Pros: Excellent illustrations, wonderful inspiration for
imagination
Cons: None!
The Bottom Line: If you loved Dog Loves Books, wait until
you see this one!
We have a lot of
picture books at my store. Oodles and
oodles of them. And today was project day, which meant putting away a truckload
of picture books. While at the bottom
shelf dealing with some pigeons, ducklings, and cookies, I spotted Dog Loves
Drawing by Louise Yates. Her first book,
Dog Loves Books, was so adorable I immediately picked up this book and read
it. Sure, I had stuff to do, but how
could I wait to find out what Dog does next?
The story begins almost where the last one left off – so to
speak. We learn that Dog loves books and
opened up a successful bookstore. One
day his Aunt sent him a book – but it’s blank! His Aunt tells him to use his
imagination. Why, it’s a drawing
book! From there Dog gets out his
pencils and brushes and after drawing a door to step through, discovers all the
places and friends that he can discover through his imagination.
This book is delightful.
In fact, I made a point to put it on the Storytime list for
January. Louise Yates seems to be all about
imagination, which is fantastic because she does such a great job both telling
a simple yet fun story as well as illustrating it. In fact, her illustrations are the best
part! Dog is adorable as usual, but as
he draws things they are like what a child might draw so kids can relate to
them (and let’s face it adults, most of us can’t draw either so Dog is probably
better than us!). All his drawings come
alive and they go on fun adventures.
Think Harold and the Purple Crayon.
The things that Dog draws are bright and colorful and are done in all
sorts of mediums, from crayons to colored pencil.
I highly recommend taking a peek at this book. If it doesn’t make you smile then I don’t
know what will. With sneaky ducks, silly
crabs, a stick man, and a cute little Dog, there’s all sorts of fun to be
had. It’s a great way to remind anyone
about the power of imagination and maybe even inspire a future artist or two.
NT
Notes from the playlist: "My Dear Frodo" by Howard Shore
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