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The Jewel Collar is the story of a Maltese dog, Aristotle, who moves from the family beach house to a new home so his Mommy, an attorney,can be closer to the Courthouse and train station. Ari is very sad, missing his garden friends. Ari decides to share the jewels on his Jewel Collar with... read more

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The Jewel Collar is the story of a Champion Maltese dog, Aristotle. Aristotle has many friends in the beach house garden, including the squirrels, doves, possums, ducks and sparrows. His Mommy comes home one day shortly before Christmas and tells him that they will be moving away from the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

The Jewel Collar is the story of a Champion Maltese dog, Aristotle. Aristotle has many friends in the beach house garden, including the squirrels, doves, possums, ducks and sparrows. His Mommy comes home one day shortly before Christmas and tells him that they will be moving away from the beach house so she can be closer to the Courthouse and train station. Ari is very sad at the thought of leaving his garden friends at the beach. His Mommy is worried about him at the new home so she gives him one of his Christmas gifts early -- a Jewel Collar. Ari decides that if he shares his jewels with the garden friends he will make new friends. He makes many new friends and they decide to call themselves the Garden Friends Club. On Christmas morning they decorate a Christmas tree in the garden, placing the jewels Ari had given them on the tree. They promise to share the jewels with new visitors to the garden so they won't feel lonely and to place the jewels on the Christmas tree each and every year.

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  • “We will share the jewels so that our new friends will not be lonely and know that we will always be their friends.”

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Once upon a time there was a beautiful Maltese puppy named Aristotle. He was called Ari for short. Ari was a Champion show dog but was happiest at home sitting in the garden and playing with his garden friends.

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  1. Christine Karol Roberts (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Catherine Company through Smashwords.com and Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 16, 2011
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Page Count: 44

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Reading Level: Ages 4-8

This book is also wonderful to read to a newborn and child under three as well since the plot is charming and there are 41 full color pictures of the various animals and birds.


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