Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories.(Picture Book Award Winner)(Children's review)(Book review) From: The Horn Book Magazine | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2008 Horn Book, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, published by Neal Porter Books/Roaring Brook Press

Although humor is difficult to achieve in any picture book, it is easier to create than emotion, which so easily disintegrates into sentimentality. In a book that manages to incorporate both humor and a great deal of heart, three stories delineate the relationship between two endearing friends--a stuffed toy bear and a playful dachshund. Each of the stories has its own tension and resolution. Every page in the book has been given a unique ...

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