Welcome to Episode 11 of Read Along Radio—the last podcast of 2025.

“Read Along Radio” will not be podcasting the week of Christmas or New Year’s.

Have a Merry Christmas:

For those of you who are thinking about rescuing a dog (or any other animal) from your local shelter to give as a gift, make sure to include the person(s) you are gifting in the decision. “Live surprises” are often not a good idea. If after careful consideration of all the ramifications (where it is going to stay, who is going to feed and water, clean up after, train, etc.), everyone is in agreement on rescuing one, pick it out together. I know. All this cautionary advice from a dog rescue advocate, but there are too many awful stories about dog rescues as gifts that are just too sad to relate at this festive time.

Here are some other ideas to help dog rescue, instead.

• Donate money to a shelter in someone’s name instead of buying them a gift.
• When hosting a party, ask for gently used dog beds, kennels, dishes, toys, etc. in lieu of gifts for you to donate to your local shelter (check with the shelter first to see what they need).
• Give some of your time to volunteer at your local shelter with the person.
• AND, of course, purchase some Robin Kould and Mary Yen Rescue books by T Heights where the profits from the sale will go to dog rescue. See THeightsBooks.com

And a Happy New Year:

• Put "Walk A Dog" at your local shelter on your New Year’s Resolution List. It’s an enjoyable way to exercise, and will benefit the dog and shelter as well.
• Help at (or hold your own) fundraiser event to benefit animal rescue.
• Collect gently used dog beds, kennels, dishes, toys, etc. in lieu of gifts to donate to your local shelter (check with the shelter first to see what they need).

AND, of course, purchase some Robin Kould and Mary Yen Rescue books by T Heights where the profits from the sale go to dog rescue.

“Read Along Radio” will start podcasting again next year in January with the narration of POPPY.

In the meantime, T Heights will be at the “Meet the Author” event hosted by Dragon Tale Books from 11 am until 2 pm on December 20th in Menomonie Wisconsin.

Dragon Tales Books is a small, independent bookstore owned and run by Ann Vogel. She is generously contributing a share of her profits from the Robin Kould and Mary Yen Rescue book sales to go along with all of the T Heights profits to the Wisconsin Bound Dog Rescue group.

The Wisconsin Bound Dog Rescue (WBDR) rescues dogs from abusive and potentially deadly environments and finds good forever homes for them in Wisconsin. They have hundreds of rescue stories, and they shared these two with me.

If you want to read along or read ahead, go to www.THeightsBooks.com and click on Books, or go to Barnes & Noble and search for BOMBO by T Heights.

Welcome to Episode 10 of "Read Along Radio".

As we mentioned in Episode 9 of "Read Along Radio", T Heights will be signing Robin Kould and Mary Yen Rescue books in Wausau, Wisconsin on December 13, 2025. The Wausau Barnes and Noble Bookstore and T Heights will be teaming up to support The Humane Society of Marathon County.

Barnes and Noble will contribute a percentage of their net sales to the Humane Society of Marathon County. AND all of the profits from the Robin Kould and Mary Yen Rescue book sales will be donated to them.

The mission of the Humane Society of Marathon County is to inspire and engage the community to end animal suffering and commit to responsible pet ownership. You can help them help homeless pets by purchasing books from Barnes and Noble on December 13!

So, make your list of “want to read or gift” books and mark your calendar to purchase them on December 13. You don’t have to be in the store. You can make your purchases online from anywhere. Just remember to use the voucher number 1, 2, 9, 2, 2, 9, 6, 9, at the bottom of the screen when you check out, so the Humane Society of Marathon County gets the credit.

That’s 1, 2, 9, 2, 2, 9, 6, 9.

You can also get this number from the T Heights Books website at THeightsBooks.com.

The Humane Society of Marathon County hosted a Book Signing/Book Fair last year just before Thanksgiving. Judy, a former manager of the Humane Society, told the heartwarming story of a dog rescue that was included in Episode 9 of “Read Along Radio”.

