A Place for Grace
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She was Grace …
… and she was sweet.
But rarely had enough to eat.
She moved from place … to place … to place …
… never having her own space.
A family here …
… a family there ...
… but none that ever seemed to care …
… enough to make her theirs to keep …
… that she could love from way down deep.
Happy Jack would see her face …
… and knew he had to find a place …
… where she could run, and jump, and play …
… a forever home for Grace to stay.
Happy Jack went everywhere …
… to find a home for Grace to share.
Pat the Cat said, “I love Grace …
… but my home is a cubby space!”
Bitsy Bird and Buzzy Bee …
… said they loved Grace, but they could see …
… she had no wings to fly up high …
… to soar with them up in the sky.
Cassie Cow and Herbie Horse …
… tried to help, but then, of course …
… they eat grass, and oats, and hay …
… not bones like puppies eat all day!
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About the Book
Happy and playful, Jack the corgi puppy has a friend named Grace. Jack feels sad for her because she has no family or a safe place to live. He sets out on a journey to find Grace a forever home. He asks everyone—from Bitsy Bird and Buzzy Bee to Cassie Cow and Herbie Horse—but no one has just the right place for Grace. And then Jack learns that sometimes the answer to his prayer is right under his nose. The second in a series about Jack the corgi, this rhyming picture book for children shares a heartwarming story about friendship and love.
About the Author
Delette Marengo grew up in the Bitterroot Valley in southwestern Montana. She moved to California for college and worked in a variety of legislative and government relations-related jobs, including serving as special advisor to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Marengo now lives and works in Nebraska with her sweet Corgi, Jack, the inspiration for both of her children’s books.