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ROXI THE RESCUE DOG BOOKS

Now Available in Audio Book Format!

4/4/2023

We are excited to announce that Roxi the Rescue Dog Helps the Cows is now available as an audio book on many platforms including:

Kobo, Walmart: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/roxi-the-rescue-dog-helps-the-cows
Chirp: https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/roxi-the-rescue-dog-helps-the-cows-by-carolyn-drew
Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/audiobook/630633768/ROXI-the-Rescue-Dog-Helps-the-Cows-A-Vegan-Story-for-Kids-about-Saving-Dairy-Cows
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Carolyn_Drew_ROXI_the_Rescue_Dog_Helps_the_Cows?id=AQAAAEAiASxBHM
Libro.FM: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781777159153
Storytel: https://www.storytel.com/se/sv/books/4009775
Audiobooks.com: https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/roxi-the-rescue-dog-helps-the-cows-a-vegan-story-for-kids-about-saving-dairy-cows/674151
Audible, Amazon: https://www.audible.com/pd/Roxi-the-Rescue-Dog-Helps-the-Cows-Audiobook/B0BZ9FLRN1

A great resource for parents and educators wanting to teach about animal compassion and veganism, without the graphics.

Audio format encourages conversations of how our choices affect us, the animals, and our planet. We hope you enjoy Roxi's story about saving the dairy cows by choosing plant-based milks.

Stay tuned for the rest of Roxi's humane education stories to arrive in audio format soon!

Raising Compassionate Kids

2/22/2021

If you knew what the elephants went through, would you still go on an elephant ride, or pay to see elephants perform?

Roxi the Rescue Dog Helps the Elephants children's book teaches empathy for elephants and will empower children to make compassionate choices in life.

It’s easy to choose NOT to ride an elephant! It’s easy to choose NOT to attend a circus. It’s easy to be compassionate - in fact, compassion isn’t taught, it’s untaught. And that is sad. But, we can do something about it, and education about how animals are treated is a good start. Most people don’t realize what’s going on behind the scenes. Most people don’t want to hurt animals.

Please read and spread the message. Think of giving a Roxi Book as a gift. It’s a win-win for the animals. Not only by raising awareness, but partial proceeds from book sales are donated to animal rescue organizations.

Here’s to a brighter future for all sentient beings.

#endanimalcruelty #noridingelephants #animalcompassion #humaneeducation #roxibooks

CLICK HERE to purchase
Roxi the Rescue Dog Helps the Elephants

It All Started With The Eggs

11/6/2020

While grocery shopping with my daughter, we came upon the egg section. So many choices!

FREE-RANGE, FREE-RUN, ORGANIC, CAGE-FREE, CAGED…. Caged? They actually put that on the label? Why would we buy eggs if we knew they were from caged chickens in small, cramped, unsanitary, and inhumane conditions? I read the cartons, I read the inside of the cartons, I deliberated, I chose, and I said out loud, “I sure hope these eggs are from happy chickens!”

My curiosity and empathy towards the chickens led me to research egg labels, egg-laying chicken conditions, and factory farming in general. Oh dear! Not only was I appalled at the horrendous conditions and animal abuse, I couldn’t believe that the egg industry sent male baby chicks down a conveyor belt to be ground-up alive. In today’s internet world you can see videos of this actually happening.

There are many awesome animal advocacy organizations promoting shocking (but true!) graphical information and images on social media. I decided to focus on the folks that would scroll by those all-too-painful images. To try and attract the attention of mainstream families by getting them to stop and think about their choices. I started writing my humane education children’s book series as a subtle but powerful age-appropriate way to get the animal compassion message out there.

I realize now that my first book, “ROXI the Rescue Dog Helps the Chickens”, is not truly vegan (I may change that with an updated edition). It does, however, raise awareness of factory farming. It is a cute, fun story about happy chickens and sad egg-laying chickens, and a superhero rescue dog that flies around the world spreading the message about the sad chicken’s lives.

I have since researched and written the following children’s books in hopes of raising awareness of specific animal welfare issues.

ROXI the Rescue Dog Helps the Elephants – raising awareness of animals used for entertainment, specifically, elephant riding and elephant performing.
ROXI the Rescue Dog Helps the Tigers – raising awareness of animals used for entertainment, specifically, tiger selfies, tiger cub feeding, tiger tricks.
ROXI the Rescue Dog Helps the Bunnies – raising awareness of animals used for testing, specifically, bunnies used for testing cosmetics and household products.

I’ll continue to write as long as I can. There is no end to the animal issues out there, and I hope I am able to help in some small way.

#rescuechickens #freechickens #earthfriendlyfood #regenerativefarming #sustainableliving #cagefree #kidlit #roxibooks #indieauthor #booksforkids #humaneeducation

FREE ~ ACTIVITY BOOK FOR KIDS

11/4/2020

Fun Activities for Young Children!
CLICK HERE to download ROXI'S FREE ACTIVITY BOOK.

