Big dogs, small dogs, stroppy dogs and soppy dogs!
Emily Gravett is twice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Nestle Children's Book Prize Bronze Award for her debut picture book Wolves and Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears. An author/illustrator of unique talent and tremendous skill she has a host other of award-winning and critically acclaimed books to her name, including: Orange Pear Apple Bear, Monkey and Me and The Odd Egg. Emily lives in Brighton with her partner, daughter and the family dogs.
Beautifully composed . . . Gravett's expressive dogs are up there
with Searle's cats and Thelwell's ponies
*Sunday Times*
Set to become a classic
*Independent on Sunday*
Captures, with characteristic wit and brilliance, the human
qualities of their expressions . . . These cheeky canines will make
even the most fearful give a woof of approval . . .
*The Times*
As simple as its title and clever from the start-the copyright page text is arranged in the shape of a bone-Gravett's (Spells) ode to canines riffs on a single note: "I love dogs." Following that opening, an unseen narrator elaborates on a wide spectrum of beloved dogs. On the list are dogs large and small, ones that bark and those that don't, dogs that are slow or fast, and those that are hairy or bald. Exemplifying the different characteristics and behaviors are portraits of various breeds (identified on the endpapers) in emotionally evocative, gently humorous poses and situations. A "chic" pink poodle sporting a jeweled collar and hair bows peers with disdain at a "shabby" pooch with matted fur, who stands on an overturned garbage can. And two small dogs wear the nervous expressions of shy children as a pair of rowdy "dogs that play" tear into a stuffed dachshund. Gravett saves the most entertaining image for last, when the narrator's identity is revealed in a kid-pleasing finale. Ages 2-6. (Feb.) Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.
Beautifully composed . . . Gravett's expressive dogs are up there
with Searle's cats and Thelwell's ponies * Sunday Times *
Set to become a classic * Independent on Sunday *
Captures, with characteristic wit and brilliance, the human
qualities of their expressions . . . These cheeky canines will make
even the most fearful give a woof of approval . . . * The Times *
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