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You are here: Home / Book Reviews / New Mutts Book – and Awesome Giveaway!

New Mutts Book – and Awesome Giveaway!

September 29, 2015 By: Summer Samba40 Comments

I know I must have lots of Mutts fans out there

I’m sure all of you know the Mutts comic strip, and its creator, Patrick McDonnell. Mutts is in over 700 newspapers in 20 countries and a favorite of animal lovers worldwide. Mr. Patrick has won lots of awards, including the Reuben (which is like winning the Oscars for cartoonists), but even more importantly, his comic strip has also won awards for its environmental and animal advocacy. This human has a heart of gold and it shows in the warmth and gentle laughter in the Mutts comic strip, now in its 21st year.

Mutts Winter Diaries

The great news is that there is a new book of Mutts comics coming out on October 13! It is called The Mutts Winter Diaries, and it is full of winter adventures starring Earl, Mooch and all their pals. Although it is supposedly for children, I would say it is really for children “of all ages!” This is an awesome book for any Mutts fan and perfect for the upcoming colder months. Especially because there’s a section at the end called “More to Explore” and it has suggestions on helping your local wildlife cope with the winter weather.

  • You can visit the Mutts website here
  • Visit Mutts on Facebook
  • Follow Mutts on Twitter

I love the pink tissue paper!

In advance of the book’s release, the humans who are helping promote The Mutts Winter Diaries sent us a really awesome package!

See? I didn't even try to chew the ribbon!

Not only did we get a review copy of the book — we also got a pretty pink sleepshirt made by Richard Leeds International, all nicely packaged!

What a nice gift! But they could have included cat treats

And you can win the same package! If you are wondering how big the shirt is, it says “OSFM,” which means One Size Fits Most, but it’s actually about 22″ across, so it basically fits up to a L, or maybe a small XL. To enter for a chance to win, use the Rafflecopter widget below. Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Disclosure: Along with receiving the sleepshirt and book, we also received a small fee for writing about the new Mutts book.

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Comments

  1. Angel Ms. Phoebe's Family says

    October 10, 2015 at 12:24 am

    Pawesome giveaway as always Summer, thanks! This is one of the best comic strips, we love what they do to highlight animal advocacy and rights.

    Reply
  2. Mia haddad says

    October 1, 2015 at 9:20 pm

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  3. meowmeowmans says

    September 30, 2015 at 11:14 am

    That’s a great giveaway, Summer! We love Mutts here. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Connie says

    September 30, 2015 at 8:28 am

    YAY Mutts!

    Reply
  5. Emma and Buster says

    September 29, 2015 at 10:16 pm

    Summer your giveaways are always pretty cool.

    Reply
  6. Fraidy Cats! says

    September 29, 2015 at 7:58 pm

    oh, we love Mutts! we don’t think there is a Mutts book or book by Patrick McDonnell that isn’t pawsome. Thanks for sharing about the book and having the give away, Summer. this will be another to add to our book list 🙂

    pip, smidgen, minnie, hollie, sharpie

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  7. Maggie says

    September 29, 2015 at 7:13 pm

    Great give away, but I think the shirt is too big for you, Summer. We love Mutts!

    Reply
  8. Pipo/Minko/MrJackFreckles says

    September 29, 2015 at 7:10 pm

    Nightshirt?? Meowmy loves those!

    That looks like a fun book, meomwy tries to read Mutts evfurry day!

    We cannot do all the entries, though because we do not do twitter, Instagram or printerest…

    MIAOW!!

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  9. Cathy Keisha says

    September 29, 2015 at 6:12 pm

    WE’re Mutt’s comic fans. I just shared one on FB yesterday. We’re already email subscribers but it won’t give me credit unless I subscribe again. Oh well.

    Reply
  10. Sometimes Cats Herd You says

    September 29, 2015 at 3:42 pm

    We enjoy the Mutts comics a lot, though we only discovered them a couple months ago. How wonderful that this book has tips on how to help the wildlife in the winter, too!

    Reply
  11. Famous SpokesGoat Pricilla says

    September 29, 2015 at 3:40 pm

    The publicist likes that comic strip. She reads it every day. Thanks for the chance for her to win

    Reply
  12. LP says

    September 29, 2015 at 3:10 pm

    That sounds like a great giveaway! We love that he has dedicated a portion of the book to helping wildlife. Great lessons for children of all ages 🙂

    the critters in the cottage xo

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  13. Robin says

    September 29, 2015 at 1:37 pm

    The Mutts comics are so cool! I love seeing them on Facebook. 🙂 It is nice to see someone using their talents for a worthy cause. 🙂

    Reply
  14. Flynn says

    September 29, 2015 at 1:35 pm

    I haven’t seen the Mutts, but it sounds fun. The sleepshirt is cute.

