Wonderful news! The audio book of The Dog Who Wanted A Person, an illustrated fable for adults and smart children narrated by yours truly is now available from Amazon and Audible, and soon, we hope, from Apple. AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO JOIN Audible to get the audio book for just six dollars from Amazon. Though it may seem at first glance you do have to join Audible, you DON’T.
On the Amazon Audio book page for The Dog Who Wanted A Person you’ll see on the right side of the screen down the page a little, a Buy box and the price $6.08. That’s the way to get the audio book for downloading to your device(s) if you aren’t an Audible member and don’t want to become one. We’re keeping our fingers crossed Apple will soon have the audio book so you can avoid Amazon altogether if you wish to. I personally like Audible because they make it possible for me to make audio books of my published work and share them with the world.
The audio book of The Dog Who Wanted A Person is 84 minutes long (perfect for that drive to wherever you’re going) and I had a magical time narrating the story and becoming all the several dogs and one cat who star in the fable. For most of the dogs in this funny poignant thought-provoking tale, my accent changes to match the nationality of the breed and the age and personality of the dog in question.
I started telling stories to my friends when I was five, stories I made up, and when I was six-years-old my First Grade Teacher would have me tell stories to the class while she got a little shuteye. Yes, I was entertaining enough to keep a couple dozen First Graders from rioting for upwards of fifteen minutes.
This success went to my head and I became a writer and eventually the narrator of the audio books of several of my published works. I LOVE playing all the different characters in my novels and short stories and now in The Dog Who Wanted A Person. Narrating my books, with Peter Temple recording me and helping me edit my takes, is without a doubt one of my very favorite things to do.
I hope you’ll get the beautifully illustrated paperback of The Dog Who Wanted A Person or e-book or audio book, or all three. Several people have asked me if the book is appropriate for little kids. I think a sharp eight-year-old would enjoy the book, but would have to look up several words, and some of the humor might elude her/him, as would the subtle references to songs from the 1960s and 70s. But otherwise she/he would love the book and read it multiple times.
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