What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Chris Gall,
Carter Goodrich, Christian Robinson, & Marc Rosenthal

illustrated by Christian Robinson

illustrated by Marc Rosenthal

This morning over at Kirkus, I’m doing things very by the book. This involves Bob Staake’s My Pet Book, Rilla Alexander’s The Best Book in the World, and Jen Bryant’s The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus, illustrated by Melissa Sweet. That link is here.
Last week (here) was all about the dogs of summer. I’m following up with art today.
Enjoy.
from Kelly DiPucchio’s Gaston (Atheneum, June 2014)







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“Mrs. Poodle thought so too. The puppies grew (as puppies do). Three were no bigger than teacups. The fourth, however, continued to grow. And grow.
Until he was the size of a teapot.”
Tip. Toe. Tippy-toe. WHOA!”




she replied at last.”

from Kathi Appelt’s Mogie: The Heart of the House (Atheneum, June 2014)

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made a beeline for … Gage. ‘Arf!’ he barked.”
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Mister Bud Wears the Cone
(Simon & Schuster, June 2014)






(Little, Brown, May 2014)


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DOG VS. CAT. Copyright © 2014 by Chris Gall. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Little, Brown, New York.
GASTON. Copyright © 2014 by Kelly DiPucchio. Illustrations © 2014 by Christian Robinson. All images reproduced by permission of Christian Robinson.
MISTER BUD WEARS THE CONE. Copyright © 2014 by Carter Goodrich. All images reproduced by permission of the publisher, Simon & Schuster, New York.
MOGIE: THE HEART OF THE HOUSE. Copyright © 2014 by Kathi Appelt. Illustrations © 2014 by Marc Rosenthal. All images reproduced by permission of Marc Rosenthal.
I love seeing all of the sketch and development work. Love me some funny looking dogs!!!
SUCH a fun post! I see I have books to look for. And I reallyreally want that Roget book, even though it’s not officially in this here post.
Having just spent $800 at the emergency vet (for what turned out to be a tick), I can tell you a cone does not work on a dog with short legs. Every time Paco tried to sniff the ground he got stuck. LOVE Mr. Bud. Poor Mr. Bud. Say Hello to Zorro is one of my all time favorite dog PBs.
Great post! Love all the details re: Gaston & Mogie!