Simply if you thought Dozer’s bloated sense of self significance couldn’t get any worse, he’s weaselled his approach right into a youngsters’s e-book….. Introducing: Row Row Row Your Boat (with Monsters) by Adam Simpson, that includes DOZER!!!🐶🌟
Yearly I really feel like Dozer has achieved his profession excessive. He’s, in spite of everything, 13 (!), and after his visitor look on Play Faculty final yr, everybody was satisfied he’d peaked.
But right here we’re…….however I’m sure we can’t high this. DOZER IN A PICTURE BOOK!!! There usually are not sufficient exclamation marks on this world to speak my pleasure!!!!!!
And if that weren’t sufficient, all of the creator proceeds from this e-book are being donated to One Meal, the not-for-profit charity that distributes the meals we make at RecipeTin Meals to these in want all throughout Sydney. 🥰
This image e-book that includes Dozer – Row Row Row Your Boat (With Monsters) – will probably be launched on 11 November 2025 and I can’t wait so that you can see it! Appropriate for kids from 3+ years and it’s out there for pre-order from in the present day:
Amazon | Massive W | Booktopia | Dymocks | QBD | Readings
How did this occur??!
I do know, proper?? Sounds so random! I need to inform you that Dozer was “found” on the canine park by an agent, however the reality isn’t as glamorous! (Additionally, I’m his agent 😅).
The creator of this e-book is Adam Simpson who’s a associate on the regulation agency Simpsons that gives authorized companies for my enterprise. In dialog a number of months in the past, he talked about he had written a youngsters’s image e-book for his younger daughters (hidden expertise!) and requested how I’d really feel concerning the canine featured in it being Dozer. That in itself was thrilling, however when he added that every one his proceeds could be donated to One Meal, it sealed the deal.
So, as uncommon as it would sound (my lawyer!), it feels very pure and proper, and since it’s for a not-for-profit that I’m intently aligned with, it’s a privilege to be concerned!
That is Adam Simpson, within the photograph beneath. The lawyer Adam on the left, and Adam outdoors the workplace, trying far more like an creator! I don’t know why I felt the necessity to share each, aspect by aspect no much less, and truthfully, what do I learn about what an creator ought to seem like? 😆
Inform me about Dozer’s e-book!
Row, Row, Row Your Boat (With Monsters) is a e-book that’s learn (sung!) to the well-known nursery rhyme “Row, Row, Row your boat”. 🎶 It’s a couple of night-time journey starring Dozer because the canine of two youngsters who journey by way of imaginative landscapes in quest of the issues that go BUMP within the night time.
Adam wrote the e-book for his two daughters, Charlotte and Madeleine, to encourage curiosity and boldness, notably within the face of issues which may be, at first, quite scary. It’s a e-book appropriate for kids 3+.
The illustrations are by Gypsy Taylor who’s an award-winning designer and illustrator whose profession spans movie, TV, commercials and animations. I like the enjoyable approach she interpreted Dozer within the photos – enjoyable and cute!
Will there be a e-book tour??!!!
I hope so! Dozer is working laborious to remain match and effectively (and I’m engaged on my singing!) so he can be part of me for particular occasions, like readings in retailer. I see mattress time tales, pillow fights, cookie decorations and Dozer PJ’s!!!!😂
It can solely be in Sydney and surrounds although, as sadly Dozer can’t journey interstate.
(PS Should you’re questioning what that pink factor on Dozer’s head is, it’s my sleeping masks. The imaginative and prescient in my head was cuter – taking a look at it now, it seems to be extra like a child bonnet gone improper 😅).
Accessible for pre-order from in the present day!
I’ve received a lot enjoyable stuff to share within the coming months for Dozer’s image e-book! It’s out there for pre-order from in the present day and will probably be launched on 11 November 2025:
Amazon | Massive W | Booktopia | Dymocks | QBD | Readings
And eventually – a giant thanks to Adam Simpson for choosing DOZER to function in his e-book!! And for therefore generously selecting to donate all of the royalties from his e-book to One Meal, the fantastic organisation we associate with to get RecipeTin Meals into the arms of individuals throughout Sydney who want them. As a result of nobody ought to go hungry. ❤️
– Dozer’s agent (Nagi)
FAQ
As a result of the creator proceeds are being donated to a not-for-profit that I’m intently aligned to (One Meal) and Dozer is in it!
I’m not being paid in any kind. I’ve no monetary curiosity in Row, Row, Row Your Boat (With Monsters) in any respect, I don’t get commissions from individuals clicking the hyperlink to pre-order the e-book. I’m genuinely doing this as a result of it’s for a very good trigger, the e-book is cute, Adam Simpson is an efficient individual and likewise as a result of it’s enjoyable! 🙂
Adam Simpson is a lawyer by day and kids’s e-book creator by night time! He’s a associate at Simpsons regulation agency in Sydney whose companies I make use of for authorized recommendation for my enterprise – company and HR issues, to call a number of issues. Operating RecipeTin isn’t all truffles and pasta, sadly! 😂
It was undoubtedly a shock when he approached me to ask how I’d really feel about making Dozer the canine in his e-book – you don’t anticipate your suited up lawyer to speak business regulation in a single sentence then an image e-book about monsters within the subsequent breath (!). But it surely wasn’t a tough resolution to make as soon as he instructed me he wished to donate all of the proceeds to charity.
Plus – Dozer. Any venture involving Dozer is enjoyable!
Adam Simpson, the creator, has undertaken to donate all of the royalties he receives from the sale of the e-book to charities. Royalties are paid bi-annually by the writer.
The primary charity he has nominated to obtain the royalties is One Meal Northern Seashores, a not-for-profit that goals to combat starvation that I’m aligned with (they distribute the meals we make at RTM all throughout Sydney), and that is printed on the duvet of the e-book.
One Meal Northern Seashores is a not-for-profit organisation based mostly in Brookvale within the Northern Seashores. They distribute the meals we make at RecipeTin Meals every single day to these in want – we’re at the moment donating 600 every single day (plus desserts!).
The best way I describe it to individuals – we do the cooking, and One Meal do the distribution, They decide the place the meals ought to go and prepare for the supply of the meals to these areas. Some go on to households or people, some go to shelters, some go to distribution factors the place recipients know they’ll go to gather meals at a given time each week.
Again when One Meal first began, the meals had been solely distributed within the Northern Seashores space. However for the previous few years, meals are going out all throughout Sydney and even to decrease areas of the Central Coast.
The e-book is being revealed by Pan Macmillan who’s the writer of each my cookbooks. Which makes this much more pure and enjoyable, as a result of we’re working with a crew that I already know and luxuriate in working with!
The canine door in the home plans needed to be upsized.
Lifetime of Dozer
104 photographs later, I’m accomplished, however Dozer’s simply getting began! #Showpony
