Crimp! On-By!! is now available on Amazon!
July 26th, 2010 by LittlestMusher | Posted in Youth Empowerment
Tags: Amazon, Appearances, Crimp, Crimp! On-By!!, Presentations, Reviews
(gee, can a movie deal be far behind?)
Crimp here, panting at you from hot and sunny Southern Oregon. Mom Liz tells me most of the country is hotter than we are (hard to believe!), so I hope you’re managing to stay cool this summer. I’ve talked it over with all my buddies on the team, and none of us can figure out why they call this the “dog days of summer”…none of us dogs like it! Well, sometimes Gus and Achoo can lay out in the sun for a while, but they’re white so that’s kind of cheating. All the rest of us just hang out in the shade and dream of cold days (and nights!) and our favorite dream of snow covered trails. Soon….
Well, I have some exciting news. Mom Liz tells me that humans are already thinking about something called “back to school” and something else called “holiday shopping” — does that mean dog treats? But she was all excited about it and wanted me to tell you that my book is just now available on Amazon.com! Mom Liz said once we get a couple of more reviews and orders, it will pop to the top of the list when you search for Crimp! On-By!! (just like what happened for Be the Lead Dog). So for now, you can find it by going directly to the Crimp! On-By!! listing page here:
Book cover for Crimp! On-By!! The True Story of a Most Unlikely Iditarod Lead Dog
Of course it is still available on my website, CrimpOnBy.com!
I wanted to say thanks for all the nice fan mail, it is super for a sled dog like me to know I’ve inspired so many people. I hope to get to meet each and every one of you someday, cuz I know we’ll be good buddies — I like EVERYBODY! And — it is nice to know — that you all are interested in what us sled dogs are up to these days (not much during the summer, but we have big plans for the cooler weather!). We do have a trip planned this week. On Wednesday Mom Liz is taking me and Sinclair and Hasp and Circle and Tie and Uncle Brick to Camp SOCK, a Kiwanis Camp for differently abled campers. We are going to get to hang out with the campers and get lots of pets and hugs (and treats, I hope) while Mom Liz shares some of our stories with the campers. Those campers are differently abled just like me, so this will be a lot of fun!!!
If you’d like me to come and hang out with your event, group or class, just let me know and I’ll have Mom Liz set it all up. I LOVE to come visiting…Mom Liz has a lot of fun sharing our stories and answering questions, and my job is to be petted, and that’s the BEST! Everybody is thrilled to get to know me in person, and I don’t mind they stare at my nose or touch my bad foot…especially if they do good butt scratches! Mom Liz says a lot of people have really enjoyed our presentations and asked tons of good questions, so I’m glad everyone thinks they’re a hit and they get a lot out of them.
For those of you who have read my book, Mom Liz would like me to ask you a favor…if you could please post a sentence or two on some of the book websites, that would be great. That way people who haven’t heard of me yet will understand what a cool story I have and how I like to share it with everybody and inspire kids and adults to do their very best, no matter what kind of obstacles get in their way.
Some of the places you could post your thoughts or a short review are:
Amazon.com
BarnesandNoble.com
LibraryThing.com
GoodReads.com
Shelfari.com
Bookhitch.com
and of course posting your thoughts on Facebook or other social media will help spread the word.
If you’d like to get a quantity of my books for a group, club, classroom or meeting, just let me know and I’ll pass the word along to Mom Liz and make sure she takes good care of you. We’ve got quantity discounts available starting at 5 books, and lots of options for non-profits and schools as well as libraries and the like.
All this writing is making me thirsty, time to wander downstairs to the porcelain water bowl in the bathroom. The water there is nice and cool and I like to drink my fill, and then let it run out my lips and down my chin — ahhhh! I don’t understand what Mom Liz gets so upset about when she goes in the bathroom after I do…something about not liking a wet seat…whatever, humans just do strange things sometimes….
Happy Trails and hope to see you soon! Your Buddy — Crimp