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The Year of the Dog

Illustrated by Jess Racklyeft
Published by Wild Dog
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

Dog had never known what it was like to have a home. It was all she’d ever wanted. At the animal shelter where she lived, she happily watched as her friend’s, one by one, found families to love. After a while poor Dog began to wonder if her turn would ever come...

About The Author

Charles is a children's picture book author. He has written a number of titles for Wild Dog Books across a range of series. These include Our Past, Extreme Weather, Going Supernova, Then and Now, Australian Animals, Continents of the World and CloseUp. He has also written numerous one-off titles such as Hunters & Hunted, Fantastic Facts, Gross Facts, The Book of the Sun and the Stars, The Big Book of Antarctica, The Big Book of the Bicycle, Community, Culture, Say What?! The History of Communication, The Year of the Dog and The Year of the Pig.

About The Illustrator

Photo credit: Penny Lane

Jess Racklyeft is a children’s book illustrator based in Melbourne. She has illustrated 35 picture books, and won several awards including a CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award (2022). Working primarily in watercolours, she also likes to experiment with collage, digital and acrylic mediums, as well as create greeting cards, abstract paintings and work on client projects. Her study is found by a farm in inner city Melbourne and filled to the brim with picture books.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Wild Dog (February 1, 2018)
  • Length: 32 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781742034089

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