![]() ![]() An energetic yellow Labrador Retriever, Nelson was the model for City Dog. This revelation is imparted to the reader in the most delicate way: through the eyes of the Willems family dog, Nelson. “In the city, you forget how changeable the world is and how time sort of moves on without you.” Every week the color of the green was different or the leaves were different, the river was a different size,” he explains in a YouTube video promoting the book. “We noticed how much the world had changed. The essence of this story grew from time Willems and his family spent in the countryside of Connecticut. ![]() ![]() The friendship between a dog and frog seems innocent enough, but as their story evolves, it comes to represent the cycle of life, the inevitability of passing time and how one survives loss. Probably best known for his hilarity in “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus,” he certainly enters new territory with this book. I’m talking about the kind of crying typically reserved solely for “Love You Forever.” You know, the kind that makes your voice break mid-sentence, the kind that requires a couple of deep breaths before you can finish reading the rest of the book.Īuthor Mo Willems got his start in the children’s industry writing comedy for Sesame Street. I simply CANNOT make it through “City Dog, Country Frog” without crying. ![]()
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