Stick Dog Wants a Hot Dog (14 page)

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Stick Dog slowly straightened his body and dropped the cardboard circle to the ground. “You have to taste that thing,” he whispered. “I can't believe I'm saying this—but I think it tastes even better than hamburgers and frankfurters.”

“That's impossible,” muttered Karen, but she had learned a long time ago to trust Stick Dog when it came to the subject of food. All four dogs began licking the cardboard. And Stick Dog dropped his head for another taste too.

Stripes lifted her head momentarily and asked, “What is this red, sticky stuff?”

“Here, let me see,” said Poo-Poo, and he nudged his nose into a red splotch of stuff that was smeared across one section of the cardboard. He sniffed it, licked it, and then bit off a little piece and swirled it around in his mouth a little. He lifted his nose in the air just a bit and then declared with great authority, “That red sticky stuff is delicious, no doubt. It has hints of salt and spice, and a fine clean finish on the back of my palate. It evokes memories of tomato, green pepper, onion, and finely ground pepper.”

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About the Author

Tom Watson lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter, and son. He also has a dog, as you could probably guess. The dog is a Labrador-Newfoundland mix. Tom says he looks like a Labrador with a bad perm. He wanted to name the dog “Put Your Shirt On” (please don't ask why), but he was outvoted by his family. The dog's name is Shadow. Early in his career Tom worked in politics, including a stint as the chief speechwriter for the governor of Ohio. This experience helped him develop the unique, storytelling narrative style of the Stick Dog books. More important, Tom's time in politics made him realize a very important thing: Kids are way smarter than adults. And it's a lot more fun and rewarding to write stories for them than to write speeches for grown-ups.

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Credits

Cover design by Tom Starace

Copyright

Stick Dog Wants a Hot Dog

Copyright © 2013 by Tom Watson

Illustrations by Ethan Long based on original sketches by Tom Watson

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.

ISBN 978-0-06-211080-0 (trade bdg.) — ISBN 978-0-06-230450-6 (international edition) ISBN 978-0-06-229593-4 (Scholastic edition)

EPUB Edition AUGUST 2013 ISBN 9780062110817

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