REMEMBERING TOMIE on March 30, 2023

HOT DOG is Doug Salati’s newest book. It was awarded the Caldecott Medal earlier this year.

Why am I mentioning Doug’s book today on the third anniversary of Tomie’s passing? Tomie was a mentor for the 2015 Sendak Fellowship. Tomie met Doug, a fellow, at the Fellowship site in Cambridge, NY. It wasn’t very long after that first meeting that Tomie asked Doug to illustrate his story, “In a Small Kingdom.” IN A SMALL KINGDOM became Doug’s very first book. So, Tomie would have been filled with pride ...