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Each season has its special joys and all are explored in the Lily and Trooper series, now combined into a single volume families can enjoy throughout the year. Imaginative Lily and her trusty dog Trooper make their own seasonal fun as they picnic in the country, play at the beach, jump in leaf piles, and go skating and skiing. A brief line of text appears under pictures rendered in vibrant color with a childlike, finger-painted quality. -The Horn Book

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Lily and her black and white dog are quite simply charming characters who are very real in that they make mistakes, fall down, get cold, and get hungry. Theirs is not a charmed life .... Indeed, these two best friends are just like the rest of us which makes them accessible and easy to relate to. Bright, flat paintings full of swirls and splashes of thick color compliment the spare text and young artists will be inspired to try their own hand at creating a Lily and Trooper picture. <br>-Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review<br> The artwork is transporting ... It is not simply a visually compelling, exuberant world, but one that readers will revere for its glorious unctuousness. <br>-Kirkus Reviews<br> Young preschoolers will enjoy the cozy mess and silly farce. <br>-Booklist<br> The vibrant artwork reveals objects and figures outlined in black in front of swirling, flowing backgrounds of thickly applied paint. <br>-School Library Journal

Lily and her black and white dog are quite simply charming characters who are very real in that they make mistakes, fall down, get cold, and get hungry. Theirs is not a charmed life .... Indeed, these two best friends are just like the rest of us which makes them accessible and easy to relate to. Bright, flat paintings full of swirls and splashes of thick color compliment the spare text and young artists will be inspired to try their own hand at creating a Lily and Trooper picture. -Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review The artwork is transporting ... It is not simply a visually compelling, exuberant world, but one that readers will revere for its glorious unctuousness. -Kirkus Reviews Young preschoolers will enjoy the cozy mess and silly farce. -Booklist The vibrant artwork reveals objects and figures outlined in black in front of swirling, flowing backgrounds of thickly applied paint. -School Library Journal

Lily and her black and white dog are quite simply charming characters who are very real in that they make mistakes, fall down, get cold, and get hungry. Theirs is not a charmed life .... Indeed, these two best friends are just like the rest of us which makes them accessible and easy to relate to. Bright, flat paintings full of swirls and splashes of thick color compliment the spare text and young artists will be inspired to try their own hand at creating a Lily and Trooper picture. -Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review The artwork is transporting ... It is not simply a visually compelling, exuberant world, but one that readers will revere for its glorious unctuousness. -Kirkus Reviews Young preschoolers will enjoy the cozy mess and silly farce. -Booklist The vibrant artwork reveals objects and figures outlined in black in front of swirling, flowing backgrounds of thickly applied paint. -School Library Journal

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JUNG-HEE SPETTER (1969) was born in Poesan, South-Korea and came to the Netherlands as a nine-year old. She studied illustration at the Academy of Art in Kampen. She now lives in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, with her husband and their daughter.

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