It was a normal Saturday afternoon until Caps beat writer and pun master Adam Vingan shattered our worlds:
So yes, Eric Fehr co-authored a children's book entitled "The Bulliest Dozer" about a bulldozer who is apparently some sort of bully.
— Adam Vingan (@AdamVingan) October 4, 2014
The Bulliest Dozer, self-published by author Pamela Edwards with Fehr listed as a contributor, is an actual thing with a kids book pedigree. Edwards is the author of some 40 children’s books. Fehr scored twice at the 2011 Winter Classic. We’re all gonna read it.
Update: Monumental has posted video of Fehr discussing the book. We’d embed it, but they no longer seem to allow embedding video. Interesting.
The book is not available for purchase online yet, but it’s legit. The ISBN is 0692213392 (or 9780692213391… or both, I don’t know). Here’s how Google Books sums it up:
When his parents move to new jobs in the area, a little bulldozer joins Ms Crane’s School for Young Machines. The other students welcome him but, when he finds that everyone is good at ice skating and he isn’t! He is embarrassed. Not only that but his parents are too busy to notice his problems. He decides to become a bully to get attention. However, when a crisis happens and the Holiday on Ice Concert is in danger of being ruined, he discovers that he has his own talents. He saves the day and realizes that being a bully is never a good thing.
I left out some [sic]s.
Fehr gave the book to every Caps player after Saturday’s practice. Alex Prewitt of the Washington Post has a great item about the book and the other Capitals’ reaction to it, including Nate Schmidt, who I think is the funniest Capital.
Here’s some neato tweets and stuff.
https://twitter.com/alex_prewitt/status/518444872484024321
Among the better reactions to Fehr's book: "Fehrsie, are you serious?" – Burakovsky. "What the hell is this?" – Orpik. #Caps
— Adam Vingan (@AdamVingan) October 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/alex_prewitt/status/518445174171922432
I’m really excited about this. I think kids books are fantastic. Ian and I have been talking about making one for years.
As soon as the book is available for ordering, we’ll issue an update here.
