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Australian author Lois Nicholls and illustrator Lara Nicholls, a mother-daughter team, celebrate lovable canines in rhyme in their picture book.Tarna, a Golden Retriever, pals around with her human friend until he realizes that the dog's gotten ""quite smelly""- possibly from being in the paddock (a small enclosure for horses) past the pond. Kane, a Great Dane, is ""Not a pony ... that's BALONEY!"" In nine rhyming poems with full water color paintings, the Nichollses introduce readers to a range of different dogs. The pups are of varied breeds, including apparent daisy-dog mutts and a cross between a Golden Retriever and a Poodle (aka a groodle) as well as a more common Jack Russell terrier and a Beagle. They all have diverse personalities and expressions: French bulldog Philippe loves cafes and ""bling""; Beagle Bonny is an adventurous traveler. Burt the Bulldog is built like a brick - ""Dad says he looks like Uncle Mick!"" The paintings are realistic and endearing, and each features a tiny bee for hidden-object searchers. The book's charming paintings will draw in animal lovers, and the poems' catchy, irregular rhythms will encourage recitation.

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The book's charming paintings will draw in animal lovers, and the poems' catchy, irregular rhythms will encourage recitation. Kirkus Reviews

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Lois Nicholls was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. She migrated to Brisbane, Australia in 1997 with her husband and firstborn son. She is a former newspaper and magazine journalist, gardener, furniture fixer-upper, spontaneous entertainer, bargain hunter, wife and mother of three grown children. She loves animals, humans and if she had her way would be living on a country smallholding (romantic barn included) with a couple of chickens and two Golden Retrievers. www.loisnicholls.com.au Lara Nicholls is a double degree graduate in Communications & Arts from the University of Queensland. She is also a passionate painter, dressmaker and scribbler. She is embarking on a Masters in Early Childhood Education. https: //www.larajnicholls.com

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