Angel's Puppies

About the Book ANGELS PUPPIES tells the story of a young girl Lisa who is quite lonely because her parents are away on a long trip leaving her in the care of a housekeeper Bertha. Lisas main companion is Angel a black mutt. Bertha resents the fact that in addition to having to do the household chores she also has to take care of a dog. Bertha becomes especially angry when Angel becomes pregnant and gives birth to three puppies. Bertha wants Lisa to get rid of the puppies and she is not satisfied until Lisa promises to give the puppies away as soon as they are old enough. When the time comes Lisa gives the puppies as a gift to solders at a nearby army camp where she and Angel can visit them frequently. The story is a fictionalized version of an experience the author underwent while growing up in Israel (then called Palestine) during World War II. . About the Author Born in Israel (then called Palestine) Judith Weinshall Liberman came to the United States in 1947 to pursue higher education. She earned four American university degrees including two in law a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and an LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School. After settling in the Boston area in 1956 she studied art and creative writing. Beginning in the early 1960s and for four decades thereafter Ms. Liberman created numerous series of artworks. Her art has been widely exhibited and is represented in the collection of museums and other public institutions. During her long career in visual art Ms. Liberman wrote several books among them some childrens books. Her book THE BIRDS LAST SONG (Addison-Wesley 1976) which she also illustrated won a citation as one of the fabulous books of the year. In 2012 she published her second childrens book ICE CREAM SNOW (Dog Ear Publishing) which she also illustrated. Her third childrens book THE LITTLE FAIRY (illustrated by Gail Davis Dog Ear Publoishing) was published in 2013 and in 2014 she published her fourth childrens book THE VERY OLD PAINTER AND HER HUSBAND ((illustrated by Gail Davis Dog Ear Publoishing). Judith Weinshall Libermans archives can be found in the Arts Department of the Boston Public Library and at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. . About the Illustrator This is the third book on which Judith Weinshall Liberman the author has collaborated with Gail Davis the illustrator. Since she did not feel that in light of her deteriorated eyesight she could do justice to illustrating ANGELS PUPPIES herself Ms. Liberman selected a fine artist Ms. Gail Davis to create the illustrations under the authors guidance. The two had previously collaborated on THE LITTLE FAIRY (Dog Ear Publishing 2013) and on THE VERY OLD PAINTER AND HER HUSBAND (Dog Ear Publishing 2014). In the present book Ms. Davis beautifully captures not only the spirit of the story and of the characters but also the landscape and the atmosphere of Israel as it was at the time when the events which inspired this story took place.