Tom Watson lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter, and son. He also has a dog, as you could probably guess. The dog is a Labrador-Newfoundland mix. Tom says he looks like a Labrador with a bad perm. He wanted to name the dog "Put Your Shirt On" (please don't ask why), but he was outvoted by his family. The dog's name is Shadow. Early in his career Tom worked in politics, including a stint as the chief speechwriter for the governor of Ohio. This experience helped him develop the unique, storytelling narrative style of the Stick Dog books. More important, Tom's time in politics made him realize a very important thing: Kids are way smarter than adults. And it's a lot more fun and rewarding to write stories for them than to write speeches for grown-ups.
<p><div style="outline: 0px; box-sizing: border-box !important; float: left; width: 630px; margin-bottom: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 100; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"></div></p><div style="outline: 0px; box-sizing: border-box !important; float: left; width: 630px; margin-bottom: 40px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 100; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><p style="outline: 0px; box-sizing: border-box !important; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 300; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding-bottom: 12px;"><strong style="outline: 0px; box-sizing: border-box !important; font-weight: 700;">Perfect for fans of Big Nate, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Timmy Failure, and the previous Stick Dog books, the popular Stick Dog series continues in Tom Watson's hilarious <em style="outline: 0px; box-sizing: border-box !important; font-style: italic;">Stick Dog Tries to Take the Donuts</em>!</strong></p><p style="outline: 0px; box-sizing: border-box !important; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 300; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding-bottom: 12px;"><em style="outline: 0px; box-sizing: border-box !important; font-style: italic;">It's morning. The dogs are hungry. It's time to take the donuts!</em></p><p style="outline: 0px; box-sizing: border-box !important; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 300; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding-bottom: 12px;">Stick Dog and his team of strays are off on another outrageous canine caper. To snatch some breakfast treats for his hungry pals, Stick Dog will need to stop a moving truck, outfox a man on a telephone pole, and calm down a very caffeinated Karen. But that's not all. He'll also need to manage the greatest confrontation in history when his good friend Poo-Poo comes face-to-face with the ultimate enemy: a squirrel!</p><p style="outline: 0px; box-sizing: border-box !important; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 300; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding-bottom: 12px;">With Stick Dog's smarts, daring, loyalty—and patience—he just might lead his buddies to the best breakfast ever. </p><p style="outline: 0px; box-sizing: border-box !important; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 300; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding-bottom: 12px;">Other favorites in the series include <em style="outline: 0px; box-sizing: border-box !important; font-style: italic;">Stick Dog Wants a Hot Dog, Stick Dog Chases a Pizza</em>, and many more!</p></div>
