Author Donna Lawrence has written an inspiring, motivational picture book about courage, devotion, and forgiveness. The book, Susies Tale, is a heartwarming and heartwrenching account of Donnas relationship with an abandoned and abused puppy.Ultimately their victory-with the help of other supporters-was the unanimous passage of legislation to provide judges with the option of giving stiffer punishments to those who have abused animals to help prevent animal cruelty.

Susie, the puppy that was found in a Greensboro park, recounts this tale. At the tender age of ten weeks, Susie had been...