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24 pp.
| Handprint
| October, 2007
|
TradeISBN 978-1-59354-198-9$7.95
(4)
K-3
To prove that he, like a butterfly, "can see everything upside down," a dog balances nose-down on top of the post he's tethered to; for the next two spreads, Thierry inverts the image and text. This amusing, if confusing meta-tale is illustrated with a spare color palette. Scenes are contained within boxes, the parameters of which change shape to suit Thierry's compositional whims.