lessons such as allowing the dog to eat and sleep uninterrupted, patience in training, gentle handling, and safety around the house for both child and animal. Young readers are encouraged to make good choices and empowered to be responsible for their actions while respectfully caring for their pets. Our second book, Gray Whiskers; A Kid’s Guide for Loved Ones Growing Older, is a heart-warming lesson-based story that teaches young children to unconditionally love their senior pets through valuable life lessons about patience, kindness, compassion, and respect. Gray Whiskers reminds readers that love never gets old. BOTH books are available in English and Spanish.

Also available to humane educators is our Kid’s Activity Book which is a 8-page workbook full of fun and engaging activities to reinforce the lessons in our books that include coloring, word match, dot to dot, and word banks. There's even a Pet-Pal Hero Certificate for the kids to complete and a full page of ideas of how they can "Paw it Forward!" Just as our books, the Kid’s Activity Book is best for ages 5-8 and is provided at no cost to verified programs. Also available in Spanish.

Our books are fantastic supplements when used in the following ways:

• Humane Education: Educational tool for use with current shelter programs and camps, free copy can be given to each child participant

• Community Outreach: Brought to elementary schools, used for completion of Scout badges, free copy can be given to each student

• Shelter Reading Programs: Provided to young volunteers to read to shy shelter dogs, kids improve literacy skills and help socialize animals

• Pet Adoption Packets: Included in adoption packets to help families with young children with the transition of having a new pup at home

2) EARLY HUMANE EDUCATION CURRICULUM is available to animal organizations that would like to reach a younger audience (ages 5-8). The goal of this program is twofold: to foster strong human-animal bonds and to promote safe child-animal interactions in a way that young kids can fully comprehend. Our innovative program comes with everything you need and is uniquely designed for kids ages 5-8 (grades K-2) to be fun and interactive while empowering kids to compassionately and responsibly care for their pets. The age-appropriate, engaging curriculum covers four key components: the Kindness Connection, Responsible Pet Care, Bite Prevention/Safe Interactions, and Paw it Forward. Exciting expansion activity options include craft ideas, kid-friendly games, and activity sheets to reinforce valuable lessons.

For more information, please email: lisa@tailsthatteach.org

How you can help!

Help us make a difference in your community by promoting literacy and spreading kindness! Your donation puts more books in the hands of children across the globe. Corporate co-branding opportunities include special-print books with designated page for donor bio and logo. For more information, contact us at info@tailsthatteach.org.

Paw it Forward is another great way to help. Simply buy a book and we will donate one to a local shelter!