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Susie Slanina
Susie Slanina lives in Vancouver, Washington. After graduating from California State University, Los Angeles, she went to school in Ireland to study the Montessori approach to educating children. She worked 24 years at CSLA and retired at age 50 to spend more time with her dogs in a cabin in Big Bear. She had been retired for eight years when a poem she wrote about a spider became the catalyst for the Metro book series. She used to enjoy traveling, but discovered that hanging out with her dogs is better than seeing the wonders of the world.
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When Sherry decides she wants a puppy, she finds Metro, a tiny, engaging puppy at the local animal shelter. It’s love at first sight for both of them, and when Sherry takes Metro home and introduces the playful puppy to Butterscotch, Sherry’s long-time cat, the three become a family. Metro helps plant a veggie garden, takes a walk at midnight, and even goes ballroom dancing!
Metro Comes Home is the first in a series of beautifully illustrated children’s books about Metro’s fun-filled doggy adventures. These stories were written to honor the memory of a lovable little dog named Metro and all the wonderful dogs who grace our lives.
Recommended Age: 7-12
METRO COMES HOME
METRO THE LITTLE DOG - BOOK 1 |
Metro, the little dog, had been adopted by Sherry over Easter weekend, and with each passing day they grew more and more fond of each other. Metro tries to make friends with Butterscotch, the beautiful cat, but Butterscotch is stuck-up and thinks Metro is just a crazy puppy. Sherry adopts Playmate, a good-natured kitten, so Metro can have an animal friend to play with.
Metro meets the glamorous Marguerite, Sherry’s best friend since kindergarten. The girls take Metro to Hollywood where she sings at an opera. Hilarity ensues and the crowd goes wild! Metro is a gracious starlet and gives her “Metrograph” to fans with a paw print on their Playbills. That night, at a famous Hollywood restaurant, she trills an Italian opera with a singing waiter! And much more!
Recommended Age: 7-12
METRO GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
METRO THE LITTLE DOG - BOOK 2 |
Metro graduates with honors from Puppy Kindergarten and gets a tiara for Miss Congeniality. She takes a trip out to the desert for a night of stargazing and sees Saturn through a telescope. That night, Sherry has a dream that she and Metro tap dance on Saturn's rings.
Marguerite, Lori, and Sherry reap the harvests of the vegetable garden and have a backyard BBQ and campout. Marguerite reads scary stories in the tent. Metro helps Sherry make a big decision which surprises everyone. Especially Sherry!
Recommended Age: 7-12
METRO GOES STARGAZING
METRO THE LITTLE DOG - BOOK 3 |
Metro Duets (book 4)
Two Metro The Little Dog Short Stories in one fun volume!!!
Metro's Mountain Cabin
A little dog named Metro helps Sherry's dream come true!
Sherry longs to have a little cabin in the California mountains to share with her dogs, Metro, Tawny, Gizzy, and her best friend, Marguerite. But where will a college student come up with that kind of money? She can't buy a cabin for a song.
Hmm, but maybe someone else can!
Metro may have been a shelter puppy, but this little dog has amazing talents. She can 'sing' well enough to be featured in commercials for a Fat Cats product: Kool Kitty Shampoo! Metro, Sherry and their friends fly to Hawaii to film the ads.
And then, at long last, it's off to the cozy cabin to enjoy winter in the mountains--complete with snow! Local wildlife, a winter storm, a meteor shower, and friendly neighbors are all part of the fun for Metro and the gang.
Join Metro in the gentle, humorous adventures of a little dog who brings magic with her wherever she goes.
Metro Loves London
A little dog named Metro brings her magic to help a lonely princess.
Sherry is shocked to receive a phone call with an urgent message from London. The royal princess Rosalind, has been sad for a few weeks. But she sees Metro's singing commercial ... and laughs! Her father commands that Metro be brought to her side. And her father is the King of England!
Soon Metro, Sherry and the gang are off across the Atlantic--by royal jet, no less.
Princess Rosalind is indeed cheered by Metro's visit. She invites Sherry and Metro on a tour of London, with high tea, a ride on The London Eye, and more. And of course a big part of the adventure is staying in the royal palace.
But when it's time for her guests to leave, Rosalind sinks once again into tears. Metro whimpers, and that one little whimper gives Sherry an idea for a solution--the same one that brought joy into her own life.
Find out what happens next in Metro's latest adventure!
Recommended Age: 7-12
METRO DUETS
METRO THE LITTLE DOG - BOOK 4 |