Alexandra Day and her husband, Harold Darling, established the
Green Tiger Press in 1970. In 1983, Harold and Sandra were visiting
Zurich, Switzerland, when they came across a volume of old German
picture sheets, one of which featured a poodle playing with a baby
who was supposed to be taking a nap. This image provided the
inspiration for "Good Dog, Carl," which successfully began what
would become an increasingly popular picture book series. The
Darling's own dog, a Rottweiler named Toby, was the model for the
first book's main character. Since then, three other Darling
Rottweilers have posed as Carl in the sequels. The Darlings now
live in Seattle, Washington, where they have a ten-thousand-book
library, primarily filled with illustrated children's
books.
In skillfully executed paintings Day depicts a diner that is sure
to evoke nostalgia among old-timers. Children should enjoy adding
these novelties to their vocabularies, and making the connections
that inspired the descriptions is good fun. Kirkus Reviews,
1988
Clever and original, this playful romp serves up its message with a
smile. It's bound to become standard fare.... School Library
Journal, 1988 (starred review) Frank, appearing as Elephant, and
Ernest, as Bear, answer an ad for someone to run human-shaped Mrs
Miller's diner for her. Bibliophiles that they are, the friends
research the lingo of the diner restaurant trade, and with grace
and aplomb they serve a ""bow-wow. . . red"" (hot dog with
ketchup), ""nervous pudding,"" (Jell-O""), and ""white cow""
(vanilla milk shake""). Alexandra Day's paintings render a mannerly
world of measured language and punctilious decorum. Mrs. Miller
returns safely from her trip, and we are enveloped in nostalgia--it
was all so recent, so very long ago. Peter F. Neumeyer. - Professor
Emeritus University of California, Berkeley. Author and recipient
of the Ann Devereaux Jordan Award by The Children's Literature
Association. Praise for Alexandra Day's previous works: Move over,
Mary Poppins - Publisher's Weekly Day is a master of sweet but not
cloying illustration. Her colors are bright and clear; her animals
and children expressive and appealing. - School Library Journal
In skillfully executed paintings Day depicts a diner that is sure
to evoke nostalgia among old-timers. Children should enjoy adding
these novelties to their vocabularies, and making the connections
that inspired the descriptions is good fun. Kirkus Reviews,
1988
Clever and original, this playful romp serves up its message with a smile. It's bound to become standard fare.... School Library Journal, 1988 (starred review)
Frank, appearing as Elephant, and Ernest, as Bear, answer an ad for someone to run human-shaped Mrs Miller's diner for her. Bibliophiles that they are, the friends research the lingo of the diner restaurant trade, and with grace and aplomb they serve a ""bow-wow. . . red"" (hot dog with ketchup), ""nervous pudding,"" (Jell-O""), and ""white cow"" (vanilla milk shake""). Alexandra Day's paintings render a mannerly world of measured language and punctilious decorum. Mrs. Miller returns safely from her trip, and we are enveloped in nostalgia--it was all so recent, so very long ago. Peter F. Neumeyer. - Professor Emeritus University of California, Berkeley. Author and recipient of the Ann Devereaux Jordan Award by The Children's Literature Association.
Praise for Alexandra Day's previous works: Move over, Mary Poppins - Publisher's Weekly Day is a master of sweet but not cloying illustration. Her colors are bright and clear; her animals and children expressive and appealing. - School Library Journal
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