Editing Beautiful Joe (section)

==Fame and legacy==
Saunders submitted her story to a writing contest being run by the [[Humane Society]] in 1893. It won, and the following year it was published as a novel.  The response was tremendous; both the book and its subject received worldwide attention. It was the first Canadian book in history to sell over a million copies, and by the late 1930s had sold over 7 million copies worldwide. In 1902, a sequel, ''Beautiful Joe's Paradise'', was published. In 1934, Saunders was granted Canada's highest [[civilian]] award at the time, [[Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]] or C.B.E. In 1963, the official Beautiful Joe Park was named in Meaford, next to the Moore house where Beautiful Joe was rehabilitated by Louise Moore. A '''Beautiful Joe Heritage Society''' was formed in 1994 to preserve Joe's legacy and ultimately establish the Moore residence as a [[museum]].<ref>[http://www.beautifuljoe.org/project.cfm Future Projects] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413192334/http://www.beautifuljoe.org/project.cfm |date=2008-04-13 }} from BeautifulJoe.org Accessed April 9, 2008</ref>