The Stray Dog (Simont book)

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First edition (publ. HarperCollins)

The Stray Dog is a 2000

Caldecott Honor
in 2001. Published by Harper Collins Publishers, this was Simont's second Caldecott Honor, after The Happy Day by Ruth Krauss in 1950.

Plot

A family of four meets a

dogcatcher
is satisfied and leaves.

Reception

Steve Barancik of Best Children's Books has written that the story is heartwarming, and that the ending reminded him of that of Dr. Seuss's classic children's picture book,

Caldecott Honor Book.[2]

References

  1. ^ Barancik, Steve. "The Stray Dog". Best Children's Books. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
  2. ^ "The Stray Dog". Harper Collins. Retrieved 2009-09-20.