A funny and creative look at how to turn a problem into a solution.Max is a big dog who lives with Izzy, a medium-sized girl, who has big ideas. Izzy can build anything—a birdhouse, a wooden...
A funny and creative look at how to turn a problem into a solution.Max is a big dog who lives with Izzy, a medium-sized girl, who has big ideas. Izzy can build anything—a birdhouse, a wooden...
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A funny and creative look at how to turn a problem into a solution. Max is a big dog who lives with Izzy, a medium-sized girl, who has big ideas. Izzy can build anything—a birdhouse, a wooden swing, a tent, and even a catapult that really works. So when Izzy takes up knitting, she expects to be able to knit anything. But trying to make a sweater seems impossible. While scarves and hats knit up quickly, her sweaters always come out too big, too small, or with too many mistakes. As Izzy’s knitting nightmares pile up, it takes a trip with Max to the dog park to figure out what she can do with them. Maybe these aren’t mistakes after all!
About the Author-
Laurel Molk’s career started by selling her drawings to her neighbors—a penny a drawing, or six for a nickel. Later she went on to pursue drawing at RISD. Laurel now directs her talents toward illustrating and writing children's books. She has published several books and has exhibited in shows at the Society of Illustrators. Like Izzy, Laurel has yet to knit a perfect sweater. Laurel Molk lives outside of Boston with her family and a very large dog named Calvin.
Reviews-
October 3, 2022 Izzy, “a medium-sized girl with big ideas,” is a die-hard maker—a homemade tennis ball catapult is a particular favorite of dog Max. But success eludes her when Izzy, portrayed with light brown skin, tries to knit herself a sweater. She’s already completed a scarf and other basic projects, and she’s open to a learning arc: patient and tenacious, she tells Max, “Failure is part of the creative process. We just aren’t used to it.” And yet, “Each sweater was worse than the one before.” Then Izzy hits on the ultimate lemonade-from-lemons idea: turning a misshapen sweater into a warm garment for Max, which sparks demand at the local dog park; a marvelous watercolor and ink spread depicts triumphant Izzy watching sweatered pooches of all sizes romping and chasing tennis balls in the snow. Though IRL knitters will have justifiable qualms with the handling of knitting’s technical realities, Molk (A Synagogue Just Like Home) demystifies the problem-solving process with measured storytelling, wry images, and a cool but approachable protagonist, acknowledging both the frustrations of hitting a metaphoric wall and the joys of discovering new depths of personal ingenuity. Scarf directions conclude. Ages 4–8. Agent: Ginger Knowlton, Curtis Brown.
November 1, 2022 Grades K-2 This cozy story illuminates two big realities: that everyone fails sometimes and that failure itself can lead to something better. Izzy is a stupendously handy girl who can build just about anything. We see her big dog, Max, looking on admiringly as she uses a drill bit, a saw, and hammer and nails to build a birdhouse, a beehouse, a swing, a tent, and even a catapult for throwing tennis balls to Max. Izzy turns her capable hands to knitting, but the arms and bodies of the sweaters she attempts are all misshapen. Izzy persists, however, telling Max that "failure is part of the creative process. We just aren't used to it." Finally, inspiration strikes! Izzy will repurpose her yarn by knitting a sweater for Max. A visit to the dog park expands the idea into knitting sweaters for any dog who needs one. The illustrations, done in watercolor, pen, ink, and a little Photoshop, are cheerfully comic. The book ends with instructions on how to knit a scarf, though kids will undoubtedly need extra explanation and guidance.
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