Earlier this summer, Lesley Van Arsdall and Brian Westbrook released a children’s book titled The Mouse Who Played Football. We reviewed it on the site and gave it a 10 out of 10.

Now Mikey Miss is entering “this space,” as they say:

At the Barnes and Noble link, the book is summarized like this:

The Adventures of Shima the Shiba is the first installment of a continuing series on Shima, a Shiba Inu breed with a human-like personality. The Shiba is the national dog of Japan, known for their keen instincts and delightful personalities, and has become a popular brand for bitcoin. This book follows Shima as she learns to adapt to life with her new owner, who learns to love his dog unconditionally despite her foibles, while teaching the young reader some valuable behavioral lessons. This book is the first of a series that will follow Shima through various travels and life experience as a learning guide for younger children. A portion of the proceeds of the book series will be donated to area animal shelters.

I can get down with this. A children’s book with a positive message and a charity component? Mike is checking all of the boxes here… outright!

Here’s an additional blurb from Mike’s website:

Mike is a dog lover who has supported area animal rescue shelters for many years.  Mike will be donating 20% of the book sales to area animal shelters.

Good stuff. I’m sure Mike enjoyed doing something different here. A post-Fanatic foray, if you will. I’d rather write a children’s book than listen to Jimmy from the Northeast call up and ask some dumbass question about trading for a punter. People who read children’s books might be smarter than sports talk radio callers.

You can buy the Ebook for $2.99, a paperback for $16.99, and a hardcover for $26.99. There’s also a Kindle version for $3.99 on Amazon if that’s more of your speed. I am likely to order a copy of Shiba the Shima and use it to replace Raggedy Ann and Andy, which can go in the trash can where it rightly belongs. Just don’t tell my three year old.