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Derick Wilder

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Dad. #KidLit Author. Reading Giraffe Founder. Nature Lover. Trail Explorer. Writing picture books that make you laugh, cry, or both! The Longest Letsgoboy ๐Ÿ• Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt? ๐Ÿ‘ I Made These Ants Some Underpants! ๐Ÿœ Next: Hide, Fish, Hide! ๐Ÿก

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A thought from this past week... May we live in a world where the level of outrage and anger generated by a gun barrel eliminating the life of a young child matches that of Cracker Barrel eliminating the image of an elderly man.

31.08.2025 12:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks so much for including our book! Cรกtia did such a beautiful job bringing the story to life! ๐Ÿ•โค๏ธ

17.05.2025 12:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks so much, Lori! Laughter is a wonderful thing! ๐Ÿ˜€

24.01.2025 22:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You absolutely could not make this sh#* up!!! As a writer, I tell my agent we couldn't submit the Trump story, even as fiction, as no editors would consider it believable. In addition, they'd reject it for having no redeemable characters that readers would like.

02.01.2025 02:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here's to a Mighty 2025!

01.01.2025 13:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โค๏ธโ˜ฎ๏ธ๐ŸŒป

01.01.2025 00:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aww...thanks so much, Lori! That's awesome--I hope like enjoy it! The story was inspired by one of our elderly huskies taking me on a slow walk around our wooded back yard one morning. To me, he seemed to be saying his farewells to the flora and fauna... ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’ž

01.01.2025 00:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks so much, Cait - glad you liked it!

Fun fact: The main character here is the brother of the main character in Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt. And K-Fai modeled that main character after my then-young daughter, and the dad after me. ๐Ÿ™‚

03.12.2024 12:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My coffee came alive in the morning light... I spotted a variety of mist figures, from Nessie to a snail to a Phoenix to a man in cowboy boots diving in! ๐Ÿ˜„

01.12.2024 16:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I tweak this each year, and change the final verse to be current-events related...

Happy Thanksgiving! ๐Ÿฆƒ๐Ÿโ˜ฎ๏ธ

28.11.2024 12:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Beautiful - would be even more awe-inspiring if it was all Mother Nature. As one example, zoom in on the Moon and you can see some stars peeking through it.

18.11.2024 01:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0