Have you met the border buddies yet? They’re my dogs and the stars of the Border Buddies series, chapter books for early readers! The third book in the series was recently released.
A few years ago, I came up with the idea for this series because my two border collie dogs have such amazing personalities, and I thought it would be fun to have them star in children’s chapter books.
Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to our oldest dog, Luke (one of the border buddies) a few weeks ago. However, I will continue to write books in this series to honor him.
The first book, Border Buddies, introduces the dogs and follows them on an adventure in the woods. While my dogs were never lost in the woods alone, I wrote things based on experiences we had while walking them on the local nature trail (i.e. Luke not wanting to get near the little stream but Cole going in full force; Luke wanting to sniff around and rest while Cole wants to chase squirrels and bark up trees at birds, and so on).
As I was writing the first one, before it was even published, we fostered and adopted Hitch, a mountain cur mix. Naturally, I had to include Hitch in the series but without taking away from the border buddies too much. So the second book, Border Buddies Get A Brother, welcomes Hitch to the family. Fun fact: how Cole acts towards Hitch in this book is basically how I see him acting if dogs could talk because Cole did NOT like Hitch when we first got him. Now, they’re best friends.
The third book in the series, Border Buddies Help A Friend, is about the border buddies helping a friend who visits and hates winter. I got the idea because one of my greatest friend’s dog hates winter and she made a joke one day about the border buddies (who love snow) getting Daisy (her dog) to like the snow.
These fun and furry tales are only seven chapters long and easy for young children to read. They can be found on Amazon and Barnes & Noble online. The border buddies also ask that you leave a friendly review on Amazon and Goodreads after reading!!
You can also find other books I've written on the Melanie Lynn Collection website (children's books and adult fiction).
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We have read all 3 of these books (my 8 year old) and they are adorable. Can’t wait to see where they go from here.
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