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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Responsible Pet Ownership Storybook— Loving Marley Wins Book Of The Year Award

Creative Child Magazine presents national literary honor to storybook, Loving Marley, for

being creative and promoting social responsibility for pets.

HARTFORD, CONN. – Nov. 16, 2009,

PugTale Publishing (www.pugtalepublishing.com) announced today that its storybook, Loving

Marley, that promotes lifetime commitment and love for companion animals, has won Creative

Child Magazine 2009 Book Of The Year Award (category Responsibility).

―We are thrilled that Creative Child Magazine selected Loving Marley as a top product for its

creativity in helping parents and children prepare for responsible pet ownership,‖ Authors Donald

and Sara Hassler said.

While many children’s products were awarded for being fun, safe and creative, they were also

recognized for being socially responsible. Loving Marley focuses on responsible pet ownership

skills and promotes a good, solid, moral and compassionate value system through humane and

character education.

According to studies performed by the Character Education Partnership, 90% of Americans were

found to support Character Education in the classroom. The Humane Education Advocates

Reaching Teachers has also reported that fourteen states currently have Humane Education laws in

existence that mandate that Humane Education be taught in schools.

Authors Donald and Sara Hassler said, ―Parents and educators can count on Loving Marley to

introduce kids, at the earliest and most primary grade levels, to the humane treatment of animals.

By developing and illustrating the human-pet bond, Loving Marley shows children how to love

and make a lifelong commitment to a pet.‖

According to the 2009/2010 National Pet Owners Survey (American Pet Products Association,

APPA), 62% of U.S. households own a pet (71.4 millions homes). Also reported by the APPA, is

substantial evidence that pet ownership has a positive impact on people’s physical, psychological

well-being and social interactions.

Donald and Sara Hassler, authors of Loving Marley said, ―This award validates and further sup-

ports that learning how to give and receive unconditional love through the benefits of the human-

pet bond is a gift worth sharing and handing down to our children and our pets.‖

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About PugTale Publishing:

PugTale Publishing (http://www.pugtalepublishing.com) (est. 2004) has created a groundbreaking

and insightful new series of children’s picture storybooks—PugTale Adventures—that help

parents and children understand how to prepare for the lifelong commitment needed to be a

responsible pet owner. The PugTale Adventures focus on responsible pet ownership skills and

promote a good, solid, moral and compassionate value system through humane and character

education. Contact Marketing (at) PugTalePublishing.com or (877) 456-PUGS (7847)

for more information.

About the Authors: Husband and wife team, Donald and Sara Hassler, celebrated their passion for both animals and

children’s books and founded PugTale Publishing. Both are active members of the press through

the Dog Writers Association of America (http://dwaa.org) and write feature articles promoting

responsible pet ownership skills for several publications. Their feature column, the Responsible

Pet Owner, and companion column, Ask Aunt Martha…, are published in print in Pug Talk

magazine (http://pugtalk.com). Both Periodical columns outreach to the public, are informative

for all issues relating to responsible pet ownership, and serve as an open interactive discussion

forum for readers. The Hasslers proudly serve the publishing industry as, book reviewers for

Midwest Book Review, judges for the Mom’s Choice Awards® and judges for the Dog Writers

Association of America annual writing competition. Donald and Sara Hassler reside in Connecti-

cut with Marley and Belle, the real-life inspiration for the PugTale Adventures storybooks.

About the Book: Loving Marley (http://www.lovingmarley.com), delights, teaches and guides young readers and

new pet owners as they are introduced to the day-by-day joys and trials that adopting a family pet

brings. Warmly received by industry professionals, Loving Marley has earned twelve literary

honors to date including an iParenting Media Award, the prestigious Mom’s Choice Award®, the

Dove ―Family Approved‖ seal, Creative Child Magazine Book of the Year Award, and has been

nominated for the Children’s Crown Gallery Award.

Book Specifications:

Title: Loving Marley

Author: Donald and Sara Hassler

Illustrator: Carol Newsom

Publisher: PugTale Publishing

ISBN: 978-0-9766390-7-7

8x10‖ hardcover, reinforced case-bound, full-color, 32 pages, ages 4-8, SRP $14.99 National Distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, available wherever books are sold and

at http://www.lovingmarley.com.

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About iParenting Media: iParenting Media (http://iparentingmedia.com), a Disney Internet Group media property, is a pre-

mier media site focused on parents. The iParenting Media Award Program provides a credible

and objective method of determining the best products and recognizes those products with its iPar-

enting Media Award.

About Mom’s Choice Awards®: The Mom’s Choice Awards® (http://www.momschoiceawards.com) is known for establishing the

benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services and honor products that

encourage emotional, physical and spiritual growth, promote goodwill and are moral, inspirational

and uplifting.

