I Am Puppy, Hear Me Yap: The Ages of Dog by Valerie Shaff, Roy Blount Jr., Valerie Shaff (Photographer)

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Synopsis

When puppies yap, people listen—especially when the message is as entertaining and enlightening as I Am Puppy, Hear Me Yap. Valerie Shaff and Roy Blount, Jr., have teamed up to offer honest, original, and often hilarious insight into what puppies and young dogs really think. Sixty amazing duotone photos that capture the essence of each dog's personality are accompanied by puppy poetry written in a uniquely Blount brand of doggerel, with the "canine measure somewhere between ordered and free." A delight for dog lovers and, until dogs learn to talk, the best way to remember that the "inner dog" is probably much like the outer one, I Am Puppy, Hear Me Yap will make even cold hearts melt.

USA Today - Carol Memmott

To love this book you've got to be a sap—sappy about photos of adorable puppies and dogs acting perfectly ridiculous. The photos far outshine the saccharine prose, and the book can be enjoyed immensely without bothering with the rhymes. The sepia-toned photos show dogs doing their doggy things—playing, chasing, chewing, lounging. What a life.

Biography

Valerie Shaff's photographs have been exhibited internationally and have appeared in The New Yorker, Martha Stewart Living, and In Style. This book is Valerie's fourth collaboration with Roy. She lives in upstate New York.