Diane Dike
1 book in the catalogue, published 2007.
Dr. Diane Dike is the author of Gracie Comes Home, the first book in the children's series The Adventures of Gracie & Diane. It is the only Diane Dike book we publish.
About Diane Dike
The author biography on Open Library, carried in our catalogue, describes Diane as an award-winning speaker, singer, author and licensed Reverend, a former professor of psychology and a personal fitness and special education teacher. It says she learned she had an incurable disease and that encouragement restored her hope. A 2008 press release, datelined Eagle, Colorado, names the illness as cryoglobulinemia.
Diane leads Second Chance with Saving Grace, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit described as helping hurting people and animals. The press release says its outreach includes the Gracie Challenge and Love Kits sent to troops and sick children.
What the books share
The one book we carry is about rescue and recovery, told through a real Italian greyhound named Gracie. The same ideas run through the author's biography: hope, encouragement, and second chances for animals and people. The book is written for young readers and sits within a planned series, with Diane herself appearing in the title of the series alongside her dog.
The subjects this author is catalogued under. Open Library record.
Next steps for readers of this author
Starting a classroom animal care unit
A teacher could pair the Gracie book with the breed club's health page and a short talk about what a dog needs after surgery. Keep the focus on care and kindness, and let students bring their own pet stories.
Reading the series in order
Gracie Comes Home is the first book of The Adventures of Gracie & Diane. Our catalogue lists only this one, so ask through /contact-us/ if you are hoping to find later books in the series.
Go deeper
Diane Dike's one book with us is about a rescued dog, and her biography centers on hope and second chances for people and animals. These resources start from the dog side of that story.
Italian Greyhound Club of America: health
The club's health page, written by its board, opens by calling Italian greyhounds a relatively healthy breed and goes on to its testing recommendations.
Italian Greyhound Club of America: rescue
A short page from the breed club that points readers to the Italian Greyhound Rescue Foundation for rescue information.
ASPCA: adopt a pet
Lets visitors browse the ASPCA's adoptable dogs and cats and begin an adoption survey.
Good to know
How many Diane Dike books does Western Reflections publish?
What is Second Chance with Saving Grace?
Is Gracie a real dog?
Writers like this one are how the list was built
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