Sassafrass Jones and the Search for a Forever Home

By Luxury Kitten
Price $24.99
Age 6+

Kids and parents alike will be delighted by this tale of an orphaned Pekingese dog with a delicate eye condition and a lonely milliner mouse who pair up to pursue their dreams. Destined to be a classic, this hard cover children's book bristles with imagination and entertainment. Everything about it, from its outsize pages filled with more than 50 full-color images to its captivating storyline and cast of colorful characters, bespeaks the presence of something special. Each beautifully detailed image consists of vintage Steiff animals and miniatures and is a story unto itself, so much so that even pre-readers will spend hours lingering over the pages. Filled with nuance and humor, this book transports readers to a world so fully realized as to hold them in a state of wonder. Each book comes with an audio book CD narrated by Fred Schneider of The B52s. Written by Cathleen Smith Bresciani and Richard L. Eldredge. Photographs by Tomas Espinoza with sets created by Christopher J. McClellan. Proceeds go to benefit Canine Companions for Independence and The Humane Society of New York, among others both nationally and locally.