For while the accompanying illustrations are I guess colourful and kind of sweet (albeit still more than a trifle too overly simple and childish for my tastes and rather lacking in visual detail and personal eye candy appeal), the three very short stories, Laura Vaccaro Seeger's featured texts, they both feel and read unevenly and a bit erratically, with not nearly enough necessary verbal (textual) details presented (even if one does take into account and consideration that Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories is meant for, is geared towards very young children).įurthermore, and most importantly to and for me, I also do find it problematic at best that ALL of the three story endings kind of feel both rushed and almost as though the author has simply stopped her texts in medias res. Tedious, choppy and generally annoying! And yes indeed, I therefore also cannot really in any way even remotely understand and comprehend how and why Laura Vaccaro Seeger's Dog and Bear: Two Fiends, Three Stories ended up winning a prestigious Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.
She takes long walks at the beach every day and paints in her studio every night. She loves painting, surfing, tennis, playing the piano, and spending time with her family. Seeger lives in Rockville Centre, Long Island, with her husband, Chris, their two sons, Drew and Dylan, and their dog, Copper. degree at the School of Fine Art and Design at SUNY Purchase in Westchester, New York, and then moved to Manhattan, where she worked as an animator, artist, and editor in the network television business. For as long as she remembers, she wanted to write picture books. Raised on Long Island, New York, Seeger began drawing at two years old and never stopped. Her books include First the Egg, The Hidden Alphabet, and Dog and Bear, among others. Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator and the recipient of a 2008 Caldecott Honor, Theodor Seuss Geisel Honors for both 20, a 2007 New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, and the 2007 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Best Picture Book.
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