Excellent Ed

Description

Lovable mutt Ed discovers that everyone is excellent at something... Everyone in the Ellis family is excellent--except Ed. Ed wonders if this is why he isn't allowed to eat at the table or sit on the couch with the other children. So he's determined to find his own thing to be excellent at--only to be (inadvertently) outdone by a family member every time. Now Ed is really nervous--what if he's not excellent enough to belong in this family? Stacy McAnulty and Julia Sarcone-Roach tell the funny story of an endearing dog who discovers that his family adores him, just as he is.

STACY MCANULTY is an excellent writer, mother, pancake flipper, snooze-button hitter, and dog walker. She's the author of the series The Dino Files and Dear Santasaurus. She grew up outside of Albany, New York, and now lives with her husband, three children, and two excellent dogs in Kernersville, North Carolina. You can visit her on the Web at stacymcanulty.com. JULIA SARCONE-ROACH is an excellent painter, sandwich eater, straphanger, and belly-laugher. Her books include The Bear Ate Your Sandwich, Subway Story, and The Secret Plan. She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, and now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. You can visit her on the Web at jsarconeroach.com.

"A warm, welcome reminder that everyone is excellent at something." -Kirkus Reviews starred review "In a word? Excellent." -The Horn Book starred review "In Julia Sarcone-Roach's joyful, expressive paintings, we see Ed pondering how to demonstrate excellence. The answer is excellent, and entirely endearing." -The Wall Street Journal "A dog lover's delight." -School Library Journal