Synopses & Reviews
"Murphy-Stop-That is my name. I am a terrier. I bark. I bark at anything and everything and all the time." andlt;BRandgt; As he goes through his day -- barking, eating, outsmarting the dumb animals on the farm, putting up with a visit to the vet -- Murphy never loses his doggy enthusiasm, even when he has to sleep out in the barn. andlt;BRandgt; In her charming new tale, acclaimed author and illustrator Alice Provensen shows that every dog -- even a bad dog -- has his day.
Review
"In this clever canine caper, Caldecott Medalist Provensen introduces an irrepressibly rambunctious and chatty narrator....Provensen's animated oil paintings follow the amiable, wide-eyed dog through the ups and downs of his day, which ends on a pleasant, predictably noisy note." Publishers Weekly
Review
"What is so refreshing about [this book] is the scruffiness of the title character. Murphy may speak in the first person, taking us through the events of his day, but we'd never mistake him for a person in a dog suit. As we watch him raid the pantry, or endure a visit to the vet, or yap at the moon, we can almost smell him, and he smells canine, which in the antiseptic world of picture books is high praise indeed." Roderick Townley, The New York Times Book Review
Review
"Provenson departs from lofty themes, delivering a spot-on interpretation of the inner life of a terrier, and the humor in many of the scenes is priceless. There is so little story that readers who do not share the author's evident enthusiasm for dog psychology may well be unimpressed; dog lovers, however, should lap this up." Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Alice Provensen is the author and illustrator of andlt;iandgt;Murphy in the Cityandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;A Day in the Life of Murphyandlt;/iandgt;, and andlt;iandgt;Klondike Goldandlt;/iandgt;. She collaborated with her late husband, Martin, on many other highly acclaimed picture books, including the Caldecott Medalandndash;winning andlt;iandgt;The Glorious Flightandlt;/iandgt; and Nancy Willardandrsquo;s Newbery Medalandndash;winning andlt;iandgt;A Visit to William Blakeandrsquo;s Innandlt;/iandgt;, which was also a Caldecott Honor Book. The Provensens have been on the andlt;iandgt;New York Timesandlt;/iandgt; list of the Ten Best Illustrated Books eight times. Alice lives in California.Alice Provensen is the author and illustrator of andlt;iandgt;Murphy in the Cityandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;A Day in the Life of Murphyandlt;/iandgt;, and andlt;iandgt;Klondike Goldandlt;/iandgt;. She collaborated with her late husband, Martin, on many other highly acclaimed picture books, including the Caldecott Medalandndash;winning andlt;iandgt;The Glorious Flightandlt;/iandgt; and Nancy Willardandrsquo;s Newbery Medalandndash;winning andlt;iandgt;A Visit to William Blakeandrsquo;s Innandlt;/iandgt;, which was also a Caldecott Honor Book. The Provensens have been on the andlt;iandgt;New York Timesandlt;/iandgt; list of the Ten Best Illustrated Books eight times. Alice lives in California.