the story
From Booklist
The setting is the story in this oversize picture book, and Frost’s strong, detailed double-page black-and-white etchings capture the roaring power of the urban landscape near the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York. Living in a rusty cement tank under the teeming expressway is a family of wild, hungry dogs, and nearby is a homeless man: how these fragile living creatures help each other and find shelter together is a story of kindness and grace that sets the caring of a few people against the cruel indifference of the crowded city. In his first book, Frost brings together a pounding world of heavy machinery–with close-ups kids will love of a huge 18-wheeler truck, a steel crash gate, a swinging drawbridge. Just as powerful are the gentle scenes of people cuddling the eager puppies. Hazel Rochman
- Publisher : Frances Foster Books
- Publication date : January 1, 1999
- Edition : First Edition
- Language : English
- Print length : 48 pages
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the etchings
48 pages of handsome large format drypoint etchings by Jonathan Frost from his time living in New Your City.
