Yak and Dove [Hardcover]

Sometimes the unlikeliest friends form the greatest friendships. A funny, charming picture book from a dynamic duo.

Friends Yak and Dove are complete opposites. Yak is large and Dove is small. Yak has fur and Dove has feathers. Yak is polite. Dove is ill-mannered. Yak likes quiet. Dove likes noise. One day as Yak and Dove list their differences they come to the conclusion that maybe they aren't meant to be friends. In the hope of finding a new best friend, Yak holds auditions. But when a small feathered contestant sings Yak's favorite song, the two begin to think that maybe they are alike after all . . .

Yak and Dovewhimsically captures the highs and lows of friendship through the three interconnected tales of two very different friends.One of Book Riot's 38 Children’s Book Gift Ideas for Clueless Grown-Ups (Winter 2018)
An Amazon Best of the Month Pick (September 2017)
A Quill & Quire Best Kids' Book of the Year (2017)
One of Globe and Mail's100 Best Books of 2017

PRAISE FORYak and Dove:

[A] much-needed favor to humanity in reminding us of what it takes to find, keep and take good care oftruefriends. . . . I smiled as I read the opening words of Yak and Dove . . . Every page of Esmé Shapiro’s art is suitable for framing. --Peter Reynolds,The New York Times

[A]uthor Kyo Maclear and illustrator Esmé Shapiro are an unassuming comedic dream team. . . . The two make a dynamite, inventive pair and they infuse the tried-and-true odd-couple premise of Yak and Dove with bursts of irresistibly sweet weirdness. . . . The story is a fresh friendship fable full of genuine kook and authentic feeling. --STARRED REVIEW,Quill & Quire

Odd-couple friendships are nothing new in children’s literature, but seldom is one portrayed witls