Firefighter Jim Peltier and Firefighter Dayna will be live on the FOX 25 Boston Morning Show

On October 13th, Firefighter Jim Peltier, Firefighter Dayna and Tango the Fire Safety Dog, will be live on the FOX 25 Boston Morning Show to promote the new children's book, Sparkles Goes to Boston. The broadcast will be streamed live at myFOXboston.com at 9:35 EST. Join us to learn all about our big adventure to help keep children safe with our latest fire safety book. Sparkles Goes to Boston is based on the Southborough Fire Department and the most up-to-date children's fire safety book on the market.


To learn more about Sparkles Goes to Boston, please visit the Sparkles Goes to Boston website.

Announcing the Latest Addition to our Fire Safety Family

Please help me welcome Siren the Fire Safety Dog!

Firefighter Dayna, Tango and I are so excited that we will have a new edition to our family and fire safety team! It is so much fun having a little brother!

My new little brother is two months old and he came to live with us a week ago. We have had so much fun getting to know each other!

His mother is Whoopie of Dalmino Dals and Jack of NspirD Dalmatians.

Here is Siren's mom:

Here's Siren's dad, Jack:

Jack is one of the top sires of Champions with 82 sons and daughters earning titles. He is the most winning Dalmatian of all time with 427 wins.

The first thing that Siren did when he got to his new home with me and Tango, was check his email. Silly dog!

See more pix of the big day HERE.

Siren also has a new Facebook page. Be sure to check it out! He'll also have fire safety tips on his Facebook page, just like me!

Until next time, stay safe everyone!

Meet our new fire safety dog puppy, LIVE, tonight!

Join us this evening at 7:00 p.m. CST as we introduce to the world the latest addition to our family and fire safety team, an eight week old Dalmatian puppy, complete with the prettiest blue eyes you have ever seen! We will be streaming live from Arkansas onto your computer!

In tonight’s live streaming event, we will let you meet the little guy and will reveal his name.

If you join Stickam (it’s free) before the event, and you will be able to have a more interactive experience with us (you also have the ability to watch without joining, however, it won't be as much fun ).

Hope you can make it! He is one adorable little guy and he can’t wait to meet you!

Book review by Tango!

Meet my new little brother, live on the web!

The time is almost here! Meet my new little brother, the newest fire safety dog, as we welcome him to our fire safety family. Be the first to learn his name during this event!


I am one excited big sister! I can't wait to teach him everything that he needs to know about being a fire safety dog!

Reserve your Skype Visit with the Fire Safety Dogs Now!

New Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Coloring Book Released!

My new book is here!

So very excited that my new coloring book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Coloring Book, was released yesterday!

What's so cool about this coloring book is that it goes along well with my other two books, Sparkles Goes to Boston and Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog, or it goes well when you just read it by itself. Either way, it's alot of fun!

Inside the coloring book!
Boys and girls, you can learn how I lived my dream of becoming a real fire safety dog, and, you can learn some really cool fire safety tips that will help keep you and your family safe! How cool is that?

The book was written by Firefighter Dayna, and my friend, Eileen Edwards, drew all of the really amazing pictures!

Tango with his copy of my coloring book!
FACT SHEET
PRESS RELEASE

Updated Appearance Schedule

Fire Safety Dog’s Schedule

September 26 Puppy arrives
October 5 Fire safety dogs head for Southborough, MA
October 7 and 8 Visit school in Rhode Island
October 11 10:00 A.M. Heritage Day Parade (Southborough)
11:00 A.M. -2:00 P.M. Heritage Day Festivities
October 14 4:00 P.M. Southborough Library
October 16 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. Book release event at the Southborough Fire Department for Sparkles Goes to Boston
October 21 2:00 P.M. Clarksville Rotary
October 22 All day~ Clarksville Primary School
November 22 Celia Clinton Elementary, Tulsa, Oklahoma, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Tulsa

New fire safety puppy coming soon!

Firefighter Dayna, Tango and I are so excited that we will have a new edition to our family and fire safety team! It will be so much fun having a little brother!

My new little brother is five and a half weeks old and will spend another two and a half weeks with his mom and littermates. Until then, we are getting ready for his big arrival!

His mother is Whoopie of Dalmino Dals and Jack of NspirD Dalmatians. Whoopie is such a wonderful mom!

We will be announcing his name very soon!

You're invited!

New Book Catalog from Firehouse Dog Publishing

Hi! This is Sparkles!

