AlexandhisdogMaxaretruefriends--thekindthatshareeachother’sexcitement,comforteachotherwhentheyaresad,waittogetherwhenparentsareaway,andhavefunwherevertheyare.Alexislearningthateverygoodrelationshipisatwo-waystreet.Byobservingandlisteningtohisdog,bysharinggoodtimesandbad,heandMaxareearningeachother’sloveanddevotion.Parentswillappreciatetheinformationaboutanimalcommunicationandthedog-childbondthattheywillfindattheendofMaxTalkstoMe.ChildrenwillwanttoshareMaxandAlex’sadventuresandfriendshipoverandoverastheyreadthegentle,engagingstoryandlookatthebeautifulillustrations.AuthorClaireBuchwaldliveswithherhusband,threechildren,dog,andcatinBloomington,Minnesota.TheauthorofTheGreatMitzvah-Go-Round(ArtScroll,2002),co-writtenwithherhusbandLarryBogoslaw,andThePuppetBook(PlaysInc.,1990),Buchwaldiscurrentlycompletinganonfictionbookonthepowerofimagination,reading,andpretendplayinchildren’slives.Buchwald,whohasaPhDincommunicationfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,believesthatchildrendeservethefinestofwritingbecausetheyarecomplicated,intelligent,fullofquestions,andstronglyconnectedtothepowerfulcapacitiesofimaginationandawe.ArtistKarenRitzistheillustratorofDaddy’sSongbyLesleaNewman(HenryHoltandCompany,spring2007)andfortyotheraward-winningchildren’stitles.Shehasbeenafull-timeillustratorofbooksandmagazinessince1989andteachesclassesforteachersandlibrariansaboutvisuallanguageandtheartofchildren’sbooks.HerartforKateShelleyandtheMidnightExpressappearsasananimatedfeatureonpublictelevision’sReadingRainbow.
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