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Louie loves watching his young master paint, and when the boy puts his finishing touches on a particularly good self-portrait, Louie barks enthusiastically. One day, when the boy is at school, Louie tries his own paw at painting a still life. Is this purely an accident, or is Louie a "genius," just like his master?
Author Notes
Harriet Ziefert is a children's author born in 1941 in New Jersey. She has written several hundred children's books, including the Little Hippo series. Ziefert and illustrator Emilie Bon have collaborated on a series of "Little Hippo" books, the first of which was published in 1988 by Viking Penguin. The books are written for children between 1 1/2 to 5 years-of-age. They are intended to help children deal with change, like the addition of a new baby to the family or moving to a new house.
Her titles include Little Hippo's New Baby, Little Hippo's New Friend, Little Hippo's New School and Grandpa, Will You Play With Me?
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-A simple boy-and-his-dog story gets an artistic twist when both enjoy painting. The boy shows how his pup helps him complete his latest picture before he heads to school. While he's away, Louie, mad at being left alone, spends some time making what first seems to be a mess, but in the end turns out to be a brilliant painting (inspired by Cezanne's Still Life with Fruit Basket). Both the text and illustrations are true to the voice of an eight-year-old boy. The pictures on the wall, including a dragon and a clown, certainly look like the work of a child. The colors in the illustrations are perfectly suited to the story. The muted grays in some spreads serve to highlight the bright colors of the youngster's artwork. In one scene, as the boy is looking for his pet, the scene is in mostly gray and black with one bright multicolored rectangle showing a peek in at the studio. As the boy yells, "Louie, if you messed with my paints, you're going to the yard for a time-out!" readers see a contrite canine peering out of the studio door. By the end of the story, the boy realizes that his dog is a genius, too. Share this book as an introduction to art, or simply as a sweet dog story.-Laura Stanfield, Campbell County Public Library, Ft. Thomas, KY (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Boy and dog share the utter pleasure of creating art."I need to paint and draw every day," explains a round-headed kid with pencil-hatched hair in this sweet, carefully composed paean to creativity. When he paints a gray building, Barroux's composition mimics that shape in the foreground as a table spotlighting art supplies. Swaths of textured paint and pencil lines feature throughout. Companion Louie, a white dog with a long body, long muzzle and tiny legs, insists upon being depicted in his owner's work. After the boy leaves for school, Louie explodes from art subject to artist. In two consecutive full-bleed spreads, Louie dashes back and forth, racing through paint and leaving footprints, squeezing paint tubes and holding brushes in his mouth. He's so busy that he appears four times on each exuberant spread, covered in splotches, streaking paint everywhere. Returning home, the boy stands atop a beige staircase and peers towards a black wall, where the studio door is propped open by a (now multi-hued) dog. The mostly unseen him background inside the studio glows with color. Louie's chef-d'uvre evokes Czanne (explained in an author's note). Only a loose close-up of the Czanne homage actually appears, but its freely casual vibe combines with the childlike skill level of the boy's own paintings to prevent readers from feeling insecure in their own attempts. This is about enthusiastic process, not product.Have the easels handy; inspiration is inevitable. (author's note) (Picture book. 3-6)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
