Fur-Face: When Roald Dahl Meets the Ebook

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Flash back to the beginning of June. June 1st was Hulk Hercules' book day. It was also the book day of fellow author Jon Gibbs' Fur-Face.

Jon is a writer's writer. He runs a very interesting blog about writing, and works hard to help other writers find critique groups at Find a Writing Group. He's an active member of writing groups and organizations, and writes the occasional column over at Apex. I've linked to Jon several times.

It seemed logical for me to revise Fur-Face for a couple of reasons: we had the same book day, Jon is also writing middle grade, and I admire Jon as a writer.

Just in case your interested, you can purchase Fur-Face at Amazon.

So, Fur-Face. Man, I wish I could write like a Brit! It's not fair! I have half the genes, and I've read enough classic literature to choke a horse. However, because I want to choke horses in my idioms, I guess I'm American.

Fur-Face has the feel of British children's literature. And your kid is going to like it. If's a fine book to share with your child as the first ebook story you read together. The only way I could imagine the experience being more fun is if there were illustrations of cats in sunglasses.

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