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Almond, David

Slog's Dad

58 pp. | Candlewick | February, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-4940-1 $15.99
(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Dave McKean. When Slog points out his father on a park bench, Davie is skeptical: Slog's dad has been dead for months. In the end, what Davie thinks is true isn't as important as what Slog needs to believe. Interspersed with moody pictorial segments, Almond's elegiac short story, in thick British dialect, sensitively explores grief, acceptance, and closure.
Reviewer: David Elzey

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