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''Pssst! Doggie-'' is a 1971
children's
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picture book
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images. The images ...
by American author and illustrator
Ezra Jack Keats
Ezra Jack Keats (né Jacob Ezra Katz; March 11, 1916 – May 6, 1983) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the 1963 Caldecott Medal for illustrating '' The Snowy Day'', which he also wrote. Keats wrote '' A Letter ...
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In this almost wordless book, a cat asks a dog to dance. Suddenly we are carried away on a flight of imagination, from country to country and from era to era, by the humorous antics of the unusual pair on the dance floor.
1973 children's books
American picture books
Books by Ezra Jack Keats
Dogs in literature
Books about cats