Visual Storytelling Meets the Wet Side of Pet Ownership: A Walkies Interview with Estrela Louren��o

STOP!

Before we go any further today, I need you to look at a picture book cover. This one, in fact:

Is not that grand?

Is not that glorious?

Can you not just FEEL the misery emanating off of this child? It’s just as palpable as the joy radiating from the nearby dog.

It seems to me that if a picture book author/illustrator is capable of accurately depicting such conflicting emotions on a single cover, then the book itself must be worth exploring. So imagine my delight when I ...