Remember when Tony Hale came on The Mommy Show and I developed this massive crush on him which is glaringly obvious to anyone watching the episode?
At the time, Tony was talking about his new children’s book called Archibald’s Next Big Thing
Archibald is a chicken, a tall bald chicken, who bears a not-so-small resemblance to Mr. Hale. (In other words, the chicken is strangely attractive.) (No, I’m kidding.) (I think.) Archibald goes on countless wacky wonderful adventures but is always in search of the next big thing. The lesson he learns by the end of the book is to stop and appreciate the here and now.
It’s a good message for kids and adults and the style of the book is fun to read with really stellar illustrations, graphics and typography.
It’s the kind of book that is great for Mazzy right now because it’s long and in depth, while still being a big picture book.
And pretty silly.
We like silly around here.
But the best part of Tony Hale releasing his new book is I get to relive one of my most favorite Mommy Show episodes. Watch Tony chat with Mazzy in the “green room”, craft a pirate hook hand out of a solo cup (as an ode to Buster from Arrested Development), organize my diaper bag (as an ode to Gary Walsh from Veep) and make me giggle like I just bumped into Jake Ryan at the school dance.
If you’d like to enter to win a copy of Archibald’s Next Big Thing
I’m giving away five copies (four here and one on instagram), plus, I’ll throw in a limited edition poster (18″ X 24″) to each of the five winners.
Then leave a comment below answering the following:
If you wrote a children’s book with an animal as the main character, what kind of animal would it be and what would be its name?
Winner will be announced on Friday.
Good luck!
UPDATE: The winners are 1) Andrea K who would write a book about a bear named Briony 2) AmberLynn Pappas who would write a book about a dog named Oregano 3) Lindsay who would write a book about a monkey named moose and 4) Liz Voss who would write a book about a horse named Black Beauty. Ummm…. I think that one has already been done. The winner on instagram is @arw1819. Thanks for playing!
Belephant the Elephant!
A dog named Yoda.
It would be Margaret the Manatee!
Lars the Tapir. The explanation is a long, inside joke with my husband that would interest no one but me. 🙂
A miniature Daschund named Hover. Hubby is a pilot.
A sloth named Quenelope!
Definitely a panda, a red panda, named Lucy.
A porcipine named Norman.
A monkey named Moose.
Magnolia the Elephant, after my kiddo.
Benny the Cephalopod
A cow named Tex.
A dog (goldendoodle) named Briggs
A tiger named Spot
A beaver named Benny
A purple hippo named Heepo
A hedgehog named Henry!
A dog named Kwat so every time he was called they would yell “Come Kwat!”
A hedgehog name Willa
A cat named Butterscotch. My cat would love her own story.
A corgi named Jet.
A groundhog named Gretchen.
Clyde the chimpanzee!
Hedgehog named Fred!
A cat named Mimi.
A fox named Flynn. He’d have a best friend, a girl fox named Georgia.
A brave little puppy named Moxie!
A great dane named Shakespeare.
Not that you asked- but it would totally be about this awkward, gangly great dane who wants to be taken seriously and thinks he’s so grown up. But everything he attempts fails in hilarious, awkward, and spectacular fashion. It would end with him realizing that you can be amazing by being yourself and there’s always time to be a serious grown up later.
When I was a kid, I always wrote stories about horses.
And while I was super creative with some names (Trukanunk my imaginary friend), my horse characters were all named based on what color they were (a la Black Beauty).
Floyd the flamingo!
A hedgehog named “Squat”, and a little girl would tell tall tales of her pet hedgehog and when people wouldn’t believe her she would always reply, “well, you don’t know Squat!”
If I were to write a children’s book it would be from the perspective of a little pet frog and he would be named Daniel. Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
I just recently found Mommy Shorts, and it has been both entertaining and uplifting, so thank you!
A hedgehog named Gwen
An armadillo name Ardvark because I like silly confusion 🙂
(wow, i just stumbled upon “MommyShorts” tonight! thank you!)
It would definitely be about a little gosling named Pamela. She has all sorts of misadventures when she oversleeps and runs late for a very big day with her gaggle! But Pamela will soon discover how delightful it is to find her own way…!
a sheep named curly.
A bunny named Bopper.
A moose named Mega 🙂
I would write a book all about the adventures in heaven of a sweet little Husky mutt named Jessi (we just lost her in early November). My kids have done their grieving through imagining what J-dog is doing up in heaven right now. 🙂
A rooster named Beyoncé (shout out to the bloggess)
A dog named Oregano, because my son desperately wants us to get a dog and name him Oregano. A book about Oregano would be the best thing I could do for him at this time as he’s a book fanatic!
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A dog named Herman.
A donkey named Buttons
A PERSIAN CAT NAMED KAT (PRONOUNCED K-AWW-T)
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The book would be about a bird named Flit
A tiger named Nala, I was obsess with Lion King as a kid and someone had got me a tiger when i was a baby and at some point as a toddler I named said tiger Nala and since then I have wanted to right thew stories of Nala’s adventure!!!!
A bear named Briony
A dog named Mel.
It also needs to be able to grab and hold the viewer’s attention until the end.
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