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THE MUTTS HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
For this special time of year, we have ideas for everyone on your list. MUTTS shtuff, of course, but also ideas for gifts that are not things. Read on!!!!
1. For Everyone on Your List: Future Flowers
Our friends at Greenfield Paper have done it again. These beautiful Grow-A-Note cards are a plantable bouquet in the making. The MUTTS Peace on Earth Holiday Card
is 100% recycled paper printed with soy inks on seed-embedded Grow-A-Note® paper. They also have 100% recycled MUTTS gift wrap paper!
2. For the Person Who Has Everything
Just in time for this year's holiday season, Little, Brown has come up with a new, "no need to wrap" gift edition of the New York Times bestseller The Gift of Nothing. Publisher's Weekly gave it a starred review:
How (Mooch) solves the (gift giving) problem is pure delight, reminding young readers that the greatest gift is friendship, not things. Both Mutts fans and newcomers will appreciate McDonnell's clever wordplay and lovable characters, who prove that nothing can be everything. All ages.
3. For Those Interested in 'The Art of Life'
Already a bestseller, and a pick on many holiday gift guide lists, we are so delighted to recommend Guardians of Being for your family and friends. The Christian Science Monitor says:
If you are one of those organized people interested in completing your holiday shopping as quickly and unerringly as possible, I have a suggestion for you: Pick up a copy of Guardians of Being by Eckhart Tolle with illustrations by Patrick McDonnell. In fact, while you’re at it, you might just as well grab a copy for everyone on your list, because this is a book likely to speak to dog lovers, cat lovers, art lovers, spiritual seekers, those who like to read, those who don’t like to read, and pretty much anyone interested in the art of life.
4. For the Young, and the Young at Heart
Patrick's latest children's book, Wag!, is a 2009 National Parenting Publications Award winner. Kirkus Reviews gives it a thumbs up:
Sweet, gentle, delightful—all illustrated in line drawings and washes that show exactly what's needed and no more. McDonnell's simple pictures demonstrate humor, personality and keen insight into the world of the small tail-waggers, and the artist as author clearly knows the joys in the small, sweet beings' universe. Although intended for the very young, older humans—and maybe even a cat or two—will understand. Many woofs and FWIPs for this charming book.
5. For the MUTTS Fan
Our friends at Tripawds.com offer this "big woofs up" from their wonderful, lengthly review of Stop and Smell the Roses :
McDonnell has an uncanny ability to say it all, in just so many words. An important task for an artistic novelist whose pages are but frames and panels told over time. A task which Patrick executes exquisitely, and consistently. His new Mutts Treasury, Stop and Smell the Roses, is a perfect example.
6. Ideas for Gifts: Not Things
Here are some fun ideas for inexpensive gifts that give back:
- Plant trees as a gift in someone's honor—American Forests makes it easy!
- Sponsor an animal as a gift—Black Beauty Ranch, Farm Sanctuary, Animal Acres, Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, and Triple C Ranch
—all have sponsorship/adoption programs.
- Make your own seed bombs! These are great stocking stuffers.
- "Regift" old blankets and towels to your local animal shelter. Bring a child along and teach them the gift of giving.
- Give a membership to your favorite charity!
Interviews, Reviews, and Appearances
We have been woefully remiss in blogging about (and putting up on the daily email) all the amazing interviews Patrick has done recently, and all the fantastic reviews of his new books. Here are links to a few great ones, plus some upcoming appearances:
Interviews: The Power of Wag!, Pawnation, Beliefnet, Comic Book Resources, Guideposts
Book Reviews: Christian Science Monitor, Explore the Spirit, The Dance of Life, Tripawds, Shelf Awareness
, kivitv.com, Children's Book Guide, Beliefnet
Upcoming Book Signings:
The Raconteur in Metuchen, NJ, 12/6 at 2:00 pm
East West Living in NYC, 12/11 at 7:00 pm
Oprah Magazine On Guardians of Being
We at Muttscomics just love Oprah, and we're thrilled that O, the Oprah Magazine, has given Guardians of Being a full-page rave review! Cathleen Medwick writes:
[Eckhart's] serene text tells you how to relish each moment, and McDonnell responds with droll, delicately rendered drawings. ... A book to make you wriggle with joy.
The entire review is available at oprah.com.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!!!!
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