Hey, everyone! I am April Spaniol, author of Forever Home. This sweet and funny tale is written from the perspective of my greyhound, Pico. When we adopted her, everything was a new experience.  It was clear to me that she had never seen her reflection in a mirror or walked upstairs. She looked sideways with a puzzled stare when she saw and heard the television.  I laughed at all of her silly antics and then I thought, “She would make others laugh, too!” That is how Forever Home came to be. I had heard the term “forever home” after joining a lot of pet pages on social media.  I figured if I could put Pico’s silly antics in a book, then others would want to give their own greyhound, or any dog, a forever home.

Meeting all of the new people since writing this book has been bittersweet. A positive outcome is that little children do laugh when hearing the story and proceed to tell me all about their pets! It makes for a very fun day! However, this new world opening up to me has opened my eyes to the reality that a lot of pets are in need of a forever home! It is because of that knowledge that I have decided to donate a portion of the proceeds of each book sold on my website to two special organizations. First, Virginia Greyhound Association because they are the awesome group that found Pico for my family. The next group is Love, Hope, Believe Galgo Rescue, Inc., based in Illinois, to help with the work they do rescuing the Galgos from their horrible plight in Spain. You can read about both organizations through their links on my website: http://www.aprilspaniol.com