In the first two months of its availability between July 1 and Aug 3, 2011, my children's picture book, The Mutt & the Mustang has sold more than 700 copies! and picked up by a third distributor who represents western-themed gifts rather than books. As there are only 300 books left from the first printing of 1000, I have ordered a second printing of 1000 to make sure there will be enough books to fill Christmas orders.
Ft. Collins daily newspaper, The Coloradoan had the following review:
"The Mutt & the Mustang by Judy Archibald and illustrated by Patricia Greenberg has it all for a children's book. The artful illustrations accompanied by photographs of the real horse and dog, Raven and Kody, respectively are visual delights. Add to that a pleasant story of a friendship between a dog and a horse which includes the underlying inspiration that everyone is special in their own way and you have the makings of a beautiful child's book with a timeless message."
The Valley Equestrian News features The Mutt & the Mustang - the True Tale of a Dog-Riding Horse in their Aug/Sept. 2011 issue with a photo of Kody riding "his" horse plus a cover of the book.
Valley Horse News out of Las Vegas will be featuring The Mutt & the Mustang in an upcoming issue and The American Dog Magazine plans to review it in their fall, 2011 issue.
A successful book signing at the Loveland, CO Barnes & Noble where without any publicity and on a week day, sold 17 books. Twenty books sold at the Estes Park Historical Museum's booth at the recent Heritage Festival - however, this was a much harder way to sell books than signings in book stores as it was way too hot and noisy.. MacDonalds Book Shop in Estes Park has sold more than 130 copies!!
Boomer Cafe posted how I came to write The Mutt & Mustang on their website with the following comment: "One thing we love to read here is a success story. Maybe it's financial success, maybe it's emotional success. Either way, we like this story from Judy Archibald, whose dog and pony show literally inspired a new career."
I am having so much fun sharing stories about my little dog Kody, Raven my mustang, Cheyenne my German Shepherd and her pal Rio the paint horse with the public that I can honestly say though I recently "lost" my job as director/curator of the annual Colo. Governor's Art Show where for ten years I produced highly successful shows I don't miss it .... (well maybe I miss working with the artists but I don't miss the politics.)
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