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Smick!

by Doreen Cronin

Illustrator: Juana Medina

Ages: 5 & Under

Published: 2015

Publisher: Viking Juvenile/Penguin

ISBN: 978-0-670-78578-0

Keywords: Read-Aloud, Stories in rhyme, Friendship, Dogs

Smick fetches a stick and meets a chick. Will it become a sidekick? Boldly outlined expressions with flashes of color, digitally rendered.