In honor of the last day of animal month here at Bookmans, we welcomed local author, Pamela Venezio to share with our Bookmans kids about the plight and joys of the beautiful Mustang horses all over the country. Pamela and her husband both grew up around live horses and together share a vast love for them and informed us of the training and adoption process of a Mustang which includes: 90 days with a professional trainer and a show to follow that the Mustang displays its newly trained skills so that everyone can see what gracious and intelligent creatures they are in order to make the proper adoption decisions.

Pamela shared with us her new book, "Ripley and the Traveler,” which follows a true store about a captured Mustang horse and their journey through the training process while his new friend, Ripley the dog, helps along the way and has beautiful illustrations to follow. The book is very in unique in that it also “grows” with the child as the first part of it geared towards children under seven with shorter sentences and larger print while the other half is for children over seven with more complex lessons and writing. It’s a great two-for-one deal! Part of the proceeds of this book benefit the Mustang Heritage Foundation to help with their great cause of facilitating Mustang adoptions all over the United States. We have to thank Pamela for stopping by the store(even in this crazy weather)to share her love of horses with us and make sure to keep an eye out for future events with her and “Ripley and the Traveler.”