With so many families working and schooling from home, I thought I'd offer a few activities to keep the little ones busy (at least for a few minutes!) I've spent some time creating cute colouring pages from my ROXI stories, along with simple math/counting activity sheets for young children - especially those who love animals! Over time, I'll be adding more activities like word searches, crossword puzzles, and mazes.

CLICK HERE to download ROXI'S FREE ACTIVITY BOOK.

ROXI Roars for Tigers

10/3/2020

ROXI ROARS FOR TIGERS on WORLD ANIMAL DAY!

World Animal Day is dedicated to making the world a fairer place for all animals, and each and every one of us can make a difference.

World Animal Day Mission:

"To raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards around the globe. Building the celebration of World Animal Day unites the animal welfare movement, mobilizing it into a global force to make the world a better place for all animals. It's celebrated in different ways in every country, irrespective of nationality, religion, faith or political ideology. Through increased awareness and education we can create a world where animals are always recognized as sentient beings and full regard is always paid to their welfare."

This year, in support of World Animal Day, Roxi Books teams up with For Tigers Foundation to launch ROXI ROARS FOR TIGERS! A 30-day fundraising campaign to help improve the welfare of captive tigers in Thailand. $1.00 from every Roxi Tiger Book sold will go towards better living conditions for the relocated Temple Tigers.

For Tigers Foundation is dedicated to the welfare of the tigers who will live in captivity for the rest of their lives. They aim to raise the standards of living and care through research, education and direct aid.

Check out For Tigers Foundation Blog Post where they discuss the importance of welfare messaging to the younger generation.

When Elephants Were Young

8/12/2020

Today, in honour of World Elephant Day ~ August 12th, I watched a screening of When Elephants Were Young. A documentary that features a Thai family and their captive elephant, Nong Nai. I felt it was an appropriate and responsible film showing the reality of life in Thailand for both the elephants and the people.

Elephants popularity is also their misfortune.

Asian elephants are endangered, and currently one-third of them live in captivity. There are many elephant tourist camps in Thailand as tourism is currently the only legal form of elephant work. It is also still legal to sell and buy domestic elephants and/or their parts in Thailand.

Ironically, there are no such things as "domesticated elephants", only wild elephants in captivity.

Although it is illegal to capture wild elephants, lack of resources enforcing this issue allow for 50 – 100 wild elephants smuggled into the tourism industry each year. It is also against the law to street beg, but many families continue as it is their only means of trying to earn money.

Roxi Books aim to raise awareness of animal welfare situations around the world. Check out Roxi the Rescue Dog Helps the Elephants for an age-appropriate story about elephants used for riding and performing.

For more information on the above-mentioned documentary, please visit: www.WhenElephantsWereYoung.com/movie
For information on World Elephant Day and how you can help, please visit: www.WorldElephantDay.org

World Tiger Day ~ July 29

7/29/2020

HAPPY TIGERS

SAD TIGER

In support of World Tiger Day we are happy to announce that our fourth humane education children's book will be launching soon. Roxi the Rescue Dog Helps the Tigers - an animal compassion story that raises awareness of animals used for entertainment, specifically, tigers exploited for tiger selfies, tiger feedings, and tiger tricks.

Sadly, tigers are repeatedly bred for their cubs, who are then taken away from their mother in their first few weeks of life and used as props for tourists. What seems like a harmless photo is a lifetime of misery and torture for tigers forced to pose for pictures. Shockingly, there are more tigers in captivity than there are left in the wild.

During Covid 19 the tigers continue to be victimized due to lack of funding for food, ongoing deplorable living conditions, and limited health care. Through education and awareness of animal welfare issues like these, we hope we can reduce animal cruelty around the world.

Being Together ~ Reading Together

4/7/2020

With all the uncertainties of Covid 19, we are grateful to be able to continue reading with our kids. This Easter, we are happy to share the launch of our newest humane education book, Roxi the Rescue Dog Helps the Bunnies - spreading the message of animal testing, specifically for bunny rabbits used for testing cosmetics and household products. Written for young children with age appropriate content, fun illustrations, and a Super Hero rescue dog that saves the day! We hope you continue to enjoy being together and reading together. Stay safe, stay happy, and hugs to everyone!

Animal Compassion in 2020

1/22/2020

Thank you for your support in 2019 as we launched our first 2 Roxi Books! Roxi the Rescue Dog Helps the Chickens - spreading the message of animals used for food, specifically egg-laying chickens, and the awareness of factory farming; Roxi the Rescue Dog Helps the Elephants - spreading the message of animals used for entertainment, specifically elephant riding and performing, and the cruelty behind animal tourism. Looking forward to an awesome 2020 and continuing to reduce animal cruelty through Humane Education.