    Reply
  15. BeadedTail says

    September 29, 2015 at 1:00 pm

    We don’t get the paper so we must be the only people on earth who’ve never heard of Mutts but looks like we need to check them out!

    Reply
  16. Katie Bella says

    September 29, 2015 at 12:50 pm

    I went thru all but Pintarest and instagram which mommy would rather not take up with. I LOVE MUTTS to the millionth degree.

    Reply
  17. Phoebe kitten says

    September 29, 2015 at 12:09 pm

    Oh man * sheepish look * We need to find out more about Mutts!! We are sharing a lot Sumner, this is a cool giveaway!!

    Reply
  18. Marg says

    September 29, 2015 at 11:50 am

    Sounds like a great book to us. Bet it would be fun to read. Great pictures Summer.

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  19. Random Felines says

    September 29, 2015 at 10:56 am

    we love Mutts and especially the shelter stories 🙂

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  20. Kitty Cat Chronicles says

    September 29, 2015 at 9:52 am

    The Mom must admit that she’s never seen the Mutts comic before… but we don’t get the paper or read comics ever. It sounds really cute though!! Love that they promote animal advocacy.

    Reply
  21. dma says

    September 29, 2015 at 9:41 am

    my late mother was a big fan of mutts (the comic).

    Reply
  22. Annabelle says

    September 29, 2015 at 9:22 am

    That sure sounds like a great book!

    Reply
  23. Tamago says

    September 29, 2015 at 8:58 am

    I didn’t know about Mutts but it sounds such a wonderful cartoon. The drawing is very cute 🙂

    Reply
  24. Gattina says

    September 29, 2015 at 8:04 am

    I have never heard of “Mutts” but the cat design looks familiar to me !

    Reply
  25. Brian Frum says

    September 29, 2015 at 7:43 am

    I’ll bet those are some really fun Mutts pretty Summer!

    Reply
  26. Cleopawtra (Becca Cook) says

    September 29, 2015 at 7:41 am

    We love the Mutts cartoon strip. It makes us laugh out loud. I love kitty and his little pink sock, because I have one of those type kitties.

    Reply
  27. Joan Ryan says

    September 29, 2015 at 7:16 am

    We hadn’t heard of Mutts but we sure have now. Looks like a great book and a really cute sleepshirt/tee. What a great giveaway!
    Angel Normie, Mika, Sasha & Grady Lewis

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  28. Kitties Blue says

    September 29, 2015 at 7:14 am

    We love this cartoon strip, and would so like to win this book so Mom can read it to us while we snuggle with her in that cute nightshirt. Please, of please Ceiling Cat let us be the winner. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

    Reply
  29. Madi and Mom says

    September 29, 2015 at 6:54 am

    SENDING LOTS OF KITTY PURRS FOR A VERY SUCCESSFUL BOOK LAUNCHING
    HUGS MADI AND MOM

    Reply
  30. Lola and Lexy says

    September 29, 2015 at 6:44 am

    What a great giveaway. We love Mutts comics.

    Reply
  31. Ellen Pilch says

    September 29, 2015 at 6:28 am

    I love Mutts, it is one of the few comics I read daily. I used to get Mutts pajamas at Walmart all the time, but they stopped carrying them.

    Reply
  32. Melissa & Mudpie says

    September 29, 2015 at 6:15 am

    We are *crazy* about Mutts!!!

    Reply
  33. Laila and Minchie says

    September 29, 2015 at 6:07 am

    We love Mutts and love that cute sleep shirt!

    Reply
  34. MamaLisa says

    September 29, 2015 at 6:05 am

    We love Patrick McDonnell and Mutts! He also illustrated a children’s book with Eckhart Tolle called Guardians of Being about how our animal companions help us learn to be compassionate human beings.

    ~MamaLisa

    Reply
  35. The Florida Furkids says

    September 29, 2015 at 4:34 am

    We LOVE Mutts….and that sleepshirt is adorable!!

    The Florida Furkids

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  36. HaHnnah and Lucy says

    September 29, 2015 at 4:30 am

    Summer – we hadn’t heard about the Mutts until we saw your name on today’s blog – it looks like a fun book.
    Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

    Reply
  37. The Island Cats says

    September 29, 2015 at 3:57 am

    We love Mutts! What a great book!

    Reply
  38. Fur Everywhere says

    September 29, 2015 at 3:44 am

    We have actually not heard of Mutts until recently, but the Mom can’t read the small print of the newspaper, either, so maybe that’s why, MOL. We will be interested to see the comic if we win the book.

    Reply
  39. The kitties of purring pines says

    September 29, 2015 at 1:11 am

    We LUBS Mutts!

    Reply
  40. Georgia and Julie says

    September 29, 2015 at 1:07 am

    That looks like a really neat book 🙂
    Purrs Georgia and Julie,
    Treasure and JJ

    Reply

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