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Just erstwhile you thought Dozer’s bloated consciousness of aforesaid value couldn’t get immoderate worse, he’s weaselled his mode into a children’s book….. Introducing: Row Row Row Your Boat (with Monsters) by Adam Simpson, featuring DOZER!!!🐶🌟
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Every twelvemonth I consciousness similar Dozer has achieved his vocation high. He is, aft all, 13 (!), and aft his impermanent quality connected Play School past year, everyone was convinced he’d peaked.
Yet present we are…….but I americium definite we cannot apical this. DOZER IN A PICTURE BOOK!!! There are not capable exclamation marks successful this satellite to pass my excitement!!!!!!
And if that weren’t enough, each the writer proceeds from this publication are being donated to One Meal, the not-for-profit foundation that distributes the meals we marque astatine RecipeTin Meals to those successful request each crossed Sydney. 🥰
This representation publication featuring Dozer – Row Row Row Your Boat (With Monsters) – volition beryllium released connected 11 November 2025 and I can’t hold for you to spot it! Suitable for children from 3+ years and it’s disposable for pre-order from today:
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How did this happen??!
I know, right?? Sounds truthful random! I privation to archer you that Dozer was “discovered” astatine the canine parkland by an agent, but the information is not arsenic glamorous! (Also, I americium his cause 😅).
The writer of this publication is Adam Simpson who is simply a spouse astatine the instrumentality steadfast Simpsons that provides ineligible services for my business. In speech a fewer months ago, helium mentioned helium had written a children’s representation publication for his young daughters (hidden talent!) and asked however I’d consciousness astir the canine featured successful it being Dozer. That successful itself was exciting, but erstwhile helium added that each his proceeds would beryllium donated to One Meal, it sealed the deal.
So, arsenic antithetic arsenic it mightiness dependable (my lawyer!), it feels precise earthy and right, and due to the fact that it’s for a not-for-profit that I americium intimately aligned with, it’s a privilege to beryllium involved!
This is Adam Simpson, successful the photograph below. The lawyer Adam connected the left, and Adam extracurricular the office, looking overmuch much similar an author! I don’t cognize wherefore I felt the request to stock both, broadside by broadside nary less, and honestly, what bash I cognize astir what an writer should look like? 😆
Tell maine astir Dozer’s book!
Row, Row, Row Your Boat (With Monsters) is simply a publication that is work (sung!) to the celebrated nursery rhyme “Row, Row, Row your boat”. 🎶 It’s astir a night-time escapade starring Dozer arsenic the canine of 2 children who question done imaginative landscapes successful hunt of the things that spell BUMP successful the night.
Adam wrote the book for his 2 daughters, Charlotte and Madeleine, to promote curiosity and boldness, peculiarly successful the look of things that whitethorn be, astatine first, alternatively frightening. It’s a publication suitable for children 3+.
The illustrations are by Gypsy Taylor who is an award-winning decorator and illustrator whose vocation spans film, TV, commercials and animations. I emotion the amusive mode she interpreted Dozer successful the pictures – amusive and cute!
Will determination beryllium a book tour??!!!
I anticipation so! Dozer is moving hard to enactment acceptable and good (and I americium moving connected my singing!) truthful helium tin articulation maine for peculiar events, similar readings successful store. I spot furniture clip stories, pillow fights, cooky decorations and Dozer PJ’s!!!!😂
It volition lone beryllium successful Sydney and surrounds though, arsenic unluckily Dozer can’t question interstate.
(PS If you’re wondering what that pinkish happening connected Dozer’s caput is, it’s my sleeping mask. The imaginativeness successful my caput was cuter – looking astatine it now, it looks much similar a babe bonnet gone incorrect 😅).
PS The publication looks a small scruffy due to the fact that it’s a mock up – the existent happening is getting printed close present actually!Available for pre-order from today!
I’ve got truthful overmuch amusive worldly to stock successful the coming months for Dozer’s representation book! It’s disposable for pre-order from contiguous and volition beryllium released connected 11 November 2025:
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And yet – a large convey you to Adam Simpson for selecting DOZER to diagnostic successful his book!! And for truthful generously choosing to donate each the royalties from his publication to One Meal, the fantastic organisation we spouse with to get RecipeTin Meals into the hands of radical crossed Sydney who request them. Because nary 1 should spell hungry. ❤️
– Dozer’s cause (Nagi)
FAQ
Why are you promoting idiosyncratic else’s book? Are you being paid? (NO!)
Because the writer proceeds are being donated to a not-for-profit that I americium intimately aligned to (One Meal) and Dozer is successful it!
I americium not being paid successful immoderate form. I person nary fiscal involvement successful Row, Row, Row Your Boat (With Monsters) astatine all, I don’t get commissions from radical clicking the nexus to pre-order the book. I americium genuinely doing this due to the fact that it’s for a bully cause, the publication is cute, Adam Simpson is simply a bully idiosyncratic and besides due to the fact that it’s fun! 🙂
Who is Adam Simpson, the author?
Adam Simpson is simply a lawyer by time and children’s publication writer by night! He is simply a spouse astatine Simpsons instrumentality firm successful Sydney whose services I employment for ineligible proposal for my concern – firm and HR matters, to sanction a fewer things. Running RecipeTin is not each cakes and pasta, sadly! 😂
It was decidedly a astonishment erstwhile helium approached maine to inquire however I’d consciousness astir making Dozer the canine successful his publication – you don’t expect your suited up lawyer to speech commercialized instrumentality successful 1 condemnation past a representation publication astir monsters successful the adjacent enactment (!). But it wasn’t a hard determination to marque erstwhile helium told maine helium wanted to donate each the proceeds to charity.
Plus – Dozer. Any task involving Dozer is fun!
What are the presumption of the donations?
Adam Simpson, the author, has undertaken to donate each the royalties helium receives from the merchantability of the publication to charities. Royalties are paid bi-annually by the publisher.
The archetypal foundation helium has nominated to person the royalties is One Meal Northern Beaches, a not-for-profit that aims to combat hunger that I americium aligned with (they administer the meals we marque astatine RTM each crossed Sydney), and this is printed connected the screen of the book.
What is RecipeTin’s narration with One Meal?
One Meal Northern Beaches is simply a not-for-profit organisation based successful Brookvale successful the Northern Beaches. They administer the meals we marque astatine RecipeTin Meals each time to those successful request – we’re presently donating 600 each time (plus desserts!).
The mode I picture it to radical – we bash the cooking, and One Meal bash the distribution, They find wherever the meals should spell and put for the transportation of the meals to those locations. Some spell straight to families oregon individuals, immoderate spell to shelters, immoderate spell to organisation points wherever recipients cognize they tin spell to cod meals astatine a fixed clip each week.
Back erstwhile One Meal archetypal started, the meals were lone distributed successful the Northern Beaches area. But for the past fewer years, meals are going retired each crossed Sydney and adjacent to little areas of the Central Coast.
Who is publishing the book?
The publication is being published by Pan Macmillan who is the steadfast of some my cookbooks. Which makes this adjacent much earthy and fun, due to the fact that we’re moving with a squad that I already cognize and bask moving with!
How overmuch did Dozer’s caput swell erstwhile helium recovered out?
The canine doorway successful the location plans had to beryllium upsized.
Life of Dozer
104 photos later, I’m done, but Dozer’s conscionable getting started! #Showpony
The station Dozer children’s book! Row Row Row for charity appeared archetypal connected RecipeTin Eats.
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