A delightfully imaginative story of a little girl whos always wanted a dog and shows us that love knows no boundsOut for a walk one day, a girl stumbles upon a lost dog. Having always wanted a dog of her own, she brings the little creature home and takes care of it in secret, hiding it from her parents. Proud of her new dog, she plays with it, feeds it, and even takes it around townmuch to the chagrin of the townspeople and other kids who have been mean to her in the past. But one day, when her little friend gets the urge to chase something and ends up wandering off, she finds herself with too much sadness to bear. Will she ever find her dog again?
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Product Details
Dimensions: 292 x 241mm
Publication Date: 07 Dec 2023
Publisher: Comme des geants inc.
Publication City/Country: Canada
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781990252303
About Luca Tortolini
Luca Tortolini is a writer screenwriter and teacher. His first book Le case degli altri bambini (The Houses of Other Children) received a special mention for the Opera Prima Award for Best Debut Book at the 2016 Bologna Childrens Book Fair. Since then he has also been named a recipient of the 2017 Janusz Korczak Prize and the 2021 Premio Andersen (Andersen Prize). He lives in Macerata Italy. Felicita Sala taught herself illustration and started making picture books upon her return to her native Italy from Australia in 2007. She now works as a full-time illustrator and is notably a winner of the 2018 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Childrens Books for She Made a Monster. In 2020 she also won the Premio Andersen (Andersen Prize) as Italys top illustrator and her own book Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street has been translated into ten languages. She lives in Rome.