Smudge - Hardcover

Sykes, Julie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1888444444 ISBN 13: 9781888444445

Publisher: Little Tiger Pr, 1998

Synopsis

After a raindrop falls on his nose while he is playing with his friends, Smudge the dog looks for a place where they can all stay dry.

About this title

About the Author:

Jane Chapman has worked as a portrait painter and has also designed toys. She has illustrated Smudge, Dora's Eggs, and The Crunching, Munching Caterpillar for Tiger Tales. Jane is married to illustrator Tim Warnes. They live in England with their son.

From Publishers Weekly:

In this slight story from the creators of Dora's Eggs, Smudge the dog is playing outside with his rabbit and mouse friends when a summer shower takes them by surprise. After a series of failed efforts to find shelter, Smudge remembers the narrow exit for the cat: " 'It's easy,' said Smudge, as he poked his nose through the cat door. And it was easy until... he got stuck!" Oversize type adds emphasis. Sykes creates a humorous rapport between the dog of questionable ideas and his follower friends, but the story lacks oomph. Airy illustrations set the damp trio against simple backgrounds of flowers and raindrops, and the drawings' agile lines bring out the slapstick humor. While Smudge is a charming bumbler, all eagerness and big feet, readers' interest will likely last not much longer than the passing shower the book describes. Ages 3-7.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Tiger Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1888444444
• ISBN 13: 9781888444445
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Chapman Jane