The Stray Dog

A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

By: Marc Simont

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Hardcover | 9 January 2001

At a Glance

Hardcover
32 Pages

Age
4 - 8

Grade
1 - 2

Dimensions(cm)
22.3 x 27.7 x 0.9

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“This picture book has all the earmarks of a classic. Simont gets it all right.” —The Horn Book (starred review)

Caldecott Medalist Marc Simont's heartwarming tale of a stray dog is told with tender simplicity and grace.

When a little dog appears at a family picnic, the girl and boy play with him all afternoon, and they name him Willy. At day's end they say good-bye. But the dog has won their hearts and stays on their minds.

The following Saturday the family returns to the picnic grounds to look for Willy, but they are not alone—the dog catcher is looking for him, too!

Awards for this book include: Caldecott Honor Book * New York Times Best Illustrated Book * ALA Notable Children's Book * Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book * Amazon.com Editors’ Pick * School Library Journal Best Book * New York Public Library’s “One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing”

Industry Reviews

"Really splendid artwork...pure Simont...The sentiments are equally direct and elegant, with generosity and affection?.A winner."--"Kirkus Reviews""This picture book has all the earmarks of a classic...Overarching shape, knowledge of audience, small details--Simont gets it all right." --Starred Review, "The Horn Book""Simont's art and narrative play off each other strategically, together imparting the tale's humor and tenderness...A charmer."--Starred Review, "Publishers Weekly""With the tenderness found in his illustrations for Betsy Byars' "My Brother, Ant (1996)," Simont tells a picture-book story of a happy family and a stray."--"Booklist""Replete with lively city and country outdoor scenes and a glorious doggy bubble bath, "The Stray Dog" is a showcase for Simont's considerable artistic talent."--Starred Review, "School Library Journal" "Simont's art possesses its usual deceptive ease and friendly watercolor fluidity. . . . will have pooch-loving kids investigating every park with hope and determination.""Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

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