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Romeow and Drooliet

By Nina Laden

10 x 9-5/8 in; 44 pp ; full color throughout, ages 8 and up
Hardcover
Published in March, 2005
ISBN 0811839737
ISBN13 9780811839730
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$16.95  

Romeow and Drooliet -- Author-artist Nina Laden has taken her trademark wit and applied it to one of Shakespeare's best-loved plays. Adults familiar with the classic love story will delight in the many references to the original play, all of which make this a rarity: a children's book they want to read again and again. And young children who know nothing of the Bard will be riveted by this funny yet touching tale about Romeow the cat and Drooliet the dog, two star-crossed lovers who meet by chance, marry in secret, and are kept apart by a snarling rottweiler, appalled owners, and the animal control warden. The clever details throughout the book belie the careful research behind this homage to true love won and lost—and in the case of this book won again—proving once and for all that dogs and cats can be friends.

Nina Laden lives in an old farmhouse in Seattle, which she renovated with her husband. She is the author of many books for children.