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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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Dave Jaffe's obvious love for animals is matched by his talent for writing. Sleeping between Giants will make you laugh out loud with the author's Seinfeldian observations on life with a terrier. Indies Today, Indies Today 2019 Best Book Award Winner Any writer who can imagine a dog using the word 'fetlock' in a conversation is a winner in my book. Judges remarks, National Society of Newspaper Columnists When I tell you that Sleeping Between Giants: Life, If You Could Call It That, With a Terrier by Dave Jaffe is a funny book, you seriously have to believe me. Best-selling author Lori B. Duff, LoriDuffWrites.com

Any writer who can imagine a dog using the word 'fetlock' in a conversation is a winner in my book. Judges remarks, National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

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Multiple national award-winning humor columnist Dave Jaffe has written for print, television, radio, and online. Creative, clever, witty - these are traits that kept Dave in detention for most of the eighth grade. But as an adult these skills led to hundreds of columns, TV and radio commentaries, and books. Dave's work has appeared in a wide range of outlets, from HumorOutcasts and HuffPost to National Public Radio and The National Lampoon. He even wrote sketches for Bozo the Clown, although a merciful History has forgotten the Bozo Juggles Invisible Chainsaws bit. Dave's blog, Sleeping between Giants, received the 2018 and 2017 National Society of Newspaper Columnists first-place award for humor blogs, and he was selected Humor Writer of the Month by the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. His humor columns 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. Sleeping Between Giants: Life, If You Could Call It That, With A Terrier grew out of Dave's affinity for dogs. Like them, he prefers to travel in a pack, which has led to numerous traffic citations. However, he is good with children and has had all his shots.

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