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Wardlaw, Lee

Won Ton and Chopstick: A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haiku

40 pp. | Holt | March, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8050-9987-4 $17.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Eugene Yelchin. Kitty Won Ton (Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku) is not happy about the new puppy. Yelchin's graphite and gouache illustrations depict with sensitivity and humor the sleek gray cat's initial fear and horror alongside the roly-poly brown puppy. Each haiku is complete in itself; together the poems create a whole tale of displacement and eventual mutual understanding.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2015