Ruggles - Hardcover

Brown, Ruth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0862648955 ISBN 13: 9780862648954

Publisher: Andersen Press, 2001

Synopsis

Ruggles like to visit all his friends in town. Follow him through the seasons, as he disappears from the garden into the wider world outside. Anything will help him go, from open gates to buckets left close to walls to be used as steps.

About this title

About the Author

Anne Fine is a distinguished writer for children, having won the Carnegie Medal twice, the Guardian Children's Literature Award, the Whitbread Children's Novel Award and the Smarties Prize. Ruth Brown is one of Britain's best loved creators of children's books. She has created many classic picture books for Andersen Press and is highly respected as an author and illustrator. She is married to artist Ken Brown and they have two sons.

From Booklist

PreS-Gr. 2. From the face-front portrait of Ruggles the dog on the cover to the final painting of him stretched out before the hearth, this picture book offers an engaging view of the world from Ruggles' perspective. This intrepid, friendly dog explains how he manages to escape his fenced yard in each season as well as where he goes and what he finds on his rambles. Fine, best known as the author of Mrs. Doubtfire, writes with empathy and finesse, and Brown's diverting illustrations create a vivid sense of Ruggles' neighborhood as well as his many moods and activities. This engaging picture book, first published in Great Britain and available here only in paperback, is sure to appeal to dog lovers everywhere as well as young children who wish they had Ruggles' freedom to roam and explore. Carolyn Phelan
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Edition details

• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0862648955
• ISBN 13: 9780862648954
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32