BOW-WOW BUGS A BUG
By Mark Newgarden and Megan Montague Cash
Harcourt Books, hardback, 56 pages, published June, 2007
ISBN-13: 978-0152058135

Good words for BOW-WOW BUGS A BUG
"What an odd, sweet, surreal, and hilarious adventure from Newgarden and Cash. It's what Crockett Johnson, Ernie Bushmiller, and Rod Serling might have come up with if they shared a bench at the doggie park. I love it!"
–Lane Smith

"Bow-Wow is like Bee-Bop; you can read it quick or spend your time with it. Either way, it swings."
–Mo Willems

"Thoroughly inspired."
–Kirkus (starred review)

"The clever circular plot is funny, quirky, and even suspenseful, working well as a wordless picture book."
–School Library Journal (starred review)

"Eminently charming...enormously fresh and modern"
–Publishers Weekly
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"Get 'Bow-Wow Bugs a Bug'."
–Critical Shopper, NY Times
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"This is one of those rare books that a parent who still has two brain cells to rub together can read to a toddler without falling asleep at the switch."
–Boston Globe
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"Brilliant...The art has a cozy, old-fashioned comic-strip look...there's a lot of swift action, and it can be some time before the reader realizes that there is no text."
–New York Newsday
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"The weirdest bit of kidlit fluff I've seen in a very long time...(Newgarden and Cash) know how to play for laughs by balancing out visual humor with sheer out-and-out ridiculousness. Impressive."
–Fuse #8
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"Hip...witty"
–Family Fun magazine

"(I was) shocked and delighted...I found myself laughing out loud at the absurdity and approachability of this title."
–Practically Paradise, the blog of the School Library Journal
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"Very funny...the kids will love it for one reason and you will love it for the brilliant graphic design flourishes."
–Children's Literature Network
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"Appealing...simple black lines and dots do the speaking."
–The Horn Book

"Utterly absurd and adorable all at once, this is the first in a range of children's/all-ages' comic strip albums in which Bow-Wow, a new canine cartoon superstar, is born."
–Paul Gravett, on Comics and Graphic Novels
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"It has the series of escalating variations and freaky non-logic of most
kids' books I liked at that age, and the satisfying, warm ending that kids
like me used to demand."
–The Comics Reporter
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"Silly and sophisticated"
–Journal Star
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"Every time you open it, Bow-Wow Bugs a Bug is open to new interpretations."
–The Madison Daily Page
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"A clever and unexpected development with each turn of the page."
–Parenthood.com
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"A wonderful wordless book that preschoolers and even toddlers will be able to "read" and enjoy."
–The Field Guide to Parenting
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"Involving, amusing and even surprisingly surrealistic."
–Infodad.com
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"Entertains and fosters imagination and creativity."
–In the Library Reviews
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BOW-WOW BUGS A BUG received
the first place gold medal in "THE ORIGINAL ART",
the Society of Illustrator's 2007 children's book competition.

BOW-WOW BUGS A BUG is a JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD Premier Selection.

BOW-WOW BUGS A BUG was chosen by Amazon.com as one of the top 10 picture books of 2007.

BOW-WOW BUGS A BUG won the WAPB Award for Illustration for 2008

Read Harcourt's interview with Mark & Megan

 

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Good words for BOW-WOW ORDERS LUNCH
"Pre-schoolers will love reading this."
–Children's Literature Network
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"Brings the reader a shiver of pleasure over something as simple as order
being restored in the building of a sandwich."
–Tom Spurgeon, The Comics Reporter
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"Clever, well written, informative and just plain fun...It’s an amusing story...and it’s a pleasant way to show children up to age three something about patterns."
–Infodad.com
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"Everything a board book should be."
–The Roanoke Times
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"It got my little fifteen month-old friend to utter a brand new word: cheese."
–Propernoun.net

Good words for BOW-WOW NAPS BY NUMBER
"The cutest dog we've seen in a long time."
–Leonard Marcus, Parenting.com

Best Books of 2007
"An irrepresible golden terrier...sends kids on an offbeat counting adventure."
–Lisa Von Drasek, Nick Jr. Magazine

"This entirely wordless book manages to teach, present a plot, and let Bow-Wow end up dreamily satisfied, all within a mere 18 board-book pages. It’s a real winner!"
–Infodad.com
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"Satisfying if not transcendent."
–Tom Spurgeon, The Comics Reporter
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Good words for BOW-WOW HEARS THINGS
"Especially delightful...perfectly blends silly amusement with a simple lesson."
–Infodad.com
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BOW-WOW HEARS THINGS is endorsed by Canadian Family Magazine.

Good words for BOW-WOW ATTRACTS OPPOSITES
"As much fun for parents as for children...their cleverness reaches across generational lines."
–Infodad.com
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"What makes it good: It's funny."
–Delaware Online
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BOW-WOW HEARS THINGS is endorsed by Canadian Family Magazine.