My Senator and Me: A Dog's Eye View of Washington, D.C. (signed)

Kennedy, Edward M.; Illustrated by Small, David

ISBN 10: 0439650771 / ISBN 13: 9780439650779

Published by Scholastic Press, New York, 2006

About this Item

Large, Thin Quarto; VG/VG; blue spine with white and yellow text; first edition, first printing; dust jacket exterior shows minor edge wear; overall exterior has minimal wear; cloth exterior clean; only one or two minor dings to edges; fully intact binding; text block clean; illustrated by David Small, Caldecott Award winning artist; signed by author, Senator Edward M. Kennedy. 1363878. FP New Rockville Stock.

Seller Inventory # 1363878

Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Senator and Me: A Dog's Eye View of Washington, D.C. (signed)
• Publisher: Scholastic Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0439650771
• ISBN 13: 9780439650779
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Small, David
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Literature
  • Politics, Government, and Law

About this title

Synopsis

Living legends Ted Kennedy and David Small team up to provide a smart, funny, and affectionate look at life in our nation's capital from the perspective of the senator and his very perceptive dog.

There's an old saying: "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." A few years ago, Senator Ted Kennedy decided to do just that.
Now his beloved Portuguese Water Dog Champion Amigo's Seventh Wave (nicknamed Splash) is the most famous canine on Capitol Hill. Here we follow Senator Kennedy and Splash through a busy day in D.C., from press conferences to meetings with school groups to committee discussions to a floor vote. The result is an exciting, behind-the-scenes look at the life of one of the most energetic figures in American politics -- and, of course, his equally famous owner.

About the Author

Edward M. Kennedy represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate for forty-seven years. He took a special interest in matters that involved education and health care for children.

David Small won the 2001 Caldecott Medal for So You Want to Be President by Judith St. George. His many books include The Gardener, The Friend, George Washington’s Cows, Imogene’s Antlers and Hoover’s Bride. He is also the illustrator for Russell Hoban’s The Mouse and His Child. His most recent title is My Senator and Me: A Dog’s Eye View of Washington D.C, written by Senator Edward M. Kennedy.

After receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale, David Small taught drawing and printmaking on the university level for 14 years. He lost his job in the 1980s due to cutbacks. This brought both a crisis and a commitment to begin working on combining his love of art and writing. Submitted to more than 20 publishers, his first book Eulalie and the Hopping Head was eventually published in 1982.

Small works with watercolor, pen and ink, and pastel. His later works have a much softer look, but they continue to include his trademark attention to small details that beg to be poured over again and again. Growing as an artist is important to Small. He feels he has not yet done his best work, and enjoys challenging himself with new ideas, styles and media.

Small lives in Mendon, Michigan, with his wife, the writer Sarah Stewart.