The Smell of Wet Dog: And Other Dog Poems and Drawings
by Barney Saltzberg (Author)
Equal parts heart-melting and stinky, The Smell of Wet Dog is a must-have illustrated poetry book for every young canine fan.
The smell of wet dog is not a good smell.
When a dog is wet it's easy to tell.
Imagine moose and skunk perfume.
An odiferous stench, a paint-peeling plume.
Beloved author and illustrator Barney Saltzberg offers up twenty-seven poems on the evergreen topic of human's best friend. Many have all the humor of a Shel Silverstein classic. Others are unexpectedly poignant, about separation anxiety or older dogs growing less spry. All are accompanied by Saltzberg's lively and loveable artwork.
Whether you are a dog lover, love a dog lover, or are simply dog-curious, The Smell of Wet Dog is for someone in your life. One thing's for sure: You'll leave this book inspired to write an ode to a furry friend of your own!
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
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Publishers Weekly
In this collection of 27 poems, Saltzberg (A Delicious Story) employs both canine and human perspectives to explore the age-old cross-species connection--a relationship characterized by a blend of fondness, bewilderment, and, as the evocative title suggests, effluvia. In "Who," a dog playfully queries, "Who sleeps on your bed/ like a huge armadillo?/ Who steals all the covers?/ Who drools on your pillow?" A few pages later, "Bed" offers a brief glimpse of a human counterpart's view of bedtime: "My dog is very happy/ snoozing on my bed./ Sometimes I am her pillow/ when she sleeps on my head." While some of the rhymes feel more perfunctory than polished, the poems emanate from a place of keen adoration and observation. And each of the accompanying digital illustrations is spot-on, with line drawings used for humans, whose skin tone reflects the white of the page, and textured, collage-like shapes portraying a panoply of very good dogs, all with eager, googly eyes. Ages 4-8. Agent: Rosemary Stimola, Stimola Literary Studio. (Sept.)
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Kirkus
Utterly delightful and beautifully designed
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV002070 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dogs
JUV070000 - Juvenile Fiction | Poetry (see also Stories in Verse)
Picture books
American poetry
Children's poetry, American
Humorous poetry
Humorous poetry, American
Animal poetry
