Big Dog, Little Dog

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Paperback
$5.99 US
8"W x 8"H x 0.11"D  
On sale Aug 12, 1973 | 32 Pages | 9780394826691
Preschool - 2
Reading Level: Lexile AD250L | Fountas & Pinnell I

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The classic picture book about two best friends who are opposites in every way, from the beloved author of Are You My Mother? and Go, Dog. Go!

Meet best friends Fred (Big Dog) and Ted (Little Dog) in P. D. Eastman’s classic picture book. Though one is big and one is little, and one loves green and one loves red, these pup pals—along with their helpful acquaintance, Bird—prove that opposites can be the very best of friends.
P. D. Eastman was an author and illustrator who created many children’s books, including Are You My Mother?; Go, Dog. Go!; and The Best Nest. Trained at the National Academy of Design, he published his first Beginner Book, Sam and the Firefly, in 1958. Since then, his books have sold more than fifty million copies, and he has become one of the most beloved children’s book authors in the world. View titles by P.D. Eastman

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The classic picture book about two best friends who are opposites in every way, from the beloved author of Are You My Mother? and Go, Dog. Go!

Meet best friends Fred (Big Dog) and Ted (Little Dog) in P. D. Eastman’s classic picture book. Though one is big and one is little, and one loves green and one loves red, these pup pals—along with their helpful acquaintance, Bird—prove that opposites can be the very best of friends.

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P. D. Eastman was an author and illustrator who created many children’s books, including Are You My Mother?; Go, Dog. Go!; and The Best Nest. Trained at the National Academy of Design, he published his first Beginner Book, Sam and the Firefly, in 1958. Since then, his books have sold more than fifty million copies, and he has become one of the most beloved children’s book authors in the world. View titles by P.D. Eastman

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