Sun Dog [Hardcover]

Juno and her boy live in a red house at the top of the world. One day Juno will be big and strong enough to help pull a sled across the tundra, but for now she is just a small puppy with a big-dog heart. Small puppies have to go to bed when their boys do, but Juno can't sleep with the midnight sun shining out across the town. She slips outside to play. Returning to see a hungry polar bear sniffing around the open door, Juno has no time to be afraid. It's time to summon the big dog inside her and save her beloved boy.With Deborah Kerbel's warm, expressive text, Sun Dog is a love letter to life in the Arctic Circle from the perspective of a sled dog pup. Suzanne Del Rizzo's dimensional art in polymer clay and acrylic wash offers both an intimate romp with a young puppy and a sweeping celebration of the vast and beautiful tundra.Juno is a lively, little sled dog pup who loves to play and explore in the Arctic tundra. When she sneaks away for an adventure under the midnight sun, she encounters a dangerous polar bear approaching her home. Can this Sun Dog be big and brave enough to protect her family?From Suzanne Del Rizzo, award-winning illustrator of My Beautiful Birds, and author Deborah Kerbel comes a unique story about a brave sled dog puppy's adventures under the Arctic Circle's midnight sun7,000 copy print run; Featured at ALA Annual, ILA, and NCTE; Pitch to major review media, including The New York Times, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal; Targeted marketing to major review centers, influential bloggers, and major library system selectors; Classroom guide for educators; Promotion on social media, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, and Pinterest; Author/illustrator speaking engagements; Promotion through the author's and the illustrator's website; E-newsletter promotion

AboutSun Dog

2019 IODE Jean Throop Book Award Winner

2019 Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award nomineel“ä