Firefighter Dayna and I are very excited that my publishing house, Firehouse Dog Publishing, has released its 2010 Book Catalog! You can even catch a sneak peek at my new children's fire safety books that are coming out soon!

Click on the picture below to view the catalog.



Fire Departments, schools and other organizations may contact info@firehousedogpublishing to learn about volume pricing.

Have a fire safe day!

Love,

Sparkles

Do you like surprises?

Here's a sneak peek at my new book that will be coming out in October!

My New Picture!

Invite Author Dayna Hilton and Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog into your classroom or library to video chat via Skype!

Teachers~

Imagine your students meeting a real fire safety dog!

Invite Author Dayna Hilton and Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog into your classroom or library to video chat via Skype!

During this fun, educational one hour program, your students will meet a real fire safety dog, listen to Firefighter Dayna read one of her children’s fire safety books, sing fire safety songs along with Sparkles and be sworn in as Jr. Firefighters by Sparkles and Firefighter Dayna!

Want to know how Sparkles became a fire safety dog or what a typical day is like at the fire station? The program will also include a question and answer time in which your students can ask these questions and more!

Have special needs? We can help meet those needs! Your presentation will be adapted to the age of your students so that appropriate fire safety educational messages will be shared. If multiple classes are grouped together for a presentation, it is suggested that the students are close in age.

The one hour program includes:

• Introduction of Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog
• Sparkles’ story via Power Point
• Video of Sparkles demonstrating how to crawl low under smoke
• Selected reading
• Singing of fire safety song
• Jr. Firefighter Oath
• Q & A

Students will learn four valuable fire safety messages that will help keep them
and their family fire safe. These messages include:

• Recognizing the firefighter as a helper and a friend
• Knowing the sound and purpose of a smoke alarm
• Understanding the importance of practicing a home fire drill using an escape map
• Knowing when and how to crawl low under smoke

Contact Firefighter Dayna and Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog to work with you to create a custom program to suit your needs. For available dates and fees, please contact Hilton. More information is also available on their Skype an Author site.

Skype Author Teachers Guide now available. Contains everything you need to know for a successful visit with Hilton and Sparkles via Skype.

Invite Author Dayna Hilton and Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog into your classroom or library to video chat via Skype!

Teachers~

Imagine your students meeting a real fire safety dog!

Invite Author Dayna Hilton and Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog into your classroom or library to video chat via Skype!

During this fun, educational one hour program, your students will meet a real fire safety dog, listen to Firefighter Dayna read one of her children’s fire safety books, sing fire safety songs along with Sparkles and be sworn in as Jr. Firefighters by Sparkles and Firefighter Dayna!

Want to know how Sparkles became a fire safety dog or what a typical day is like at the fire station? The program will also include a question and answer time in which your students can ask these questions and more!

Have special needs? We can help meet those needs! Your presentation will be adapted to the age of your students so that appropriate fire safety educational messages will be shared. If multiple classes are grouped together for a presentation, it is suggested that the students are close in age.

The one hour program includes:

• Introduction of Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog
• Sparkles’ story via Power Point
• Video of Sparkles demonstrating how to crawl low under smoke
• Selected reading
• Singing of fire safety song
• Jr. Firefighter Oath
• Q & A

Students will learn four valuable fire safety messages that will help keep them
and their family fire safe. These messages include:

• Recognizing the firefighter as a helper and a friend
• Knowing the sound and purpose of a smoke alarm
• Understanding the importance of practicing a home fire drill using an escape map
• Knowing when and how to crawl low under smoke

Contact Firefighter Dayna and Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog to work with you to create a custom program to suit your needs. For available dates and fees, please contact Hilton. More information is also available on their Skype an Author site.

Skype Author Teachers Guide now available. Contains everything you need to know for a successful visit with Hilton and Sparkles via Skype.

Join me on Facebook!

Whoo hoo! My Facebook page is getting close to reaching the 2,700 friend mark. Won't you join me on Facebook? I'd love to be friends!

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog's Spot Now Open!

When you shop at Sparkles' Spot, a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation.

Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation is dedicated to helping keep children fire-safe. The foundation provides fire safety resources for children, parents, fire departments, schools and organizations at little or no cost.

Click on the "New Section" button on the site to see exciting Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog items! The beautiful artwork was done by artist Dean Russo.

