Homer
Greenwillow Books (May 29, 2012)
Reading age : 4-8 years
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Homer
An old dog sits on a porch looking out at a beach. Other dogs in his family — and the children and parents in the family — head out for the day. Then the dog welcomes them back, and follows them inside. That’s it. For this story I drew on childhood animals (I had a dog named Homer), and our summer house on Long Island Sound. I thought how sitting in one place and observing the world is not a bad place to be. Dogs don’t live long; they go from puppies to old dogs fast. But they’re often the center around which a family orbits.
