Who Are These Giants and What Is That Sleeping Between Them?
Humor columnist Dave Jaffe and his wife rescued a terrier, although why anyone would is beyond them.
Jaffe’s multiple award-winning book Sleeping between Giants: Life, If You Could Call It That, With A Terrier. Book I: Budleigh, the Early Year recently was named Winner in the Humor category of the 2021 International Book Awards. Sleeping between Giants explores the highly successful, though often confusing relationship between Canines and Giants through essays and cartoons created by the author and drawn from his national award-winning blog.
Newly-adopted Budleigh bonds quickly with his Giants Dave and Denise, 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.
Sleeping between Giants offers great wisdom about life, liberty, and the pursuit of rabbits 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!
Sleeping between Giants, Book 1: Budleigh, the Early Year was also named a winning finalist in the Humor/Comedy/Satire category by the Independent Author Network 2020 Book of the Year Awards, and as an American Book Fest 2020 Best Book Award Finalist in the Humor category.
Indies Today also honored Sleeping between Giants with a Best Humor Book Award, and in its Five-Star review wrote, “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.”
Jaffe’s work has appeared in a wide range of outlets, from HumorOutcasts and HuffPost to National Public Radio and The National Lampoon. Dave 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, the Parenting Publications of America Gold Award for Humor, and multi-year awards from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
Book details:
Title: Sleeping between Giants: Life, If You Could Call It That, With A Terrier
Subtitle: Book I: Budleigh, the Early Year
Author: Dave Jaffe
Category: Humor; Pets
ISBN Print: 978-1-7341925-1-3
ISBN E-book: 978-1-7341925-0-6
Website: www.SleepingBetweenGiants.com
Publisher: Cray-Cray Publishing
Contact: craycraypublishing@gmail.com or Dave@SleepingBetweenGiants.com