He Was There from the Day We Moved In
$19.95
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He Was There from the Day We Moved In
$19.95
When Ogdon's family moves into their new house, there is already someone in the backyard: a big, shaggy sheepdog, sitting and waiting, imperturbable as can be. Waiting for what? Dinner? A lollipop? No — what the dog wants is a name. Not just any name, but the right name. Rhoda Levine's writing and Edward Gorey's illustrations fit together perfectly — Levine's warm, gentle humor and Gorey's slightly melancholy drawings of boys and dogs and overcast skies. The New York Times called it "sentimental without apology and optimistic without reason," which is exactly right. A perfect gift for any family with a dog, or a child, or both.