The Barking Ballad: A Bark-Along Meow-Along Book

(Hardback)

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With a woof and meow and a bow-wow-wow, kids can bark along to this lively, luminously illustrated interactive picture book about a dog and the cat who befriends him.

A cheerful dog and kindly kitty
became friends true and rare.
Bark along to join the ditty
of this unlikely pair.

When the dog gets hurt and the cat helps him recover, the two become fast friends. And soon, the town is filled with the ballad of a hundred barksand one small meow.

Reviews

"[An] interactive, interspecies friendship story . . . the many folk artstyle graphic flourishes embellish the playful, flat-perspective watercolors. -- Publishers Weekly
"An interactive, melodic adventure involving an unlikely pair. . .great fun in a lap with pre-readers.Anything but ruff." -- Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio

Julie Paschkisis a painter, textile designer, and award-winning illustrator and author of many books for children, includingVivid: Poems and Notes about Color;Pablo Neruda: Poet of the Peopleby Monica Brown, an Amricas Award winner and an Orbis Pictus Honor book;Night Garden: Poems from the World of Dreamsby Janet S. Wong, aNew York TimesBest Illustrated Book;Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderellaby Paul Fleischman; andYellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiaryby Julie Larios, a Boston GlobeHorn Award Honor Book. She lives in Seattle with her husband. Visit her at JuliePaschkis.com.