Found - by Jeff Newman (Hardcover)

About the Book

While Jenn is searching for her missing black-and-white dog, she meets and falls in love with Roscoe, a scruffy little golden dog in this wordless picture book about what we lose, what we find, and what we give back. Full color.

Book Synopsis

A wordless picture book about what we lose, what we find, and what we give back.

Jenn's beloved dog was lost sometime ago. Long enough that she has given up the search. But she still misses her friend. One day she finds a lost dog. She takes him in and despite a rocky start, she grows to love him. Until she spots his picture on a missing poster. His name is Roscoe, and he's someone else's best friend. Jenn knows she should return Roscoe, but she really doesn't want to. Will Jenn do the right thing? Or will she keep this new dog she's grown to love so much?

Review Quotes

"Isn't that one of the best things dogs can give kids, a sense of their own power?" - The New York Times Book Review

*** "This is a beautiful wordless book about love in all its messiness and what it means to open your heart, experience loss, and then open it again." - School Library Journal, starred review

*** "Gently and memorably drawn." - Publishers Weekly, starred review

*** "A story that will break hearts so it can put them back together." - Kirkus, starred review

About the Author

Jeff Newman grew up in Ashland, Massachusetts, and attended The Art Institute of Boston. His picture books include Hippo! No, Rhino; The Boys; Hand Book; The Greedy Worm; and Found. He currently lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Larry Day is the award-winning illustrator of over twenty-five picture books, both fiction and nonfiction. He was born and raised in Gibson City, Illinois, where he flunked high school art before becoming a storyboard artist and picture book illustrator. Day currently lives in Illinois with his wife, author Miriam Busch.