Three Stories About a Dog
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Winner of the 2021 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Move over, Spot. . . . Spoofing classic primers, Max the Dog talks back to the book in a twist that will have fans of funny early readers howling. See Max. Max is not a cat–Max is a dog. But much to Max’s dismay, the book keeps instructing readers to “see the cat.” How can Max get through to the book that he is a DOG? In a trio of stories for beginning readers, author David LaRochelle introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking. Illustrator Mike Wohnoutka hilariously depicts the pup’s reactions to the narrator and to the wacky cast of characters who upend Max’s–and readers’–expectations as the three stories build to an immensely satisfying conclusion. Hooray, Max, hooray!
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Ever since Mike can remember he knew he wanted to be an artist. His dad, who was an engineer at the Hiway Department, would bring home reams of paper that had hiway plans on one side and were blank on the other. He would be so excited to have all that paper to draw on and would fill each sheet with race cars, snowmobiles, baseball players, super heroes - everything he was interested in. In high school his art teacher, Mr. Chase, encouraged Mike to pursue art as a career. This, along with a scholarship, led him to the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. Since graduating with a B.F.A. in Illustration, Mike has illustrated over 20 books for children. He has worked with various clients including Random House, Dutton Children’s Books, Clarion Books, Holiday House, Scholastic Books, Bloomsbury Publishing, Walker & Co., Hyperion Books, Sterling Books, Cricket Magazine Group, General Mills, 3M, and Peaceable Kingdom Press.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781536204278
- Publication Date
- September 8, 2020
- Publisher
- Candlewick
- Original Publication Date
- September 8, 2020
- Text Details
- This book was typeset in Myriad and Coop Forged.
- Illustration Details
- The illustrations were done in gouache.
- Page Count
- 64
- Word Count
- 291
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2020915552
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 1137858073
- Lexile® Level
- AD260L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~I
- ATOS® Book Level
- 1.2
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 508532
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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