Canine Heaven

Gary Woodson, and his wife Liz, having raised four children on their forty-acre homestead in Eastern Oklahoma, now serve as hosts to nine dogs, whom they have branded “Our Happymakers.” Since his birth in Memphis, Tennessee, Gary has surrounded himself with an assorted array of pets, but man’s best friend has forever garnered the apple of his eye, perennially granting and modeling for him the divine attributes of unconditional love, unwavering loyalty, and underserved forgiveness. Upon graduation from Arkansas State University, Gary joined the campus ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, later receiving a Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, and Doctor of Ministry from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Natalia Logvanova, a graduate from the faculty of Fine Arts and Design Basics at the University of Manuilsky in Rivne, Ukraine, currently resides in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Having caught the passion for art from her talented father as a child, Natalia specializes in children’s literature, having illustrated more than fifty books throughout her twenty-year career. Her art specialty being that of watercolor and digital graphics, Natalia has brought great joy to children through her vivid illustrations. While most of Natalia’s children's illustrations were published in Russia and South Korea, her art has also been published in England, Jordan, Australia, Poland, Belarus and the United States of America.