I Am the Longest Dog

by Avery Monsen, Avery Monsen (Illustrator)

Overview

From the co-author of the hilarious national bestseller All My Friends Are Dead comes a very tall tale about a very long dog—with a very big surprise at the tail-end!
 
Lucy is the world's longest dog, but just how long is she? Like, are we talking pretty long? Or super-crazy number-one-record-breaking BANANAS long? See for yourself in this hilarious picture book by best-selling author-illustrator Avery Monsen. (Warning: the dog is very long.)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781368053211
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	02/02/2021
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	475,501
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Avery Monsen is a writer, actor, and illustrator who lives in Los Angeles and co-authored the national bestseller, All My Friends Are Dead, as well as I Feel Relatively Neutral About New York and K is For Knifeball. He's also written for the television shows, Billy On The Street and Trip Tank. His writing and drawings have been published in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, the Believer, and several newspapers around the country, and he was recently named one of the New Faces of Comedy at the 2017 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. As an actor, he's appeared on 30 Rock, The Tonight Show, High Maintenance, Maron, Adam Ruins Everything, and Alexa & Katie.

Editorial Reviews

"[V]ery well delivered. The suspense and hinted expectation that every page turn may reveal Lucy’s head does not get old and, in fact, provides some solid laughs when Lucy punks her readers…. [It] will effortlessly invite participation with young audiences, giving the book great read-aloud appeal for teachers, caregivers, and dog-loving librarians alike."—Booklist

"A cheerful, good-humored bit of a stretch."—Kirkus

“Amusing and quippy, with some rib-nudging humor…a terrific read aloud.”—BCCB

From the Publisher

2020-11-18
Lucy the dog enjoys describing just how long she is.

“This is where I start,” she notes, opposite an illustration of doggy rear end, two hind legs, and a tail. Her body, which is white, with brown spots, extends across a bright blue background—and beyond. “I keep going, too.” The furry body (no feet, just fur and spots) spans the whole double-page spread: “I’m telling you: I am a very long dog.” If a dog told a joke it would probably have this same goofy energy and good humor but no punchline in sight. It might go on, and on, as long as someone was listening. Lucy demonstrates that she is longer than a stretch limousine, a blue whale, and a “stretch limo for the big blue whale.” She can’t fit in doghouses or go for car rides or sit on laps. She goes to great lengths (ha, ha) to prove that, indeed, she is the longest dog. The single visual joke bridges the turn of many pages before reaching Lucy’s head with its friendly doggy grin and slightly floppy ears. Pretty silly and pretty funny—if a bit short on plot, Lucy’s tale is nevertheless long on amusing hyperbole. She certainly IS the longest dog, and a final, unfolding spread drives home exactly how long she is.

A cheerful, good-humored bit of a stretch. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews