MY FRIEND LUCKY
David Milgrim, . . Atheneum/Schwartz, $12 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-689-84253-5
In this mild-mannered book, juxtaposed concepts ("Lucky's sad/ Lucky's happy") accompany naïve drawings of a boy and the title dog. Each two-part spread presents different moments in the same scene, along with simple words that express a changing condition (here/ there, warm/cold, lost/ found). "Lucky's big" shows the ochre-gold dog facing a tiny green caterpillar; "Lucky's small" finds him grinning nervously at a curious horse. "Lucky's loud" has the dog with his mouth wide open, barking while the boy does math homework. "Lucky's quiet" wittily solves the noise problem, with Lucky continuing to bark and the busy child wearing earmuffs. Milgrim (
Reviewed on: 12/10/2001
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 32 pages - 978-1-4814-8902-7
Other - 978-1-4814-8903-4
Paperback - 32 pages - 978-1-4814-8901-0