Ball - Hardcover

Sullivan, Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0547759363 ISBN 13: 9780547759364

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2013

Synopsis

A dog with a ball is one of the most relentlessly hopeful creatures on Earth. After his best little-girl pal leaves for school, this dog hits up yoga mum, baby, and even the angry cat for a quick throw. No luck. Forced to go solo, the dog begins a hilarious one-sided game of fetch until naptime's wild, ball-centric dream sequence. The pictures speak a thousand words in this comic book-style ode to canine monomania. Ball? Ball.

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Review:

Illustrator Sullivan makes a hilarious debut as an author by touring the brain of a ball-obsessed dog. . . . It's a paean to the neurotic single-mindedness of dogs, and a brilliant study of boredom.--Publishers Weekly, starred review. A humorous portrait of a dog with a one-track mind. . . . A fine choice for independent readers and dog lovers everywhere.--School Library Journal. Deceptively simple little winner for dog lovers.--Kirkus. Everything from the dog's brief encounter with a cat to his extended, ball-centric dream, told in full-page drawings, will make viewers giggle along with the story. Even those who have never had or wanted a dog will find themselves pining for a canine companion with similarly irresistible exuberance.--Booklist. Sullivan deftly captures doggy poses that run the spectrum from ecstasy to dejection. . . this will be a natural decode-alone for kids who are accustomed to parsing pictures, and they'll delight in the ability to read it all themselves.--Bulletin. Ball is one long joke, but a good one. . . . Get this dog a frisbee and a follow-up.The New York Times Online --Various

About the Author:

In her formative years, Mary Sullivan spent a great deal of time drawing. She received a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin, and has shown her work in galleries and coffee shops in Dallas and Austin. A freelancer for publishers from Pearson to Scholastic, she lives in Cedar Park, Texas. Visit her website at www.marysullivan.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0547759363
• ISBN 13: 9780547759364
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40