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32 pp.
| Simon/Beach Lane
| April, 2018
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TradeISBN 978-1-4814-3075-3$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4814-3076-0
(2)
PS
Illustrated by
Brooke Boynton-Hughes.
This lively book captures the excitement of a dog park from the canine perspective, celebrating the opportunity to run free, befriend other dogs, roll in the mud, etc. Krisher's punchy couplets are composed of short phrases, and the text features a catchy refrain: "Dogs at the park... / Bark! Bark! Bark!" There's lots of humor and detail in the watercolor, colored-pencil, and pen-and-ink illustrations.
32 pp.
| Grosset
| October, 2016
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TradeISBN 978-0-451-53237-4$17.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Brooke Boynton-Hughes.
The lyrics to country music icon Parton's signature song--about having suffered childhood teasing for wearing a patchwork coat that her mother, too poor to buy one, made for her--are paired with Holly Hobbie–conjuring art. Parton's lyrics plod without music, subduing her emphatic message, highlighted again in the afterword: "There is absolutely nothing wrong with being different."