Today, we want to share some more dog rescue stories.

There are other rescue stories in each of the Robin Kould and Mary Yen Rescue series—BOMBO, POPPY, and BRUISER. Learn more about these two eighth-graders, who stumble into rescuing dogs, at THeightsBooks.com. All profits from the sales of T Heights books go to dog rescue groups and animal shelters.

If you want to read along or read ahead, go to www.THeightsBooks.com and click on Books, or go to Barnes & Noble and search for BOMBO by T Heights.

Welcome to Episode 9 of Read Along Radio.

We finished BOMBO in episode 8 of “Read Along Radio”. At the end of that episode, we asked for feedback on BOMBO and “Read Along Radio”. Here are some of the comments we got about BOMBO.

We had several people ask, “What happens next?” What happens next is the Read Along Radio podcast of POPPY.

Poppy is the sad, but cute, little Pekingese we heard about at the end of BOMBO. She had been doted on by her owner who died suddenly and left Poppy in her grandson’s care. The grandson dumped her in the street on his way out of town. She is now behind bars at the county pound, and scheduled for euthanasia. The needle. Death. Robin and Mary race against time to save her.

The same wonderful narrator, Caitlin Williams, will be reading POPPY. Here is an excerpt from the book.

Read Along Radio will begin broadcasting POPPY in January, BUT before that …

T Heights will be signing Robin Kould and Mary Yen Rescue books in Wausau, Wisconsin on December 13, 2025. The Wausau Barnes and Noble Bookstore and T Heights will be teaming up to support The Humane Society of Marathon County.

The mission of the Humane Society of Marathon County is to inspire and engage the community to end animal suffering and commit to responsible pet ownership. You can help them help homeless pets by purchasing books from Barnes and Noble on December 13!

Barnes and Noble will contribute a percentage of their net sales to the Humane Society of Marathon County. AND all of the profits from the Robin Kould and Mary Yen Rescue book sales will be donated to them.

So if you’d like to add your support to the Humane Society of Marathon County, make your list of “want to read or gift” books and mark your calendar to purchase them on December 13. You don’t have to be in the store. You can make your purchases online from anywhere. Just remember to use the voucher number—Get your paper and pen or pencil ready—1 2 9 2 2 9 6 9 at the bottom of the screen when you check out, so the Humane Society of Marathon County gets the credit.

That’s 1 2 9 2 2 9 6 9. You can also get this number from the T Heights Books website at THeightsBooks.com.

The Humane Society of Marathon County hosted a Book Signing/Book Fair last year just before Thanksgiving. The attendance was great, and I met some wonderful people there. Judy, a former manager of the Humane Society, told me this heartwarming story of a dog rescue.

If you have a rescue story you’d like to share on this podcast, please email it to T.Heights@outlook.com.

By the way, the fourth book in the Robin Kould and Mary Yen Rescue Series, LOKI, will be making its debut at the Book Signing/Book Fair in Wausau on December 13. Make sure to purchase your hot-off-the-press copy of LOKI from Barnes & Noble and use the voucher number 1, 2, 9, 2, 2, 9, 6, 9 at check-out.

In LOKI, Robin and Mary call on their eighth-grade classmates for help in finding homes for more than a hundred dogs rescued from a puppy mill. Just as their mission is gaining momentum, the school principal confiscates the money they’ve collected for dog food, and all the dogs are going to be put down the next day. With Loki and the other dogs facing death, Robin questions his usefulness in canine rescue work. But then who will be the voice for those who cannot speak?

LOKI has the themes of compassion, determination and cooperation are interwoven into another humorous Robin Kould and Mary Yen Rescue.

Tune in next week for more dog rescue stories, comments on BOMBO and “Read Along Radio”, and the “Meet and Greet T Heights” at the Dragon Tales Books in Menomonie, Wisconsin on December 20 from 11 am to 2

If you want to read along or read ahead, go to www.THeightsBooks.com and click on Books, or go to Barnes & Noble and search for BOMBO by T Heights.