Gracefully written and beautifully illustrated, this moving tale of a stray dog who finds a new home is based on a true story. Like the family in the book, children are bound to fall in love with the irresistible stray. Funny, poignant, and satisfying, The Stray Dog is being published on the 50th anniversary of the first children's book written and illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Marc Simont.
About the Author:
Marc Simont received a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for Ruth Krauss's The Happy Day and won the Caldecott Medal in 1957 for A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry. In addition to illustrating books by James Thruber and Marjorie Weinman Sharmat's easy-to-read mysteries about Nate the Great, he has illustrated Karla Kuskin's The Philharmonic Gets Dressed and Bette Bao Lord's In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. Mr. Simont lives in West Cornwall, CT.
Gracefully written and beautifully illustrated, this moving tale of a stray dog who finds a new home is based on a true story. Like the family in the book, children are bound to fall in love with the irresistible stray. Funny, poignant, and satisfying, The Stray Dog is being published on the 50th anniversary of the first children's book written and illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Marc Simont.
About the Author:
Marc Simont received a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for Ruth Krauss's The Happy Day and won the Caldecott Medal in 1957 for A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry. In addition to illustrating books by James Thruber and Marjorie Weinman Sharmat's easy-to-read mysteries about Nate the Great, he has illustrated Karla Kuskin's The Philharmonic Gets Dressed and Bette Bao Lord's In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. Mr. Simont lives in West Cornwall, CT.
El perro vagabundo (The Stray Dog)
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781591129394 |
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Publisher: | Live Oak Media |
Publication date: | 05/28/2004 |
Series: | Picture Book Readalong in Spanish Series |
Pages: | 1 |
Product dimensions: | 10.90(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.30(d) |
Language: | Spanish |
Age Range: | 4 - 7 Years |