ROY IS NOT A DOG
WRITTEN BY HUSBAND AND WIFE DUO ESME SHAPIRO AND DANIEL NEWELL KAUFMAN
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ESME SHAPIRO
IN STORES APRIL 23, 2024 from Tundra books of penguin random house
Take a ride down Lilypod Lane with Weasel and Pam Pam as they try to solve a mystery in their neighborhood in this hilariously fetching picture book: could their peculiar neighbor actually be a dog in disguise?
On Lilypod Lane, everyone knows everything about everybody . . . or so they believe! When curious paperboy Weasel encounters his mysterious neighbor Roy on his route, he becomes convinced that Roy is actually a dog! But when his friend Pam Pam disagrees, Weasel must put on his detective cap and do his best sleuthing to reveal Roy’s extraordinary secret, and prove that not everything is as it seems, once and for all!
An endearingly offbeat picture book that celebrates neighbors and neighborhoods, Roy Is Not a Dog delivers laughs and lessons about accepting others for who they are as well as the risks and rewards of showing your true self.
REVIEWS FOR ROY IS NOT A DOG
“The illustrations are a riot of rich color and rambling vegetation … readers will be charmed".” - School library Journal
“This story is a delight from its humble beginning to the hilarious twist at the end. Roy is not a Dog simply begs to be re-read again and again.” - Young Adulting
“[A] whimsical confection … [A] gleeful don’t-make-assumptions story from married collaborators Shapiro and Kaufman, which invites readers to view the world with an open mind.” - Publishers Weekly
“A pointed message about expecting, as well as accepting, differences in others, delivered with a doggy flourish.” - Kirkus Review
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