What fun! I love the detecting process that goes into the story, the repetition that everyone in the village knows everything about each other, even the moral of the tale is fun (not just useful to learn and know). Painless learning. My favorite thing!
The illustrations are delightful, imaginative, clear, and colorful.
Well suited for reading WITH someone of any age including ESL, and great for gifting to anyone, and even to a school or teacher or your public library!
I requested and received a free temporary e-book on Adobe Digital Editions from Penguin Random House Canada/Tundra Books via NetGalley. Thank you!
April 23, 2024 ( )

Roy Is Not A Dog is a surprising picture book that deserves close and possibly multiple looks. Despite noticing many fun ideas in my first reading, I liked it far more upon rereading. The illustrations are remarkably detailed. The background behind the houses on Lilypod Lane is teeming with exquisite flora. Every page of the book is brimming with riveting visuals. There are clues to be found in the pictures if one peers closely. Lilypod Lane is indeed a curious neighborhood. Esmé Shapiro and Daniel Newell Kaufman have written a book that will delight young minds and show that first impressions can be erroneous. It is a story of acceptance but also of pursuing one's curiosity.
Thank you to NetGalley and Tundra Books for the ARC of this book. ( )