Elki Is Not My Dog - by Elena Arevalo Melville (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Elki is not my dog. . . .

In fact, I don't know for sure that name is Elki. She must have had a name when we met her, but we couldn't ask her, because none of us speaks "Dog."

When an exhausted stray dog enters the lives of a small group of children, the events that follow touch the whole community.

This uplifting story by Elena Arevalo Melville, author and illustrator of the award-winning picture book Umbrella, was written for her friend and fellow illustrator Tonka Uzu, whose childhood memory this is.

Review Quotes

"Surely the next best thing to having a dog of your own is having a lovable stray as your playmate. . . . While Elki's own story remains a mystery, detailed illustrations by Tonka Uzu give us a peek into the world of her human companions. There's a pleasing Busytown-like quality to the drawings . . . . Elki may not have a home, but she has found her family."--The Wall Street Journal