About this item
This charming book is a story about a boy nicknamed Sparky and his beloved dog, Spike. Spike is the most amazing dog ever. He inspires Sparky to draw. Someday, Sparky will be an artist. Based on the childhood of Charles Schulz, creator of the world-renowned Peanuts comic, and the dog who inspired the most beloved dog of all - Snoopy - this book will resonate with children everywhere. Sparky & Spike includes a biographical note, as well as archival photographs of Sparky and Spike and a letter Charles Schulz wrote to the book's illustrator, Dan Andreasen, when Andreasen was a boy.
About the Author
Barbara Lowell is the author of the picture books: Sparky and Spike: Charles Schulz and the Wildest, Smartest Dog Ever; My Mastodon; Behind the Bookcase: Miep Gies, Anne Frank and the Hiding Place; and more books for children, including the early readers: Daring Amelia; and Alexander Hamilton American Hero. She loves picture book biographies, chocolate, her cats and traveling to new places especially in Europe.She is an active member of SCBWI Oklahoma, a runner-up for SCBWI's Barbara Karlin Grant and a winner of the Katherine Patterson Prize at Hunger Mountain (Vermont College of Fine Arts.) Sparky & Spike received a Booklist starred review and is the recipient of a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Award. My Mastodon is a 2021 Oklahoma Book Award Winner and a 2021 "Great Reads from Great Places" book for the National Book Festival of the Library of Congress and received a Kirkus starred review. She lives in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Visit her at: https://www.barbaralowell.com Blog: It's History! A Blog for Parents, Teachers and Librarians to Share With Kids at: https://www.barbaralowell.com/blog-2/
