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The World According to Jack: A Dog's-Eye View with Self-Help Advice for Other Dogs
Ever wonder what’s going on inside the head of your four-legged best friend? John Newport did, which is what motivated him to collaborate with Jack, his 10-pound Chihuahua mix, on Jack’s first book project titled, The World According to Jack. Narrated from the head and heart of a fun-loving, opinionated Chihuahua mix prone to delusions of grandeur, The World According to Jack represents a literary milestone as the first known book in which the dog himself garners full authorship credit.
The World According to Jack presents a broad appeal to dog lovers throughout the world, providing a side-splitting and heart-warming dog’s-eye view of the world surrounding this charming creature. Replete with self-help advice for other dogs, the book contains five chapters for dogs only on “Training Your (Human) Parents” – providing dogs tips on how to persuade mom and dad to give them extra treats, and even work their way into sleeping on the bed with them. Other choice pearls of wisdom include chapters titled “Everyone Needs a Hobby” (describing Jack’s mega-obsession with food), “Weight Watchers for Dogs”, “So Now I’m a Marriage Counselor” and “Keep Them Laughing”.
Ever full of surprises, in the final chapter “The Grand Finale” Jack launches his off-the-wall presidential campaign for 2020. His “The nation’s going to the dogs – let’s make it official!
If you are not already a dog lover, you will be by the time you finish this book.
“I invite you to partake in this journey with Jack and his humans. You’ll find it entertaining, insightful and heart-warming, and you’ll no doubt have many laughs along the way.” – From the Foreword by Dr. Steven Farmer, author, Animal Spirit Guides (Hay House)
The World According to Jack presents a broad appeal to dog lovers throughout the world, providing a side-splitting and heart-warming dog’s-eye view of the world surrounding this charming creature. Replete with self-help advice for other dogs, the book contains five chapters for dogs only on “Training Your (Human) Parents” – providing dogs tips on how to persuade mom and dad to give them extra treats, and even work their way into sleeping on the bed with them. Other choice pearls of wisdom include chapters titled “Everyone Needs a Hobby” (describing Jack’s mega-obsession with food), “Weight Watchers for Dogs”, “So Now I’m a Marriage Counselor” and “Keep Them Laughing”.
Ever full of surprises, in the final chapter “The Grand Finale” Jack launches his off-the-wall presidential campaign for 2020. His “The nation’s going to the dogs – let’s make it official!
If you are not already a dog lover, you will be by the time you finish this book.
“I invite you to partake in this journey with Jack and his humans. You’ll find it entertaining, insightful and heart-warming, and you’ll no doubt have many laughs along the way.” – From the Foreword by Dr. Steven Farmer, author, Animal Spirit Guides (Hay House)
183 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 18, 2018
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June 1, 2019
This book was a Kindle freebie. A tiny rescue dog narrates his memoirs and includes a few self help tips for other dogs.
There are entertaining bits but I thought some things sounded unlikely for a dog to say. This is a dog that googles things he wants to research online. On the whole the book is a hodgepodge of the dog telling the reader his life story, repeating interesting information he found in blogs and scientific journals, advice to fellow canines how to manipulate humans, and talking about peeing.
The dog's story is frequently interrupted by his humans and I ended up skimming some of what they wrote. Let the dog write! No one's interested in what humans have to say, they have only two legs and no tail to tell.
There are entertaining bits but I thought some things sounded unlikely for a dog to say. This is a dog that googles things he wants to research online. On the whole the book is a hodgepodge of the dog telling the reader his life story, repeating interesting information he found in blogs and scientific journals, advice to fellow canines how to manipulate humans, and talking about peeing.
The dog's story is frequently interrupted by his humans and I ended up skimming some of what they wrote. Let the dog write! No one's interested in what humans have to say, they have only two legs and no tail to tell.
May 26, 2019
Enjoyable but humor was overdone
While l generally enjoyed this book, the humor based on the premise of the dog as author, while initially clever, was overdone and became at times tiresome. The book essentially focused on the central interests of most dogs--food (especially treats), sleep, play, begging and other tricks to get his own way, and walks (and the opportunities as a male dog to mark, chase ground squirrels and lizards, and interact with others). Probably would have given this 4 stars except that the humor became too repetitious.
While l generally enjoyed this book, the humor based on the premise of the dog as author, while initially clever, was overdone and became at times tiresome. The book essentially focused on the central interests of most dogs--food (especially treats), sleep, play, begging and other tricks to get his own way, and walks (and the opportunities as a male dog to mark, chase ground squirrels and lizards, and interact with others). Probably would have given this 4 stars except that the humor became too repetitious.
May 25, 2019
Dogs are special!
If you like dogs, this book is a simple story of Jack and family. He includes lessons for others of his species.
If you like dogs, this book is a simple story of Jack and family. He includes lessons for others of his species.
December 5, 2020
Funny witty and sweet, I love dogs so it was a very enjoyable read.
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