Once again overtaken by Walter the Farting Dog
Another chapter in my glorious march to publishing success: If an Amazon customer searches books for “peace story for children,” my book about Queen Isabel of Portugal comes up (this morning anyway) at #35, three spaces behind . . . Walter the Farting Dog, by William Kotzwinkle.
Walter has long been a nemesis of mine — well, at least since December, when I published. For some time his book came up in such a “peace story” search well ahead of mine; then Isabel dashed in front for awhile; now she has fallen behind again.
A Map and a Mule is a peace story because Isabel nipped at least one war and one battle in their buds, through diplomacy (which I don’t bore the kids with, don’t worry) and also by riding a mule onto a battlefield. And Walter the dog is an equally distinguished peacemaker, apparently.
You might ask: Does anyone really search “peace story for children”? Yes, they do, judging by traffic to my other blog, my peace blog. Just ask Walter.
