Sleeping between Giants - Jaffe, Dave
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2021 International Book Award Humor Winner and multiple recipient of National Society of Newspaper Columnists Awards for Best Humor Blog, humorist Dave Jaffe and his wife rescued a terrier, although why anyone would is beyond them. Cunning, intelligent, and fleetingly thoughtful, this young, very social, black-and-white, cow-eyed terrier, Budleigh, was proof of those old adages, "Smart as a terrier" and "Did he break the skin?" Indies Today 2019 Best Humor Book Award Winner, Sleeping between Giants: Life, If You Could Call It That, With A Terrier explores the highly successful, though often…mehr

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2021 International Book Award Humor Winner and multiple recipient of National Society of Newspaper Columnists Awards for Best Humor Blog, humorist Dave Jaffe and his wife rescued a terrier, although why anyone would is beyond them. Cunning, intelligent, and fleetingly thoughtful, this young, very social, black-and-white, cow-eyed terrier, Budleigh, was proof of those old adages, "Smart as a terrier" and "Did he break the skin?" Indies Today 2019 Best Humor Book Award Winner, Sleeping between Giants: Life, If You Could Call It That, With A Terrier explores the highly successful, though often confusing relationship between Canines and Giants through essays and cartoons created by the author. Newly adopted Budleigh bonds quickly with his Giants 1 & 2 and as their first shelter dog, proves no more a challenge than if they'd both pursued medical degrees. He is more a challenge to, say, half a loaf of cornbread left on the table in a dark kitchen. But who could blame Budleigh? The streets taught him that talk is cheap, life is tough, and you don't get much cornbread. Five-Star review, Indies Today: "Dave Jaffe's obvious love for animals is matched by his talent for writing. Sleeping with Giants will make you laugh out loud with the author's Seinfeldian observations on life with a terrier." Best-selling author Lori B. Duff review excerpt: "I started to read it in the lobby of the auditorium while I was waiting for my son's concert to start. I had to stop reading it in public because I was making a spectacle of myself, laughing, snorting, and insisting that my husband quit doing what he was doing so that he could read the passage I was laughing at." Sleeping between Giants offers great wisdom from Budleigh, his older co-dog Brisby, Nature's Perfect Schnoodle, and a host...well, pack of dog park locals. They've much to teach us. Besides the best spots to poop!
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National award-winning author, columnist, and former Chicago reporter, humorist Dave Jaffe has written for online, print, television, and radio. Creative, clever, witty - these are traits that kept Dave in detention for most of the eighth grade. But as an adult, those skills led to multiple award-winning columns, commentary, and books.Winner of the 2021 International Book Awards for Humor and the Indies Today 2019 Best Humor Book Award, Dave's book "Sleeping between Giants, Book I: Budleigh, the Early Year" explored the highly successful, though often confusing relationship between Canines and Giants. Drawn from Dave's blog "Sleeping between Giants: Life, If You Could Call It That, With A Terrier" that won the 2018 and 2017 National Society of Newspaper Columnists first-place award for humor blogs, SbG introduces us to Budleigh, a homeless terrier Dave and his wife rescued, although why anyone would still puzzles them. Newly adopted Budleigh bonds quickly with his Giants and as their first shelter dog, proves no more a challenge than if they'd both pursued medical degrees.Dave's work has appeared in a wide range of outlets, from HumorOutcasts, the San Francisco Chronicle, and HuffPost to National Public Radio, Chicago Parent, and The National Lampoon. He even wrote sketches for Bozo the Clown, although a merciful History has forgotten the "Bozo Juggles Invisible Chainsaws" bit. His humor columns and commentary have twice been honored with Peter A. Lisagor awards by the Chicago Headline Club, and with the Parenting Publications of America Gold Award for Humor.In the 2022 sequel, "Sleeping between Giants, Book II - Ask a Terrier: Professional Advice from a Licensed Dog," Budleigh, the Terrier with 'Tude, is back; this time dispensing crucial advice to Giants and Canines on everything from space travel and sniffing Covid, to giving a TED Talk and shopping for purses.Through essays, cartoons, and comic strips created by the author, learn what's going on in the mind of your Canine and why it's just as odd as what going on in yours.