Facts about the Desperate Dog:
Name: Emma
Birthday: February 14, 1997
Breed: high-strung mutt
Hobbies: Eating
Favorite thing to do: Eating
Favorite sport: Eating
Favorite food: You name it; I’ll eat it! Cell phones, Halloween candy . . .
Job: Keeping my humans in line.
Skills: Ladder-climbing, mouse-hunting, eating and...
. . .Shh-h-h! Don’t tell anyone—writing on the computer.
Favorite newspaper column: Dear Queenie
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Bad! Bad! Bad!
That’s all Emma hears from her human, George, all day long. What’s a poor, misunderstood, desperate dog to do?
Write to Dear Queenie, of course!
The canine advice columnist for the Weekly Bone suggests that Emma get off the couch and find a new career. It’s a good start. . . But not even Queenie can guess what new dilemmas Emma will face!
Find out how Emma solves her problems and works things out with George.
This book was inspired by the sometimes fractious relationship between my husband and our dog, Emma. Since I wrote this book, they are getting along much better! I think it helped them understand each other.
Letters From a Desperate Dog is part comic book, part picture book. Each of Emma’s misadventures is told in a comic strip; but it’s still important to have the surprises happen when the reader turns the page.
The illustrations were done with pen and ink and watercolor.
Letters From a Desperate Dog
Written and Illustrated by Eileen Christelow
Clarion Books—2006
ISBN: 10: 0618510036
Hardcover, 32 pages
Age: 4–8
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- IRA-CBC Children's Choice
- Bank Street Best Children?s Books of the Year
“A delightful romp . . . along with all the silly fun, there are also some heartfelt messages about friendship and the bond between animals and their human companions." — ALA Booklist
"Readers will cheer for this well intentioned heroine and applaud her eventual success." — Kirkus Reviews
The Desperate Dog is back!
Emma, your website guide, aka “the
Desperate Dog”, now has a second
book about life with her much-loved,
ever-difficult human, George. This time
he has a visitor, a STRANGER named
Loretta. WHO is she? WHY won’t she
let go of George’s hand? Worse, Loretta
brings along her dog, Hankie, and they
take over Emma’s spot next to George
on the couch.
What’s a desperate dog to do?
Write to a favorite advice columnist, of
course! But this may be one problem
that even Dear Queenie can’t solve. Will
Emma be able to regain her position as
top dog of the household? Will her
happy home ever be the same again?
The Desperate Dog Writes Again
Written and Illustrated by Eileen Christelow
Clarion Books – 2010
ISBN: 978–0–547–24205–7
Ages: 4–8
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“Pitch perfect for those children adjusting to a new person in their lives.” —Kirkus
“Christelow's exuberant comic-book art
humorously shows Emma acting on
Queenie's consistently unsound advice.
Young readers will enjoy this romp and
perhaps reflect on how they can deal with
changes of their own. —ALA Booklist
A Junior Library Guild Selection
