Hot Dog: (Winner of the 2023 Caldecott Medal)

by Doug Salati

Hardcover, 2022

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Genres

Children's Books

Publication

Knopf Books for Young Readers (2022), 40 pages

Description

"A summery picture book about mindfulness, featuring an overheated--and overwhelmed-- canine in need of sea, sand, and fresh air"--

User reviews

LibraryThing member Felicia2014

Wild abut this book; a lady and her wiener dog are running errands, weiner dog gets frustrated, they ditch the errands and the city and head for the beach. Rich detail, fun illustrations, joyful.

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LibraryThing member blbooks

First sentence: City summer
steamy
sidewalks
concrete
crumbles
sirens
screech
so hot!
can't sit
or sniff
or wait
crowds
close in...

Premise/plot: Hot Dog is the 2023 Caldecott Medal winner. This picture book stars a dog and his owner. This dog is a HOT dog. And he has had enough--more than enough--of city life,

of hot city life. The pair travel spontaneously [or so it appears to this reader at least] to the ocean for the day.

My thoughts: I love the illustrations. This dog is just super-super-super cute and adorable [and expressive]. The text is sparse, but descriptive. The text reads like a poem. There are many spreads of this picture book that are wordless. The pictures/illustrations definitely are capable of telling the story all on their own.

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