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The Dog Who Ate the Vegetable Garden & Helped Save the Planet
Guernica Editions (Guernica World Editions), Spring 2019
106 pages
Trade Paperback
ISBN13: 9781771834483
ISBN10: 177183448X
English
$20.00 Canada, $20.00 US
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Dori's narrative is a heart-touching and zany blend of actual events in the life of a young Boxer. With edgy charm, she takes us on a romp through her world in such a way we can't help but reconsider our lives. Through her we get a dog's-eye view on human exploitation of animals. This unique approach is hauntingly effective.--Dr. Will Tuttle, author of the acclaimed Amazon #1 best-seller The World Peace Diet, published in 16 languages, recipient of the Courage of Conscience Award and the Empty Cages Prize
My story is about plants. The planet. And animals. About a dog. Me! And my humans. Eating only plants. No animals. Yup! And that brings up other stuff. Um hm.
Meg and Dori (a real dog) created perfection in this book! I absolutely love Dori’s point of view and how intuitively Meg channeled Dori's sentiments and disbelief regarding humans. The Dog Who Ate the Vegetable Garden & Helped Save the Planet is the stuff that classics are made of, and should be required reading for everyone, including teachers and older students. The perspective is spot on!
Renee King-Sonnen, Executive Director and founder of Rowdy Girl Sanctuary, a former beef cattle ranch that became a farmed-animal sanctuary
A gorgeous story of rich love and zany adventures that made me look deeper within to find more kindness and more hope for a better world.
Dotsie Bausch, Founder, Switch4Good, Olympic Medalist, World Record Holder
As someone who wavers between taking the full step towards vegetarianism or keeping one foot in the meat-eating world, I didn’t think the book would affect me much. But I found myself skipping the meat for dinner more than once, and even questioned whether I need milk in my coffee. Subtly and slowly, the book’s message wormed its way into my brain.
Jana Gregorio, Broken Pencil
There’s a spark inside all dogs that ignites the human heart. One particular dog, the main character in this extremely informative animal-rights cross-genre novel, can light up an entire city. Dori, the story’s pert four-legged sage, helps the reader see the world with compassion. We are all in dire need of her furred truth telling. Folks—this is “real news.” A clever, important and enlightening book, it is necessary and couldn’t have arrived at a better time. Dori can help save lives and the planet. Highly recommended!
Rob Plath – underground poet, painter, photographer, animal-rights activist and author of A Bellyful of Anarchy, and The Cataracts of Conformity.
A very clever and unique book—unique in more ways than one!
Dr. T. Colin Campbell, author of New York Times best-seller The China Study, Cornell University Jacob Gould Shurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional
Quirky humor, autobiography, and so much more. This is a book of ethics and love, and an act of faith and wisdom on how veganism could save us and lead us to the world’s flowering, again. Dori deepened me. I hope thousands of folks take it to heart and mind.
William Heyen, National Book Award Finalist and author of The Candle: Poems of Our 20th Century Holocausts
A delightfully witty, whimsical and creative book. And a decidedly serious one. Ooph!
Jonathan Balcombe, author of What a Fish Knows
Dori’s cracking-wise book is a fresh and cheeky view of the world. Reading her very fluidly written pages is a lot of fun. Delightful!
John Sterling – former president Henry Holt/Editor at Large, MacMillan
Awards
- The Miramichi Reader 2020 Pick!
Reviews
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Get lectured by a vegan dog in ‘The Dog Who Ate the Vegetable Garden and Helped Save the Planet’
Broken Pencil - April 30, 2021
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Midwest Book Review
MBR - August 10, 2020
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The Dog Who Ate the Vegetable Garden & Helped Save the Planet by Meg Hurley
The Miramichi Reader - May 30, 2020
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NEW BOOK TELLS DOG’S ZANY, REAL-LIFE STORY TO SPREAD COMPASSION FOR ALL ANIMALS
Lady Freethinker - October 2, 2019
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