Did You Ever Wonder: Puppies in the Hood

By Jeff Nystrom

Warning: If youve ever owned a dog, you should enjoy the following book. This book contains 321 cartoons which hopefully will make you smile, chuckle, and perhaps wet yourself (assuming you are older like me!) In my first book Did You Ever Wonder Thinking Outside My Box, my cartoons and their topics were fairly random sort of like stream of conscientiousness writing. This book starts out in a somewhat similar fashion but does eventually develop a couple of story lines. In the early part, youll be introduced to a number of characters but the bulk of the book will focus on Spike, Chico, and Grandpaw.

Initially I considered splitting this material into two separate books but didnt think there was enough meat for both books to stand or squat separately. The last thing I wanted to do with a dog story is not have enough meat in it. If I didnt, Id have all the doggie lovers out there howling for my blood not to mention begging for more treats! Regardless, these cartoons were written with the intent of brightening your day! So take off you game face, relax, and let the sunlight enter!

JAN

PS Dogs like young children enjoy having stories read to them too! Please dont make them beg!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 13, 2014
• ISBN: 9781493173884

Jeff Nystrom

Jeff Nystrom is an artist, a father, a chemist, a teacher, a coach, and a Christian. As one of four children, he became well versed in the use of the pun at a young age. He has uncanny ability to “mishear” what someone has said. His passion for understanding the world around him has given him an unusual perspective which has shaped his humor. Formally a chemist, he has taught both at the high school and college level as well as spent many years in the textile, plastics, water, and paper industries. A major portion of his career has involved solving problems. While he is no “Dr. Phil,” he has had many pets through the years and has become very astute at helping them deal with life’s little problems or so he thinks! His love of nature and the marvelous creation around him has affected his perspective on the world around him and for the better. Enjoy!

Book preview

Copyright © 2014 by Jeff Nystrom.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Rev. date: 02/10/2014

To order additional copies of this book, contact:

Xlibris LLC

1-888-795-4274

www.Xlibris.com

[e-mail]

144959

I would like to dedicate this book to my dog Abby, and

my daughter’s/son-in-law’s dog Giggsy,

my patient wife, Scarlet,

and my two lovely and ever supportive daughters, Hannah and Alex.

Thanks also to the many people who have been supportive

over the years as I have bombarded them daily with my cartoons.

JAN

NOTE TO THE READER

Back in the later part of 2005 I was in a 13 month transition period between my previous and my next full time job. I had always enjoyed cartoons by various people but I especially loved The Far Side cartoons by Gary Larsen. About three years ago, I started sending two cartoons a day out to many of my friends and family. My goal was simple – try to start their day off with a smile. Recently, I published my first book of cartoons called Did You Ever Wonder – Thinking Outside My Box based on these early cartoons. In this book, I introduced the Puppies in the Hood. The cartoon titles were simply given as PITH. My current book is really geared to show a softer side of the Puppies in the Hood! They