Whooo hoooo! Check out the August issue of Parents Magazine

I am so excited that my friend, Angelica, and me, are featured in this month’s issue of Parents Magazine in the full page article, “Kindergartner Saves Dad from Burning Home.” How cool is that?

From what Firefighter Dayna tells me, the magazine is seen by over 15.3 million people. How cool is that?

The article shares the story of how my friend, Angelica, was able to save herself and her dad, Kenneth, from their burning home. Angelica had attended a fire safety presentation at her school that Firefighter Dayna and I did, just two months prior. Angelica said that she "knew exactly what to do” to save herself and her father by crawling low under the smoke to get out of the house. Isn't that pawesome?

To learn more about me, visit my website!

Printable version of Press Release

Story from my friend, Beverley Walker

My good friend, Beverley, shared this wonderful photo with me.

Bev is a fire safety educator and uses my book, Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog, when she reads to children. What is really fun about this photo, is that the teacher and students didn't know that Bev was going to be reading our book and that Bev personally knew Sparkles. Imagine Bev's surprise when they handed her this poster!

Pawsome, Bev! Thanks for sharing!

New Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Video!

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.

Winner of Celebration of Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog in Cesar's Way Magazine

Congratulations!

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, is in the July 2010 issue of Cesar's Way Magazine.


We have a winner of our contest! In this contest, Sparkles' friends were asked 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 Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog) and their name went go into a drawing to win some very special items!

A random drawing was 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!





Drum roll please!

Congratulations to Daisy! You are our lucky winner!

This contest not affiliated with Cesar's Way.

Daryn Kagan Makes Inspirational Video about Sparkles the FIre Safety Dog

High paw to Daryn Kagan for helping share my story and the fire safety message! I'd also like to thank Daryn for including me in her second book, all about inspiring animals and featuring her 3-legged wonder cat, Tripod that will be published by Guideposts Books in April 2011. I am truly honored!



Daryn Kagan is the creator and host of DarynKagan.com, an inspirational online community that features a daily Web cast of stories that, "Show the World What is Possible." DarynKagan.com has become a daily destination for thousands of Internet users who seek news stories that inspire. Launched in November 2006, the Atlanta Journal Constitution described DarynKagan.com as "a lively gathering spot," while the Boston Globe noted DarynKagan.com is "bucking the media tide," with its "emphasis on stories that illustrate the triumph of the human spirit."

Before heading into cyberspace, Daryn anchored both news and sports for CNN. Described by the Los Angeles Times as a "CNN mainstay," Daryn traveled the world during her 12-year tenure at CNN, and reported live on-site during numerous global events, including the war in Iraq from Kuwait. Daryn also reported from Africa during a 10-day tour with rock band U2's Bono and U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, and provided the CNN News networks with in-depth reports on AIDS and famine. Her reports were featured on CNN.com, along with a daily blog that chronicled her reports, experiences, and travels in Africa. Additionally, Daryn reported from across the U.S. to cover numerous Presidential elections, the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy, and the hunt for the Washington, D.C. sniper.

Daryn was on the air live during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. She reported throughout that day and covered the unfolding event from CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, as well as from the network's Washington, D.C., bureau, as the crisis turned into a search-and-rescue mission that evolved into a war on terrorism. Before joining the news team on CNN, Daryn served as a news anchor and reporter for CNN/Sports Illustrated, the 24-hour sports news network from CNN and Sports Illustrated, covering such major events as the Super Bowl, the NBA playoffs and international figure skating.

To read more inspirational stories, visit Daryn's site HERE.

Thanks, Daryn!

Stay safe everyone!

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!

New Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog Video!

Frankie the Walk 'n Roll Dog Checking out Cesar's Way Magazine

My best fur buddy friend, Frankie the Walk 'n Roll Dog, couldn't wait to see the July 2010 issue of Cesar's Way Magazine, so I sent her a copy, since she lives kinda far from a pet or book store.


Thanks for sending me these really pawsome pictures Frankie! And, I can't wait to see your copy of Woman's World that is getting ready to come out in 10 DAYS!!!! Whooo hoooo!

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog on Lola Belle, the Canine Correspondent's Blog!

Sparkles the Fire Safety Dog on Lola Belle, the Canine Correspondent's blog!

Thank you to my good friend, Lola Belle, for a wonderful interview! Read the interview HERE!

I made Lola Belle an Honorary Fire Safety Dog today! Congratulations, Lola Belle! Woof!

xxx

New Picture from Puddles!

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 from Puddles! Isn't Puddles a gorgeous dachshund?

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