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  • Published: 17 January 2023
  • ISBN: 9781623543013
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $36.99

SumoPuppy




A funny and read-aloud worthy sequel to the best-selling SumoKitty brings two unlikely friends together in this hilarious dog-meets-cat adventure perfect for pet lovers.

A funny and read-aloud worthy sequel to the best-selling SumoKitty brings two unlikely friends together in this hilarious dog-meets-cat adventure perfect for pet lovers.

SumoKitty has taken on an apprentice--but can this eager puppy truly learn the ways of a feline?
 
SumoKitty tries his best to teach an eager but undisciplined puppy the feline ways of catching mice. But this rambunctious newcomer doesn't seem cut out for the job. She drools, snores, and chases away the mice with her constant barking! Can she find a place in the sumo stable--and in SumoKitty's heart?
 


 

  • Published: 17 January 2023
  • ISBN: 9781623543013
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $36.99

About the author

David Biedrzycki

David Biedrzycki is the author and illustrator of the Breaking News series, the Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective series, and the Me and My Dragon series. He has been creating illustrations for book publishers, advertising agencies, magazines, and design firms since 1980. His art has graced the cover of KidSoft magazine, New England Aquarium billboards and children's software packaging, such as "The Amazon Trail" and "Odell Down Under." David has collaborated with children's author Jerry Pallotta on The Beetle Alphabet BookThe Boat Alphabet Book, and The Freshwater Alphabet Book. He grew up in Pennsylvania and now lives in Massachusetts with his wife and three children.

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Praise for SumoPuppy

Praise for SumoKitty
   • “SumoKitty’s antics delight.”—Kirkus Reviews
   • "Pencil and watercolor vignettes offer solid visual pacing, and the thoroughly contemporary pictures weave in nods to Japanese art traditions.”—Publishers Weekly
   • “Biedrzycki's gorgeous digital artwork evokes a mashup of traditional Japanese illustration and popular animation.”—School Library Journal

Praise for Breaking News: Bear Alert
   • “Biedrzycki delivers a genuine message with a light touch. . . . Fun and topical.”—Kirkus Reviews

 
Praise for Breaking News: Bears to the Rescue
   • “The gorgeous illustrations are of a quality that calls to mind big-budget 3-D-animated films. That means highly detailed backgrounds packed with visual jokes . . . [and] characters who are refreshingly diverse and keenly imagined.”—Booklist

Praise for SumoKitty
   • “SumoKitty’s antics delight.”—Kirkus Reviews
   • "Pencil and watercolor vignettes offer solid visual pacing, and the thoroughly contemporary pictures weave in nods to Japanese art traditions.”—Publishers Weekly
   • “Biedrzycki's gorgeous digital artwork evokes a mashup of traditional Japanese illustration and popular animation.”—School Library Journal

Praise for Breaking News: Bear Alert
   • “Biedrzycki delivers a genuine message with a light touch. . . . Fun and topical.”—Kirkus Reviews

 
Praise for Breaking News: Bears to the Rescue
   • “The gorgeous illustrations are of a quality that calls to mind big-budget 3-D-animated films. That means highly detailed backgrounds packed with visual jokes . . . [and] characters who are refreshingly diverse and keenly imagined.”—Booklist

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