About Dove Foundation: The mission of The Dove Foundation (http://www.dove.org) is to encourage and promote the

creation, production, distribution and consumption of wholesome family entertainment. The Dove

Foundation began promoting family-friendly entertainment with standards and criteria based on

Judeo/Christian values, free from the pressure of commercial interests. When wholesome enter-

tainment is found, it is awarded the Dove Family Approved Seal.

About Creative Child Magazine: Creative Child Magazine (http://www.creativechild.com) is a national publication that provides

information to parents on how to nurture their children’s creativity and is the most comprehensive

parenting resource for raising well-balanced children. The Creative Child Magazine Awards rec-

ognize products that meet the publications high standards on safety, design and durability and

honor products that nurture creativity and promote social responsibility.

Contact:

Sara A. Hassler

Media/Public Relations

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Loving Marley

has earned

Twelve Literary

Honors

to date including...

...Simply stated, "Loving Marley" will prove to be a popular acquisition

choice for family, school, and community library picturebook collections

and personal reading lists.

— Jim Cox, Editor in Chief, Midwest Book Review

U n c o n d i t i o n a l L o v e !

Groundbreaking

& Insightful

Wholesome

Family Values

Instills lifetime commitment and love

for companion animals.

Teaches parents and children how to

make their home a forever home.

A complimentary book and media kit

is available for your review.

Loving Marley has national distribution and is

available wherever books are sold.

Join us in sharing the importance of responsible

pet ownership with parents and children.



Loving Marley is a

celebrated winner of

an iParenting

Media Award!

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Loving Marley is a wonderful learning tool!

Promotes to families and children

the commitment that is necessary

to adopt and introduce a new pet

into their home.

Helps parents and children under-

stand how they can prepare for the

lifelong commitment that is nec-

essary to be a responsible pet

owner.

Teaches parents and children

about pet care, responsible pet

ownership and how to make their

home a forever home for pets.

Shows how to meet the

needs of a family pet and

have empathy and respect

for pet’s feelings.

Instills responsible pet own-

ership skills and lifetime

commitment and love for

companion animals.

Focuses on compassion,

empathy, fairness, honesty,

integrity, respect and

responsibility.

Supports a good, solid and

moral family and humane

value system.

Easy-to-read with captivat-

ing realistic illustrations.

Perfect for families as a read

to or read alone storybook.

Perfect for classroom story-

hour, instructional lessons

using story-telling or for

instructional use and institu-

tions promoting pet care.

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Picture books like Loving Marley can reach children on

their learning level in a stimulating and exciting way. By

engaging a child through the use of storytelling, lessons

inside a story become relevant to a child's world. By

connecting those lessons in a story to the world a child

lives in, lessons are learned and retained longer.

Loving Marley has high moral values and altruistic

messages about family, commitment, compromise

and lifelong love, and can be the stepping stone to

instilling humanity and kindness on all levels of life

skill development.

Loving Marley

Available Wherever Books Are Sold

Nationally distributed and stocked by trade wholesalers.

School & Library Promotions — Author Events

Custom Fundraising Programs

[email protected]

Loving Marley specifications:

Ages: 4-8 — Hardcover, full-color

8x10” portrait — 32 pages

Reinforced case-bound

ISBN: 978-0-9766390-7-7

SRP: 14.99








Authors, Writers & Publishers, Award Judges and

Book Reviewers—The Hasslers keep busy!

Donald and Sara Hassler are active members of the press

through the Dog Writers Association of America. Their

feature column, the Responsible Pet Owner and their

companion column Ask Aunt Martha…, are published

in print, in Pug Talk magazine. Both periodical columns

outreach to the public, are informative for all issues

relating to responsible pet ownership, and serve as an

open interactive discussion forum for readers.

Twice awarded The American Dog Writer’s Award for

best single breed magazine, Pug Talk is written by Pug

people for Pug people. Pug Talk is the only printed

breed magazine dedicated to pure-bred Pugs for over 30

years and is distributed nationwide.

Nominated in 2008, the Hasslers proudly serve as

distinguished Judges for the Mom’s Choice Awards®.

The Mom’s Choice Awards® is known for establishing the benchmark

of excellence in family-friendly media, products and

services. Judges are especially interested in products

that encourage emotional, physical and spiritual

growth—promote goodwill and are moral,

inspirational and uplifting.

The Hasslers also enjoy serving the publishing commu-

nity as book reviewers for Midwest Book Review.

The Midwest Book Review (MBR) was founded in 1976 by highly

respected James A. Cox, Editor-In-Chief. MBR is an online monthly

publication aimed at librarians, booksellers, as well as the general

reading public. Its mission is to promote literacy, library usage, and

independent publishing. MBR produces an average of 600 profes-

sional reviews per month

Donald and Sara reside in Connecticut with Marley and

Belle, the real-life inspiration for the PugTale

Adventures storybooks.

In 2004, the Hasslers celebrated their passion for both

animals and children’s books and founded PugTale

Publishing—A company dedicated to helping novice

and experienced pet owners learn about responsible pet

care and the commitment needed to love a pet for a

lifetime.

