My Dog is NOT a Scientist

by Betsy Ellor, Luisa Vera (Illustrator)

Overview

A humorous, endearing story about a passionate, young scientist who is determined to achieve her goal—no matter what!

Yara is out to prove that she's the greatest scientist in town!

Her annoying neighbor Eddie always wins the Science Fair, but this year is going to be HER year. Like every good scientist, Yara starts with a question, makes observations, and comes up with a hypothesis . . . but each time she starts an experiment, her dog, Renzo, ruins it!

Could Renzo be up to something more than making trouble?

From Betsy Ellor and Luisa Vera comes a humorous, endearing story about a passionate, young scientist who is determined to achieve her goal—no matter what!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781953458469
Publisher:	Yeehoo Press
Publication date:	04/18/2023
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 10.60(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Betsy Ellor lives in a house near the beach where curiosity and chaos run wild. She divides her time between seeking out great stories and designing spaces like science labs, classrooms, and restaurants where others can cultivate their own curiosity. Her previous works include the anthology Heroic Care, and Sara Crewe, a family musical that's been performed across the U.S.


Luisa Vera was born in Spain. After getting a degree in Fine Arts, she moved to New York, where she continued her illustration studies. Her characters have nosed their way into the pages of The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The International Herald Tibune, La Vanguardia and El País, and have dressed up for all kinds of occasions, such as book covers, posters, catalogues, children's books, and exhibitions.

Editorial Reviews

Clear evidence that the scientific method works as well for dogs as for people...A funny hypothesis properly tested and confirmed...Science in action! ...Ellor closes with a simplified restatement of the scientific method and a bulleted list of enticing project ideas (dog related and otherwise) to explore. —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2022-10-27
Clear evidence that the scientific method works as well for dogs as for people.

Yara knows she has what it takes to beat annoying rival Eddie in the school science fair, but she’s being stymied over and over by Renzo—a canine agent of chaos who bounds exuberantly into view to shred her paper airplanes in midair, bite into the lemons powering a light bulb, piddle on her grass project, and annihilate her careful arrangement of bugs and their food to deliver a joyous slurp on the cheek. “Real scientists don’t lick each other,” Eddie scoffs. As it turns out, he’s wrong: Yara despairs…until she realizes that she has seen her dog asking questions (“Can I catch this plane?”) as well as formulating hypotheses and testing them (“This lemon is food…No!”)—science in action! Her insight leads to a blue-ribbon display on the titular topic at the science fair. As a further boost to fledgling contestants or experimenters, Ellor closes with a simplified restatement of the scientific method and a bulleted list of enticing project ideas (dog related and otherwise) to explore. In Vera’s riotously messy cartoon illustrations, Yara is depicted as a hands-on, Black-presenting child, while Eddie is light-skinned and redheaded. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A funny hypothesis properly tested and confirmed. (Picture book. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews