The Dog Who Wanted to be Human

By Christina J Donato and Alexander T. Lee

Chapter 1 (Meet Grady) introduces Grady and his family. He has a mom, a dad, and twin sisters. Although Grady has a pretty good life, he constantly yearns for his family's food. Unfortunately, he doesn't get any.

Chapter 2 (Watch Your Food) describes the times Grady tried to steal his family's food. Someti

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christina J Donato
• Release date: Sep 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9781737086116

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 Dog Who Wanted to be Human

The Dog Who Wanted to be Human

The Dog Who Wanted to be Human

Story by Christina J Donato Illustrations by Alexander T. Lee

Illustrations by Alexander T. Lee

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Contents

Dedication

One Meet Grady

Two Watch Your Food

Three Changes

Four Always in Trouble

Five Be Careful What You Wish

Six Afterword

Seven Acknowledgements

Eight Photos of the Real Grady

About The Author/Illustrator

Copyright © 2018 by Story by Christina J Donato 

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]

First Printing, 2021 in the United States of Amerca

This book is dedicated to my father, Joe Donato, who never stopped encouraging me to write.

One

Meet Grady

Grady is a black and white bagle, which means he is part beagle and part basset hound. He has big brown eyes and freckles on his nose. He also has big and bouncy, delightfully droopy, super silky ears. Everyone he meets wants to pet him.

He lives with his family: Mommy Christina, Papa