With tongue-twisty wordplay and escalating absurdity, this is a fall-down-funny farce that will surprise and delight readersfrom television comedy writer Elliott Kalan and acclaimed illustrator Andrea Tsurumi. When Sharko calls for a boat, Hippo pulls out a goat. He wants a pole, but Hippo gives him a pail. And instead of bait, a beet and a boot! Hippos coat pockets seem to have everything except what Sharko asks for! Will their fishing trip ever get off the ground?

 

 

This book is aimed at children in preschool-3rd grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published in 2020 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Andrea Tsurumi is the author of the acclaimed Accident! . An illustrator and cartoonist born and raised in New York, Andrea has an MFA from the School of Visual Arts and a Society of Illustrators Silver Medal. She now lives and draws in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Visit www. andreatsurumi. com, Twitter @AndreaTsurumi, and Instagram @atsurumi Elliott Kalan has written for the television shows Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the comic book series Spider-Man and the X-Men. Horse Meets Dog is his first picture book. Elliott lives with his wife and young son in Southern California, where he runs the Foundation for Animal Recognition, Mutual (FARM), dedicated to finally solving the serious public problem of horse-dog meeting confusion. Tim Miller is the author-illustrator of Moo Moo in a Tutu and What's Cooking, Moo Moo? and the illustrator of the picture books Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book!), Snappsy the Alligator and His Best Friend Forever! (Probably), and Margarash as well as the middle grade series Hamstersaurus Rex. Raised on a farm with cows (not horses) in Washington State, he now lives a more urban life in New Jersey with his wife and their cats (not dogs). You can visit Tim online at www. timmillerillustration. com.