Publisher Description

Winner of the 2021 International Book Awards for Humor and the Indies Today 2019 Best Humor Book Award, author Dave Jaffe's first book, Sleeping Between Giants: Life, If You Could Call It That, With A Terrier, explored the highly successful, though often confusing relationship between Giants and Canines.
In that book, we were introduced to Budleigh, a young terrier who had ended up in a shelter after his arrest by police in Waukegan, Illinois, on charges of vagrancy, loitering, and panhandling, which were false, and of being a homeless dog, which was true.
Adopted by author Dave Jaffe and his wife, this cunning, intelligent, and fleetingly thoughtful, Canine was proof of those old adages, "Smart as a Terrier" and "Did he break the skin?"
In this sequel - Sleeping between Giants, Book 2 - 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.
As one reviewer wrote, "Budleigh is the Dear Abby of pooches. Or maybe Dear Abby is the Budleigh of advice columnists."
Through essays and cartoons 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.

Author Biography

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.

Review

"In 'Sleeping Between Giants Book 2: Ask a Terrier, ' Dave Jaffe's wisecracking dog Budleigh dispenses hilarious advice to both canines and Giants (aka humans) who have no clue about things canine (or even human). Budleigh is the Dear Abby of pooches. Or maybe Dear Abby is the Budleigh of advice columnists. At any rate, this compilation of letters and answers will have you - that's right - howling. It's as funny a book as you will find and even more fun than a chew toy. Read it to your dog, who will love Budleigh. So, clueless Giant, will you."- Jerry Zezima, nationally syndicated humorist and bestselling author.
"People put great stock in getting information straight from 'the horse's mouth, ' but award winner Dave Jaffe's latest book proves getting it straight from the dog's mouth is infinitely more fun, if not particularly accurate. Budleigh dispenses advice with the unfailing confidence and boldness of a true terrier. Jaffe may have done the transcribing-exploiting his unfair advantage of opposable thumbs-but, make no mistake, the wise and hilarious words are all Budleigh's. Four paws up and a big tail wag for this sure hit."- Lee Gaitan, award-winning author of "My Pineapples Went to Houston" and "Lite Whines and Laughter"

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