Please, Puppy, Please [Hardcover]

Away from the gate,
puppy puppy, please, puppy.
Oh wait, puppy, wait,
please, please, please,
please....
In page after page of tail-wagging fun, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, Beacon Award-winning producer Tonya Lewis Lee, take a close-up look at what happens when a couple of high-energy toddlers meet their match in an adventurous pup who has no plans of letting up.
Irresistible illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award winner Kadir Nelson unleash countless memorable moments of toddlerhood, and puppyhood, which families with four-legged friends will enjoy over and over again.
A Children's Book-of-the-Month
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A Black Expressions Book Club
Featured SelectionSpike Lee is one of the most prominent and influential media figures today. His films include the critically acclaimedSchool Daze;Academy Award nomineeDo the Right Thing; Malcolm X; Clockers;and25th Hour.Born in Atlanta, Spike attended Morehouse College and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned his master of fine arts degree in film production. Spike and his wife are the authors ofPlease, Baby, Please,their first picture book with Simon & Schuster. They live in New York City with their two children.

Tonya Lewis Lee is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Virginia School of Law. As a children's television producer she has worked with Disney, Nickelodeon, and Noggin/The N, where she was the executive producer of the award-winning documentaryI Sit Where I Want: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Educationand the critically acclaimed miniseriesMiracle's Boys.She is also the author ofGotham Diaries,her first novel.

Kadir Nelson is an award-winning American artist whose works have been exhibited in major national and international publications, institutions, art galleries, and museums. Nelson is the illustrator of many beloved,lCs