Book Review: Circle Dogs

Yesterday, Nathan took the day off and we had a middle of the week date to Omaha. (More on that tomorrow!) We started at the Joslyn Art Museum, which had an exhibit on illustrations by Dan Yaccarino. These were really neat and it was my favorite exhibit--thankfully the guide pointed it out or we would have missed it!

Of course, since the museum gift shop had some of the books for sale,  I had to get some because I love cool kids books. The first one we picked out to take home was Circle Dogs, by Kevin Henkes and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino. Shockingly, based not only on the title but also our obsession with Shelby, it's about two dogs.

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This is a great children's book because it's simple, it has lots of shapes in it, and it's hilarious. I personally love it because it basically describes Shelby's day, from waking up (stretching and good morning kisses) to her naps (with the twitching) to waking up (because of the mailman, which she did today) to eating and sleeping again.

The other book we got was Dan Yaccarino's Mother Goose, which is his interpretations of Mother Goose rhymes, and the illustrations are pretty great.

I also considered All The Way To America and Doug Unplugged, but those will have to wait for another trip, I suppose.

Check out all of his books here.