Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog and Author Dayna Hilton Celebrating Release!

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog and Author Dayna Hilton are celebrating the release of the 2nd edition of Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog! After a successful print of 15,000 of the first edition, the new edition is now available by ordering at your local bookstore and on Amazon.com.

A portion of the proceeds benefit the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation.

New Cover for Upcoming Children's Fire Safety Book, Sparkles Goes to Boston, Released!

This morning I am so excited to share the cover for my new book, Sparkles Goes to Boston! The book will be released October 16th in Southborough, MA and I am so excited! My tail is wagging a mile a minute!




The book features me, Firefighter Dayna, Lt. Jim Peltier and all of his friends at the Southborough Fire Department. Be sure to visit the Sparkles Goes to Boston blog HERE to learn more about the book!


Stay safe everyone!

More Pictures from Friends!

The pictures are still coming in!

Recently, Firefighter Dayna asked my friends on Facebook to take a picture of their four-legged friend or child with the cover of the July issue of Cesar's Way Magazine (or the article about me). These entries go into a drawing to win some very special items to help keep you and your family safe! Woof!

Today I received a picture of Wingo, a certified therapy dog working for the Morgan Nick Foundation.

Wingo is a very special dog! According to his mom, Tara, Wingo started providing his services at the Morgan Nick Foundation, when he was about four weeks old and he has been working regularly ever since. She said he began going to safety events at three months of age and was an instant success with all of the children. Time after time, she said, he proves to be gentle with even the littlest and attentive to those apparently in need. This skill has been evident when people go into the foundation office as well. No matter the obvious stress and chaos in their lives, hearts melt and burdens become lighter after some attention from him.

Wingo's favorite activity is going to schools with the foundation staff to teach kids internet and real world safety. Tara says that because of Wingo, that children will be able to remember this empowering safety message long after he is gone. Because his undeniable talents, he is striving to become a courthouse dog in the future and be available to sit in with child victims during forensic interviewing and courtroom testimony.

Wingo, you are one cool dog! Thanks so much for the picture!

About the Morgan Nick Foundation:

The Morgan Nick Foundation (MNF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was formed in the tragic aftermath of the abduction of 6-year-old Morgan Nick. Morgan’s mother, Colleen Nick, formed the Morgan Nick Foundation in an effort to recover missing children across the country. MNF also serves as a support team to the many families of missing children. A MNF Case Manager works with families and serves as a liaison to law enforcement agencies. The Morgan Nick Foundation exists to provide solutions to educate families, law enforcement, and youth leadership to aid in the prevention of missing and exploited children.

I can't wait to see your pictures! Click HERE to learn more about how to submit your photo!

I love my friends!

The pictures are coming in! Firefighter Dayna asked my friends on Facebook to take a picture of their four-legged friend or child with the cover of the July issue of Cesar's Way Magazine (or the article about me). These entries go into a drawing to win some very special items to help keep you and your family safe! Woof!

My new friends, Thurman and Brian checking out the article

Thurman and Brian's mom, Devri, posing with her copy of Cesar's Way Magazine.

I can't wait to see your pictures! Click HERE to learn more about how to submit your photo!

Let's Celebrate Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog being featured in Cesar's Way Magazine!

Let's celebrate!

I am one lucky dog! Thanks so Cesar Millan, an article about my journey to become a fire safety dog, as well as valuable fire safety tips to help keep you and your family safe, are in the July 2010 issue of Cesar's Way Magazine.


Take a picture of your four-legged friend or child with the cover of the July issue of Cesar's Way Magazine (or the article about Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog) and your name will go into a drawing to win some very special items to help keep you and your family safe!

A random drawing will be held to select one winner who will receive one of the very first copies of the revision of Sparkles' children's fire safety book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog, due to be released in July! The book will be autographed by Children's Author Firefighter Dayna Hilton and "pawtographed" by Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog!
The winner will also receive a Talking Combination Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm from our good friends at First Alert! Woof!






Send your photo to me, Sparkles, along with the name of your four-legged friend(s) to sparkles@sparklesthefiresafetydog.com (include "Cesar's Way Magazine" in the subject line) or upload your photo on Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog's Facebook page. One entry per person. All countries welcome! I love my friends from all across the world! Drawing to be held June 31, 2010. Good luck and stay safe my friends!

This contest not affiliated with Cesar's Way.

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog ranked #3 on Amazon.com for Children's Firefighting Books!

