Judy Archibald is an Author, Art Consultant, Feature Writer & former Director/Curator of the annual Colorado Governor's Invitational Art Show for ten years.

Judy lives in the Colorado Rockies, adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park with two cats, two horses, and two dogs - Cheyenne, a 100-pound German shepherd and Kody, the Mutt who rides "his" mustang every morning.

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Official Site of Pet Pals Publishing
and The Mutt & the Mustang Children's Picture Book

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If you love animals, especially dogs, cats and horses, you've come to the right place.

The Mutt & the Mustang, inspired by the true story of Kody, Judy's poodle mix who rides Raven, a rescued horse every day was selected as a finalist to be Best Children's Picture Book written by a Colorado author in 2011. The Mutt & the Mustang did not win - however, it was a thrill for Pet Pals Publishing to be a finalist with such distinguished publishers

The other two finalists were published by Disney Hyperion and Charlesbridge, both major publishing houses.

Within six months of its publication date, The Mutt & the Mustang sold nearly 2,000 copies through fifty stores throughout Colorado and is now going national as contracts were recently signed with distributors in other states.

Please visit the gift area where I offer unique photographic note cards of Judy's Pet Pals, including: Cloud, the one-eyed cat and Rio, the paint horse who both love Cheyenne, the German shepherd and Kody, the Mutt in The Mutt & The Mustang, childrens picture book.

Thank you for visiting.