Children will love this story of a speedy skateboarding dog and his slower friend. Dubbin is eager to get out of the door even before breakfast, and can go wheeling down the street faster than feet on his skateboard. Todd gamely tries to keep up, taking his bone with him, which is a big mistake. He can’t keep up, and then another dog steals his bone. Fortunately Dubbins is fearless as well as fast and saves the day. The rhyming text rolls along as speedily and smoothly as Dubbin’s skateboard wheels and both dogs are appealing characters. Well worth jumping on for the ride! ~Andrea Reece
Inspired by stories of skateboarding dogs, award-winning illustrator Gillian McClure has created this exciting adventure for dog friends Dubbin and Todd. Dubbin can go faster than feet on his skateboard, leaving Todd struggling to keep up. Sharp-eyed children will notice that someone else is after the bone Todd is carrying, but when it’s snatched away, Dubbin can outpace the thief too and all ends happily! McClure’s lively, rhyming text will delight young children and their parents. Illustrations in watercolour and gouache have a grainy effect from rock salt crystals to capture the texture of pavements.
“I absolutely love it, and so will my grandchildren. It’s energetic and jubilant!” Kevin Crossley-Holland
Praise for Flood:
‘a warm and beautifully illustrated story about co-operation in adversity’ Anthony Browne
Author
About Gillian McClure
Gillian McClure is the author and illustrator of thirty picture books. Several of them have been short-listed for awards; one was highly commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal and another, Selkie, won the US Parent’s Guide to Children’s Media Award for Outstanding Achievement in Children’s Books.
Gillian has served on the CWIG committee, and the PLR Advisory committee, been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Kent and Essex Universities, and a judge and mentor for Escalator, New Writing Partnerships.
Two of her books have been Recommended Books on the National Curriculum and others she uses in the workshops she gives in schools and colleges.
