Chester the Chesapeake Book One [Kindle Edition]

Barbara Ebel (Author)

Book Description

Chester is one loveable dog. In this first children's book of the Chester the Chesapeake series, Chester is a growing puppy learning all the rules. There is so much to learn!

Just about the time Chester's got life by the paws, a huge dog arrives as well as a small kitten. Heavens to pets!  Life just isn't the same any more.  Will Chester learn to share and ultimately become a therapy dog? 

The next books in the ebook and paperback series are:

Chester the Chesapeake Book Two: Summertime
Chester the Chesapeake Book Three: Wintertime.
Chester the Chesapeake Book Four: My Brother Buck.
The first three books are also bundled together as a special ebook only: The
Chester the Chesapeake Trilogy (The Chester the Chesapeake Series).

Visit Chester at his website!  dogbooksforchildren.weebly.com

 

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Young children will find it easy to relate to Chester the Chesapeake as he learns to share, listen, follow the rules, and ultimately, be of service to his larger community."
Chester is a winner!    Patricia Lynch, Elementary School Teacher, NY

  
"Chester is a great storyteller!"  
Marcia Donovan, Putnam Library Storyteller, Cookeville, TN


"This is an excellent book to help children to understand the loving bond that is created when a dog enters one's life. The realistic pictures and real life situations make learning more relatable for children."  
Dawn Murphy, Early Education Teacher, Smithville, TN

About the Author

Barbara Ebel, MD is an anesthesiologist-turned-author who spreads pet therapy through middle Tennessee. By popular demand, she has written and illustrated two more books from Chester's point of view. Her dog books are featured at dogbooksforchildren.weebly.com

Doctor Barbara also writes adult medical genre novels and self-help. Her romantic suspense is Operation Neurosurgeon: You never know...who's in the OR; her lengthy general fiction is Outcome, A Novel: There's more than a hurricane coming..., and her book for healthy living is Younger Next Decade: After Fifty, the Transitional Decade, and What You Need to Know. Her fiction and nonfiction is featured at barbaraebel.weebly.com.

Barbara lives with her husband and pets in a protected wildlife corridor in Tennessee and continues to be a medical guest lecturer.

Product Details

• File Size: 1138 KB
• Print Length: 32 pages
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003ZSHOCG
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #433,145 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Adorable children's book February 25, 2009

By M. Graff

Format:Paperback

This book has actual photographs of Chester, a Chesapaeake Bay Retriever, and his family. It focuses on his volunteer work and will delight children and adults alike.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Cindy January 22, 2010

By C. Rigby

Format:Paperback

I really enjoyed reading this book to my grandkids. The pictures are cute and the comments are quite wry. Using photographs makes this story more "real" for children, and the gentle lessons put forth are a great inspiration for discussion.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Teaching compassion and kindness February 19, 2009

By H. Foss

Format:Paperback

My three year old daughter loves this book! As she has a dog of her own, she can really relate to the story about learning, compassion and kindness. She brought the book to her preschool one day to share with her class - it was a huge hit as kids can relate to animals so well. I love the personal touch given to the book by the author Barbara Ebel. It is lovely all around and would be a welcome addition to any child's book collection!

More About the Author

Barbara Ebel is a physician-turned-author who sprinkles credible medicine into her novels, but her characters and plots take center stage. She has lived up and down the US East Coast and now resides in a wildlife corridor in Tennessee. "Perfect for writing," she says.

Her adult fiction books are the 2012 bestselling romantic suspense medical mystery Operation Neurosurgeon: You never know...who's in the OR and Outcome, a Novel: There's more than a hurricane coming... Her self-help, healthy living book is Younger Next Decade: After Fifty, the Transitional Decade, and What You Need to Know.

"Doctor Barbara" has a trained therapy dog, Chester. She used him as the template to inspire good behavior in children and is both the writer and illustrator of the Chester the Chesapeake Series; she uses real pictures and the stories are from Chester's point of view.

Please visit her at her website: http://barbaraebel.weebly.com
Chester the Chesapeake's website is: http://dogbooksforchildren.weebly.com