{"product_id":"are-you-ready-for-me-9780940719040","title":"Are You Ready for Me?","description":"\u003cp\u003eGetting a dog can be a wonderful moment in a family's life--or the beginning of a bad situation for everyone. In \u003ci\u003eAre You Ready for Me? \u003c\/i\u003eengaging text and colorful, detail-filled pictures describe the responsibilities and joys of dog ownership in the lives of two children. A dog and a pup waiting to be chosen at an animal adoption center pose questions that show what it will mean to bring a dog into one's family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book's final page offers a We Are Ready to Have a Dog Contract with questions to check off; children and parents together will be able to decide whether they really are ready. A link to The Gryphon Press website offers bonuses, including a Ready for Dog Ownership Certificate and even an award certificate for children who are mature enough to realize that they and a dog are not a good match at this point in the child's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eAre You Ready for Me?\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that every dog-loving family will want to own. Parents and grandparents will enjoy giving the book as a delightful way to lead up to both the exhilarating moment of adoption and a lifetime of mutual happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eClaire Buchwald\u003c\/b\u003e, author of four children's picture books, including \u003ci\u003eMax Talks to Me \u003c\/i\u003e(The Gryphon Press, 2007), has a PhD in communications and works to promote children's creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtist \u003cb\u003eAmelia Hanson\u003c\/b\u003e has illustrated twenty previous titles, including \u003ci\u003eAt the Dog Park with Sam and Lucy\u003c\/i\u003e (The Gryphon Press, 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gryphon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780940719040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 8.70w x 0.50d","brand":"Claire Buchwald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51230780457141,"sku":"9780940719040","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4aea1486-9ce4-44cf-b029-9836b728db05.jpg?v=1750170208","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/are-you-ready-for-me-9780940719040","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}