Dear Calla Roo.Love, Savannah Blue

Savannah Blue, a Great Dane, has made a new friend, a little girl named Calla Ruth. Unfortunately, they live far away from each other. In order to stay close they become pen pals.

In this first letter we are introduced to Savannah Blue. With love, humor, and wisdom she explores her world. We learn, as does Savannah Blue, that others can help us grow and that friendship can endure no matter the distance.

Sudie Rakusin is an artist whose body of work includes pen-and-ink drawings, oil paintings, and papier-mâché bowls, masks, and sculptures. Pen, ink, and water-soluble chalk were used to create the illustrations in this book.

Sudie Rakusin’s drawings and paintings have appeared in calendars, magazines, books, on book covers, and as notecards. She has published The Coloring Book for Big Girls and The Second Coloring Book for Big Girls, which feature her detailed pen-and-ink drawings accompanied by captions, for the enjoyment of grown-ups.

This is the second book in the Dear Calla Roo…Love, Savannah Blue series. It was inspired by two darling girls, her niece, Calla Ruth, and her Great Dane, Savannah Blue.

Ms. Rakusin lives with Savannah Blue and her sisters outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.