Synopses & Reviews
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"Along with the handsome, spacious book design (two-color type treatments, coated white paper), these stylish photos deepen the reverential tone."
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"The teen essays are heartfelt and honest, telling of the close relationships many young adults have with their pets. Readers of all ages who appreciate their canine companions will thoroughly enjoy this slim book."
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Many readers will chuckle or sigh in empathy, and some may well be inspired to express their own thought about the world of dog in writing or pictures."
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"Dog lovers will likely lap it up eagerly, budding writers will snuffle it with interest, and teens who combine the tow tendencies might even roll ecstatically."
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and#8220;and#8230;this tender and eloquent volume is a canophileand#8217;s paradise and tribute, inviting dog lovers to roll in it with the same luxurious glee with which their pets would greet long- dead carrion.and#8221; The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred
and#8220;The teen essays are heartfelt and honest, telling of the close relationships many young adults have with their pets. Readers of all ages who appreciate their canine companions will thoroughly enjoy this slim book.and#8221; VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)
and#8220;Blackand#8211;andand#8211;white photos of a variety of dogs taken by Doug Mindell lend the book immediacy and charm, their slightly blurred edges like the boundaries of memory.and#8221; Riverbank Review
Many readers will chuckle or sigh in empathy, and some may well be inspired to express their own thought about the world of dog in writing or pictures.and#8221; School Library Journal
and#8220;Dog lovers will likely lap it up eagerly, budding writers will snuffle it with interest, and teens who combine the tow tendencies might even roll ecstatically.and#8221; Kirkus Reviews
and#8220;Along with the handsome, spacious book design (two-color type treatments, coated white paper), these stylish photos deepen the reverential tone.and#8221; Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Funny, comforting, surprising, the words in this book explore our lives with dogs: dogs who befriend us; dogs who annoy, perplex, and accept us. Teens speak for themselves in honest and forthright essays while Joyce Sidmanand#8217;s insightful poems further express the bond between dog and teen: how days of crowded hallways, pointless assignments, and blinding crushes are brought to balance by our dogs. For as Doug Mindelland#8217;s winning photographs confirm, at the end of the day, waiting at home, there is always Dogand#151;full of hope and companionship.
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and#147;Illustrated with striking, blurred black-and-white photos, this collection muses on canine wisdom and charm.and#8221;and#151;Booklist and#147;Dog lovers will likely lap it up eagerly, budding writers will snuffle it with interest, and teens who combine the two tendencies might even roll ecstatically.and#8221; and#151;Kirkus Reviews
Funny, comforting, and surprising, the words in this book explore our lives with dogs: dogs who befriend us, and dogs who annoy, perplex, and accept us. Teens speak for themselves in honest and forthright essays, and Joyce Sidmanand#8217;s insightful poems further express the bond between dog and teen.
About the Author
Joyce Sidman is the author of The World According to Dog: Poems and Teen Voices, which was winner of the ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award for Poetry, a VOYA Poetry Pick, and a Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon winner. She teaches in the Minneapolis schools as a writer-in-residence and is the author of several other fine books of poetry. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota.