Mutt Saves 3-y.o. from pit bull.

Read this article...

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/10/06/mutt-saves-3-year-old-from-pit-bull-attack/?test=latestnews

Contest -- Win a Book!

Enter a contest for a chance to win a FREE book of motivational quotes!

Go here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/DannyPettry/announcing-the-magical-book-of-inspirational-quote/posts/115204

Best Books for Kids

Here is an interesting article I found:

The best books to read with your kids from Parenting.com:

http://www.parenting.com/gallery/the-best-books-to-read-with-your-kids

Sam and Izzy -- Character Ed. Act. Book.

Download and print the Sam and Izzy -- Character Ed. Activity Book at the link below.

It might take a little while to download becuase it is a large file.

http://www.dannypettry.com/AAAactivities.pdf

New - Simple - Easy-to-Read Book!

Good Character in Arizona.

Read this article about a boy with good character:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Play-of-the-day-Selfless-young-fan-returns-ball?urn=mlb-wp13421

W. Va.

What is Danny doing these days?

I'm making a book about West Virginia.

We're trying to raise $947 to self-publish this wonderful little book.
We're almost at $500 now! which is awesome!

However, it would be great if we could get more people to pledge support.

All people who pledge support will be rewarded. I'm sending many different rewards to people who help.

Please go here to see all the different rewards and pledge $3 or .47 cents to help us self-publish because every cent counts.

Go here to make a pledge today. You'll be rewarded:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/DannyPettry/150-things-you-should-know-about-west-virignia-a-b/pledge/new?clicked_reward=false&logged_in=true&p=0&v=u


Thanks.

Watch the video here:



your friend,
Danny

Boyscout Saves Family

Here is a good story on character:


http://video.foxnews.com/v/983873720001/boy-scout-saves-family

Orangeburg County is Leader in Character Education

I read an interesting article today about Orangeburg County (South Carolina) regarding "Character Education."

They had a group, including, their Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Revitalization Association, and their County Development Commission and The Times and Democrat that started a "Community of Character."

Wow, that is a lot of groups to focus on character!

This started back in 2000. They had their first conference in 2005.

The article claims that character education is a fast-growing movement in schools.

I'm very pleased to hear about this wonderful plan to help teach virtues and character values that children need so much today.

Read the article here:

http://thetandd.com/news/opinion/article_cfcc4f90-8c97-11e0-817e-001cc4c03286.html

And if you haven't done so already, get your copy of my children's book, "Building Character with Sam, Izzy, & Many Other Dogs: 15 Tips to Help Teach Children Character." It uses pictures of cute dogs (and some cats) to teach character values including: acceptance of others, making a compromise, having empathy for others, being a good listner, being a good team-player, and so many more.

Get it here:

Stanford High Grades compare "Character" to game of Chutes and Ladders.

Stanford High School grads compared "character" to game of Chutes and Ladders.

Read about it here:


http://www.keepmecurrent.com/news/article_d1ecb672-9136-11e0-9ed2-001cc4c002e0.html

Here is the game today. You might want to get it for your child.



The book series seems real interesting:



And if you haven't done so already, get a copy of my children's book on building character here (+ the read-along C.D.)