When Luca first arrives at the dog park, the other dogs turn him away. "You're not a dog," they say, "You're a fox." But . . . Luca likes to chase cats. He likes to yip at mailmen. And he likes sniff other dogs you-know-where. Still, Luca has to admit, he doesn't look like the other dogs. So . . . he must be a fox, right? But when Luca finds a trio of foxes in the forest and asks to join them, they don't think that Luca is a fox at all. After all, Luca acts just like a dog. Luca can't seem to find anyone quite like him, but then he meets a caring little girl and finds something even better--a friend. In this heartwarming tale, Karina Wolf and Chuck Groenick remind us that you don't need a label to find just where you belong.

"Wolf and Groenink take on the big issue of identity within the context of a gentle urban world, and readers will sense that the thoughtful, earnest protagonist's question--"Who am I?"--will lead to a wonderful answer: someone who is loved." --Publishers Weekly

"A warmhearted and warm-spirited story of love and acceptance." --Kirkus Reviews

This book is aimed at children in preschool-2nd grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 3-7 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 2018 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Chuck Groenink hails from a village in the north of the Netherlands, where he spent his formative years climbing trees, drawing, reading, and cycling. He lives in Syracuse, New York. Karina Wolf is the author of the picture book The Insomniacs . She studied literature and film in New York, Paris, and Dublin, and she works in television and film production. She lives in Manhattan with her two dogs, Luca and Barry Manilow. Visit her online at karinawolf. com and follow her on Twitter @wolfandfox. Chuck Groenink has illustrated several picture books, among them Hank's Big Day by Evan Kuhlman, The Friend Ship by Kat Yeh, How to Be a Hero by Florence Parry Heide, and William's Winter Nap by Linda Ashman. Born and raised in the Netherlands, he now lives and works in the Hudson Valley of New York. Learn more at chuckgroenink. com and on Twitter @ChuckGroenink.