My Pillow Keeps Moving
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Publisher Description
A lonely man tries to buy a pillow . . . and ends up with a new best friend in this silly and sweet doggy tale, perfect for fans of Officer Buckle and Gloria.
Dogs make good pillows, don't they?
A clever pup ends up in a cozy home, and she'll do anything to stay there. She impersonates everything the lonely homeowner needs--a pillow, a footstool, a jacket. But in the end, being herself works best. Laura Gehl's spare, humorous text and New Yorker cartoonist Christopher Weyant's expressive characters will leave young readers giggling and begging for more.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A guy walks into a pillow store, and from there, Gehl and Weyant's story becomes increasingly silly and delightful. The gentleman a mustachioed, bespectacled, mild-mannered fellow who lives alone believes he is making three perfectly normal purchases: a pillow, a footstool, and a jacket. In each case, readers can see that the purchase is actually a clever stray dog looking for a warm home. When the man's purchases start acting strangely (the pillow moves, the footstool howls, the jacket burps and farts), he tries to return them to an unctuous, unyielding salesman, who insists that the items meet all the necessary criteria ("Is your pillow fluffy?" he asks. "Then your pillow is not broken, sir"). The all-dialogue text and classic New Yorker style cartooning (Weyant is a regular contributor to the magazine) prove how powerfully funny repetition can be. Adult readers may be reminded of Monty Python's "Dead Parrot" sketch, although in this case, the critter is very much alive and everyone comes away happy. Ages 4 8. Author's)
