The Saddest Dog Finds a Friend

By Christina J Donato and Alexander T. Lee

A mixture of fact and fiction about the author's dog, Belle. Belle is happy at first. She has many adventures and mishaps. Eventually, her family becomes too busy for her, so she learns to play by herself. This makes her incredibly sad.

One day she ventures out through an open gate, running towards a group of playing children.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Left-Handed Author Publishing
• Release date: May 31, 2021
• ISBN: 9781737086109

Christina J Donato

Christina J Donato was raised on Long Island, NY. She graduated from Empire State College in 1982, with an Associate of Arts in Creative Writing, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology. She relocated to New England in 1997 for her job as a mainframe computer programmer. Ms. Donato is now semi-retired. She enjoys crossword puzzles, black & white movies, swimming, being active in her church, and (last, but not least) spending time with her current dog, Grady. This is a photo of Ms. Donato with the real Belle, back in 1986.

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The Saddest Dog Finds a Friend

The Saddest Dog Finds a Friend

The Saddest Dog Finds a Friend

Christina J Donato

Illustrated by Alexander T Lee

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Left-Handed Author Publishing

Copyright © 1986 by Story by Christina J Donato

Illustrated by Alex T. Lee

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise – except for brief quotations for the purpose of review or comment, without the prior permission of the publisher, Left-handed Author Publishing, [e-mail].

Published in the United States of America

First Printing, 2021

Contents

1 Meet Belle

2 Belle the Happy Puppy

3 Belle Grows Up

4 Dognapped!

5 The Curly-Haired Boy

6 Belle Goes Home

Afterword

Acknowlegements

Photos of the Real Belle

About The Author

Dedication

This book is dedicated to all the wonderful dogs I have loved and will love.

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Meet Belle

The most friendly, adorable, playful dog lives in a little town on Long Island. Her name is Belle.

Belle is part beagle and part fox terrier. She has floppy ears and big, round, brown eyes. Her face is black, except for a white spot on one side of her nose that makes her look as if she was caught with her snout in a glass of milk and only had time to lick one side clean. On one side of her body, she is almost all white.