Juno and her boy live in a red house at the top of the world. One day Juno will be big and strong enough to help pull a sled across the tundra, but for now she is just a small puppy with a big-dog heart. Small puppies have to go to bed when their boys do, but Juno can't sleep with the midnight sun shining out across the town. She slips outside to play. Returning to see a hungry polar bear sniffing around the open door, Juno has no time to be afraid. It's time to summon the big dog inside her and save her beloved boy. With Deborah Kerbel's warm, expressive text, Sun Dog is a love letter to life in the Arctic Circle from the perspective of a sled dog pup. Suzanne Del Rizzo's dimensional art in polymer clay and acrylic wash offers both an intimate romp with a young puppy and a sweeping celebration of the vast and beautiful tundra.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Iode Jean Throop Book Award. It was recognised in the Blue Spruce Award category by the Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Awards. It also was recognised in the Shining Willow category by the Saskatchewan Young Reader's Choice. It was recognised in the Best Books for Kids & Teens category by the Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards. Also it was recognised in the Blogger Betsy Bird's Caldenotts Selection category by the School Library Journal Awards. It was recognised by the Resource Links the Year's Best.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-7 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Pajama Press .

Deborah Kerbel was born in London, England, but moved to Canada before she was old enough to cultivate a posh accent or a love of marmalade. She grew up in Toronto, Ontario, with her parents, sister, brother and a beagle named Snoopy. Suzanne Del Rizzo is the award-winning author/illustrator of My Beautiful Birds and the illustrator of several other books for children. Suzanne's dimensional illustrations use polymer clay, acrylic, and other mixed media to bring rich texture and imagination to her books. She lives in Oakville, Ontario. Suzanne Del Rizzo is the award-winning author/illustrator of My Beautiful Birds and the illustrator of several other books for children. Suzanne's dimensional illustrations use polymer clay, acrylic, and other mixed media to bring rich texture and imagination to her books. She lives in Oakville, Ontario.