Hi everyone! It’s Dakota, and I am taking over the book review today! It’s only right, because today’s book: Dog Trots Globe, To Paris & Provence by Chula Wula D’ Augue (As Barked to Sheron Long) was “barked” by a Sheltie!
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A few months ago Mom and I were on Twitter and we befriended a gorgeous Sheltie girl named @SheltieChula. As we interacted, Mom and I found out that Chula had barked a book! Mom and I love doing book reviews and when we learned this we had to have a copy to review. We are grateful that Chula got her paws on one and sent it to us, it is a book we will read over and over and cherish furever!
As many of you who live with Shelties know, it is rare to find a book about them (that isn’t a handbook), let alone one that was BARKED by a Sheltie!
This isn’t any ordinary Sheltie either! Well, not that ANY Sheltie is ordinary! From OIC-Books.com: Chula whose name means “pretty” in Spanish, is a 9-year-old Sheltie who traveled by car from Carmel Valley, California, to San Francisco where she boarded an Air France flight to Paris. Then she took the TGV, or Train a Grande Vitesse, from Paris to Saint-Remy-de-Provence and settled into her lovely village at the foot of the Alpilles Mountains. (From Dakota: For those who may be wondering, Chula traveled with her pawrents)
Chula got good at chasing French cats, hiding from wooly sheep and stealing ripe tomatoes.
Mom and I read this book together and Mom told me to tell you that it is exquisite, charming, gorgeous, delightful!
Mom and I have different reasons for loving this book. Mom says it is the perfect little travel guide where I can travel to Paris & Provence and live it vicariously through the eyes of a Sheltie.
Mom thinks this would be a perfect coffee table or bedside table book, both to read and to display. The photographs, contributed by Robert and Sheron Long, Erick Paraiso and Meredith Mullins are breathtakingly beautiful! The illustrations by Darius Detwiler, charming!
Mom says: this isn’t just a book, it is a visual feast, it is a work of art! She could envision herself sitting at a sidewalk cafe in Paris, relaxing, reading this book and sipping on a petit noir (an espresso), (how she can envision this I will never know, since Mom has never been to Paris but I digress, let your eyes delight in the following photos and you will see what I mean!)
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In the Lavender fields by Sault. Photo Courtesy of http://www.OIC-Books.com
At the market in St-Remy. Photo Courtesy of http://www.OIC-Books.com
At the fountain in Sault. Photo Courtesy of http://www.OIC-Books.com
Mom says: that the photos shown here don’t even begin to show the real beauty of the photos in the book. They are vibrant, they leap off of the high quality paper that they are printed on, they transport you to the beauty and romance of Paris. Dog Trots Globe is a perfect size too, it can be tucked into a purse with ease!
Enough of what Mom thinks! What I love about this book is that a SHELTIE barked it! I get to read, yes Shelties read! We ARE 6th in intelligence you know, about this amazing trip from first-paw Sheltie experience!
Through Chula’s travels I got to learn about things such as:
- Sniffing Around Provence
- Market Days
- Bistros and Cafes
- French Tradition
- Paris Lights and City Sights
- Inside a Paris Gallery
- Chula’s Walk: A Tour of Saint-Remy
there is even a section of the book that tells your pawrents How To Take Your Pup To France should you ever be lucky enough to go!
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Dog Trots Globe To Paris & Provence would make a delightfully charming gift that would be enjoyed and relished by Sheltie lovers, dog lovers, those who love Paris and those who appreciate superb photography. This must be added to your library!
Barks and licks and love, Au Revoir! Dakota
ISBN: 978-1-936951-00-0
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