Together with a professional juvenile editor who

worked with the Hasslers hand in glove as a

developmental editor, they created a groundbreaking

and insightful new series of children’s picture story-

books—PugTale Adventures—that help parents and

children understand how to prepare for the lifelong

commitment that is needed to be a responsible pet

owner. Completing their team with a gifted illustrator,

talented graphic artist, and a veteran marketing

consultant, the Hasslers published their first storybook

in October 2007.

Their debut title, Loving Marley delights, teaches and

guides young readers and new pet owners as they are

introduced to the day-by-day joys and trials that

adopting a family pet brings. Loving Marley, focuses

on responsible pet ownership skills, family values and

humane education and helps parents and their children

understand that pet ownership is a lifelong commitment

to care for and love an animal.

Warmly received by their industry peers, Loving

Marley, has earned twelve literary honors to date,

including an iParenting Media Award, the prestigious

Mom’s Cho ice

Award, the Dove

―Family Approved‖

seal and Creative

Child Magazine’s

Book of the Year

Award — category

of Responsibility.

Sara with Belle Marley with Donald

Loving Marley

Has national

distribution and is

available wherever

books are sold.

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Dedicated to helping parents and children prepare for

responsible pet ownership this informative

periodical column is an outreach to public forums.

The Responsible Pet Owner focuses on the same

values that are found in Loving Marley and the

PugTale Adventures storybooks. Topics include

humane and character education, responsible pet

ownership skills and family values. Articles instill a

good, solid, moral and humane value system to

readers while offering supportive awareness for all

issues relating to pet ownership in or outside the

family unit.

The writing style of all articles are complimentary to

publications because they are insightful, thoughtful,

informative, educational and entertain positive-

minded thoughts. Articles are written plainly and are

not opinionated, overly stated or overbearing. Issues

covered are kept common to novice and experienced

pet owners in order to be appealing to a wide variety

of readers and subscribers. The voice of all articles

is friendly, kind-hearted and understanding so that

the core message is heard and easy to read and clear

to comprehend. Interesting subjects can be intro-

duced upon request if subjects apply to responsible

pet ownership.

The Responsible Pet Owner column is published in

the nationally distributed and printed magazine, Pug

Talk. Previously printed articles of interest can be

reprinted with permission and our pre-approved

custom byline that would include credit to Pug Talk.

New articles can be generated to custom fit the

subject and format of any periodical. Pet ownership,

it’s benefits and impact in our daily lives reaches

far and wide and we can tie into any subject if asked

to or required to.

Ask Aunt Martha… is a companion column to the

Responsible Pet Owner and an open discussion forum

for all issues relating to responsible pet ownership.

This companion column is a comfortable, open and

interactive discussion board for readers. Currently,

readers are directed to send an email with questions to:

[email protected]

Reader questions are selected based on value,

importance, and if they are of wide interest to general

pet owners. Answers are derived from common sense,

extensive research or expert advice from a carefully

chosen pet professional network. Questions, if needed,

can be matched to answers by pet professionals within

the reader’s local area. By providing answers from pet

professionals, Ask Aunt Martha… is able to connect pet

owners with professionals they can contact in the

future. Encouraging pet owners to consult with

professionals and being a guide to know how to find

supportive pet professionals if needed is a unique

feature of this companion column.

Ask Aunt Martha... responds to readers in a non-

judgmental, caring, understanding and thoughtful

fashion in order to elicit the most positive and

productive response from all readers all of the time.

Commitment, responsibility

and love are the cornerstones of

pet ownership and the recipe for

a lifetime of fun with our animal

companions whether they are

feathered, furry or finned.

Ask Aunt Martha...

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Media Relations/Events & Topics

Donald and Sara Hassler have an open door policy with all media and are

available for planned or last minute print, radio, in-person interviews or related opportunities.

As authors, publishers and members of the press, the Hasslers display themselves as factual,

intelligent, tactful, entertaining and informative, and are happy to offer tie-in subject matter to

current stories being covered. All inquires are welcome.

Topics about animals & pets that will leave your audience with inspiration and hope!

The Hasslers have presented and written well researched articles on the following topics:

How to Fall Head Over Heels in Unconditional Love With Animals & Pets

What’s Hot & What’s Not—Pet Industry Trends

The Value of the Human-Pet Bond

Hope for Rescue & the Importance of Humane Education

Growing Up With Companions—The Child-Pet Connection

Get a Pet—Get Healthy! The Positive Impact Pets Have on our Health

Communicating With Your Companions

Defining the Term—How Do You Define Responsible Pet Ownership?

Mixing Modalities & Complimentary Care for Companions

Honoring Our Pets for the Holidays & Sentimental Gift Ideas

The Allure of Adoption—Tips to Successful Pet Adoption

Please visit the media and newsroom at www.pugtaleadventures.com for a complete list of related topics.

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