June Simmons has created a tale of two critters—a courageous dog and a fearsome cat who join forces to protect and defend all the feral pets in their community. Jack The Freedom Dog is a book especially educational for children who discover the abilities of each of these species to communicate positively with one another.
June Simmons, of Conway, Arkansas, (shown below with the real Jack) feels that the best word to describe her is “teacher.” After retiring from a forty- year career teaching high school English, she taught creative writing for nine years to elementary and middle school students at Blackbird Academy of Arts. It was at Blackbird that her stories of her mischievous dog Jack first came to life as “the freedom dog.”