Author: Brian T. Yates
Publisher: Mystic Publishers
ISBN: 193405142X

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I had the pleasure of reviewing Brian T. Yates  children's book, Yalu and the Puppy Room- a story about a golden retriever puppy's experience in trying to find everlasting happiness in belonging to a family.

This book relates to how our life is in the real world. How we wished to belong to someone and the desire to be acknowledged.

The book brings us through the life of Yalu; her desperate desire to move out of the Puppy Room; how she sees her siblings leave the place one by one and how she also wanted to go home with a human family.


I enjoyed reading where Yalu thought to herself that she needs to stand out from the rest, to be unique and noticed. The plan worked and led to her being brought home by a loving couple


The story has a happy ending where Yalu goes home, enjoys the comfort of her new family, becomes familiar with the surroundings and new exposures in her life.


The simple illustrations are not too ornate and easy on the eyes. As for storyline, it is pretty simple and easy to read. I would have preferred a more impactful strategy from Yalu in showing off to her new owners that she is different from the rest. What the author does is not bad, though more could have been written on her strategy in order to relate to our everyday life as well.


Brian Yates, the author of the Yalu series, is a member of the Henderson Writers Group. Brian also holds a BA in history from Keene State and a Masters from University of Wisconsin.


I was provided with a soft copy of the book by the author via my association with BookPleasures in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own.


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