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George, Kristine O'Connell

Little Dog and Duncan

40 pp. | Clarion | April, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-618-11758-X $$12.00

(1) PS Illustrated by June Otani. In this follow-up to Little Dog Poems, Little Dog hosts a sleepover when big dog Duncan, a rangy Irish wolfhound, comes for a visit. As in the first book, the verses themselves could hardly be shorter, but they are just the right size for Little Dog and little kids. The layout of the poems is harmoniously designed both for sense and for interplay with Otani's beguilingly casual watercolor sketches.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2002