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32 pp.
| Eerdmans |
October, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8028-5387-5$16.00
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Geraldo Valério.
Rhyming text presents dogs that played important roles in the lives of historical figures (e.g., Meriwether Lewis, Annie Oakley, Billie Holiday). Each canine is described in a few pithy sentences; endpapers give slightly more information. Young readers may be inspired to create similar odes to their own four-legged friends. Acrylic illustrations with broad-textured brush strokes add life to the slight premise.