Wow, my tail is wagging so fast! My book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog, is now ranked #3 on Amazon.com for Children's Firefighting Books at the moment and #59,007 on Amazon.com's Best Book sales rank! Helping keep children and their caregivers fire safe, that's what it's all about!

A Big High Paw to Dawn Meehan!

One of Firefighter Dayna's and my absolutely FAVORITE bloggers on the whole face of the planet is Dawn Meehan ("Because I Said So Blog"). Yesterday Dawn shared the "Change Your Batteries" Sprout fire safety tip. Thank you Dawn for helping spread the fire saf...ety message! Sparkles has made you the newest Sparkles the Fire Safety Dogs' Fire Safety Champion!

Firefighter Dayna Scheduled to be on the Children Authors Show

On October 14th and 15th, Children's Author Show Radio will broadcast an interview about Firefighter Dayna's fire safety children's book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog. Click on the link, then find the Children's Author Show link. Hear all my story and how the book came to be!

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Book Trailer on Mayra's Secret Bookcase and Pets and Their Authors Blog

Thanks to Mayra's Secret Bookcase and Pet's and Their Authors blog for blogging about our new book trailer! Thanks to Mayra and Amigo for helping spread the fire safety message!

New Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Fire Safety Champion's

High paw to the latest Sparkles the Fire Safety Dogs' Fire Safety Champions: Southborough Fire Department, Linda Hubley, Southborough News, Evonne Carawan, Kiyoko Czech, Susan Eicher Mamber, Wendy Nan Rees, Cappy, Mayra Calvani and Amigo! If you help spread the word about Sparkles and her fire safety efforts, you can become a Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Champion too! Just let us know what you have done to help spread the fire safety message!

To see the list of Sparkles the Fire Safey Dog Champion's, click on the picture of Sparkles.

New Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Book Trailer!

Hi boys and girls! This is Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog. Today Firefighter Dayna and I worked really hard on our new book trailer for our book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog! This is a really exciting book trailer! It has surprises, including a video of me assisting with a fire safety presentation. Hope you like it!

Sparkles and Firefighter Dayna on Authors Read October 26th

Wow, I am so excited! On October 26th, Firefighter Dayna will be reading our children's fire safety book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog, on Authors Read on Blog Talk Radio! Helping keep children and their caregivers safe, that's what it's all about!

Click HERE to learn more!

Children's Fire Safety Book Ranked #73,960 on Amazon.com today!

My tail is wagging so fast right now! My children's fire safety book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog was ranked #73,960 today on Amazon.com!

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Book Reviewed by DogSport Magazine

Thanks to my really good friends at DogSport Magazine for sending me a copy of their review from May/June issue! Click on the picture of the cover to read the review.

Thanks to everyone at DogSport for the great review and for helping spread the fire safety message! You guys rock! Sparkles

Pages from my children's fire safety book!

Here's a sneak peek at a couple of pages from my children's fire safety book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog.


Be sure to visit our website to learn more about this life saving tool!

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Book Reviewed by Children's Dog Books and Reviews Blog

High paw to my good friend Charlotte at Children's Dog Books and Reviews blog for the wonderful book review and for helping spread the fire safety message!

Charlotte is a mom, writer, speaker, dog trainer and founder of the Safety Sam Dog Bite Prevention Program. Firefighter Dayna and I will soon be interviewing Charlotte to learn more about the Safety Sam Dog Bite Prevention Program. We love learning about programs that help keep people safe!

To read the book review, click HERE.

Sparkles Helps Spread the Fire Safety Message on the New Teacher Resource Center Blog

High paw to the New Teacher Resource Center, for helping Firefighter Dayna and I spread the fire safety message! We had a great time working on this article for my friend Dorit's site, in which we share fire safety education tips for teachers.

Check out the article on the New Teacher Resource Center Blog HERE.

Thank you Dorit for helping keep children and their caregivers fire safe! You rock!

Sparkles

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog selected as "Book of the Week" by the Books Go Beyond Reading Blog's

Wow! Being a fire safety dog is so much fun, especially when you receive good news!

Firefighter Dayna and I are super excited that our book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog, has been selected as “Book of the Week” by Joy Delgado’s Books Go Beyond Reading Blog.

What's cook about Joy's blog is that her blog explores books, like mine, that go beyond reading. If you have read my book, then you know that we have lots of fun learning about fire safety!

Joy also gave the book a great review! High paw, Joy, for helping us spread the fire safety message!

For those of you that may not know, my book has been credited for saving the lives of two children and their families . The more we can spread the word, the more children and caregivers we can help keep safe!

You can find the book Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog HERE.