Puppy, Puppy, Puppy

by Julie Sternberg, Fred Koehler (Illustrator)

Overview

Featuring the adorable duo of Baby and Puppy, here is a perfect picture book for the youngest of children.

Baby and Puppy are inseparable. From the moment they wake up in the morning to when they go to bed at night, the two do everything together—from sharing breakfast to making a mess of the garden. Even nap time cannot keep the two apart for long, as Puppy finds a way to stay near Baby. Julie Sternberg’s sweet, spare text is fun to read aloud and complements Fred Koehler’s humorous and heartwarming illustrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629794662
Publisher:	Astra Publishing House
Publication date:	04/04/2017
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	AD380L (what's this?)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Julie Sternberg is the author of the best-selling Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie, its sequels Like Bug Juice on a Burger and Like Carrot Juice on a Cupcake, The Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine series, and Bedtime at Bessie and Lil's. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York. Visit juliesternberg.com.

Fred Koehler is the author and illustrator of How to Cheer Up Dad and Super Jumbo, and is the illustrator of Rebecca Kai Dotlich's One Day, The End and Shelley Moore Thomas's This Book Is Not about Dragons. He lives with his two kids in Lakeland, Florida. Visit ilikefred.com.

Editorial Reviews

"Baby and Puppy are a fetching duo:...Sternberg's text is simple and repetitive, perfect for a young audience...(and) will elicit plenty of giggles. (The) illustrations have a soft, gentle feel...(and) there are enough lively scenes to entice rambunctious toddlers. The book portrays a loving multiethnic family...a fine addition for storytime or one-on-one sharing." - School Library Journal

"Puppy and Baby are double the trouble and double the love in this baby-and-dog picture book. Understated text achieves humor through counterpoint with comical illustrations that reveal the messes and mischief inherent in these activities. A book to enjoy with dog-loving little ones..." -Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

01/01/2017
Toddler-PreS—Puppy and Baby are best friends who do everything together, from eating to playing to sleeping—with predictably unruly results. The two can't be parted for long, even when Baby's parents declare that it's time for a nap. Sternberg's text is simple and repetitive, perfect for a young audience, and the contrast between words (for instance, "Baby enjoys breakfast, and Puppy enjoys breakfast.") and images (Baby in a high chair, spattered with food, with an overturned bowl on an equally messy Puppy's head) will elicit plenty of giggles. Relying on thick black lines, the digitally rendered illustrations have a soft, gentle feel. While Koehler's portrayal of a suburban household is soothing and sweet, there are enough lively scenes to entice rambunctious toddlers. Baby and Puppy are a fetching duo: the infant (of indeterminate gender) is round-headed and appealingly chubby, while the little dog is a scruffy, stubby-tailed ball of energy. The book portrays a loving, multiethnic family: Dad is white, and Mom and Baby are brown. VERDICT Though it can't quite compete with Julie Fogliano's Old Dog Baby Baby, this is a fine addition for storytime or one-on-one sharing, especially for collections seeking options for the very young.—Mahnaz Dar, School Library Journal

School Library Journal

2017-02-01
Puppy and Baby are double the trouble and double the love in this baby-and-dog picture book.The title-page illustration shows bald, brown-skinned Baby receiving a new puppy as a gift while dubious parents look on. Baby, Mommy, and an older couple who appears to be her puppy-as-gift-giving parents are all people of color with brown skin, while Baby's father appears to be white. The presumably well-intended (and clueless?!) grandparents are never mentioned in the text and don't appear again in the story, leaving Mommy and Daddy to deal with a series of mishaps as "Baby enjoys breakfast" and Puppy does too, and then they get dressed, work in the garden, and bathe. Understated text achieves humor through counterpoint with comical illustrations that reveal the messes and mischief inherent in these activities. When Mommy and Daddy collapse at naptime, wakeful Baby and Puppy overcome their separation wrought by a baby gate and crib and from then on: "Baby stays beside Puppy. Puppy stays beside Baby. Every single second. No matter what." By the book's end it seems that Mommy and Daddy have decided to just go with the flow of their gruesome twosome and embrace the toddler-canine chaos. A book to enjoy with dog-loving little ones—if not one to follow for its gift-giving advice. (Picture book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews