A heartfelt story about anticipation, longing and the need to compromise from award-winning picture book duo, Jan Ormerod and Carol Thompson. The children are sure that Gramps would never feel lonely if he had a dog of his own. They say the dog should be called Rex, but what would Rex look like? So they play Looking for Rex, and pretend to see Rex, but whenever they think they find Rex . . . it is never really the right Rex. Where is he? Looking for Rex is a dog story to be shared between grandparents and grandchildren from two picture book award winners. Jan Ormerod and Carol Thompson combine to create a charming bedtime story about the important bond that can only be shared by grandparent and child.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 3 years.

There are 32 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2013 by Hardie Grant Children's Publishing .

Dori Hillestad Butler is a full-time writer living in Corallville, Iowa, USA. Carol Thompson is a successful illustrator with over 30 titles to her name. She lives in Leicestershire. Jan Ormerod is the author and/or illustrator of more than 50 books for children. She lives in England.