Dot the hospital dog is everyone's favourite visitor in this story of bravery and friendship from Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie - the creators of the Number 1 bestselling picture book, The Detective Dog.
Julia Donaldson is the author of some of the world's best-loved
children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The
Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 17 million copies
worldwide, and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard
adventures. Julia also writes fiction, including the Princess
Mirror-Belle books illustrated by Lydia Monks, as well as poems,
plays and songs - and her brilliant live shows are always in
demand.
Sara Ogilvie is an award-winning illustrator and printmaker who won
the 2011 Booktrust Best New Illustrator Award. The first picture
book that she illustrated, Dogs Don't Do Ballet, was also
shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
The NHS and dogs; each keeps the nation’s heart beating. Trust
Julia Donaldson, the rhymetastic author . . . to put the two
together in a story that barks to our age. [P]aired with the
supremely talented Sara Ogilvie . . . whose beautiful, humorous ink
drawings match perfectly the bounding words. [T]he rhymes fly, the
heart jumps. It’s guaranteed to give children and parents the
literary equivalent of a giant welcome home wag.
*The Times*
The verse skips along as cheerfully as Dot on her way round Wallaby
Ward.
*Observer*
This is a truly wonderful book. The story is told in rhyming
couplets which are delicious to read aloud and share with children.
The bright illustrations are full of life, warmth, expression and
tiny details that make this a wonderful book to come back to again
and again. There’s always something new to see! The illustrations
are inclusive in terms of ethnicity and disability which make this
a brilliant book for all to read.
*BookTrust*
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