Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Dean Griffiths
Picture Books
For ages 5 to 8
Pajama Press, 2013, 978-1-927485-00-2
Lump was a dachshund who lived in Rome with a
photographer called David and a dog called Big Dog. Unfortunately, Big Dog and
Lump were not friends. Big Dog liked to steal Lump’s food and every night poor
Lump slept “with one eye open because he was afraid of what Big Dog might do.”
One day David announced
that he and Lump were going to meet a famous painter. David had a small car and
after it was loaded with all his cameras and other equipment, there was only
room for one small dog. Together David and Lump drove to a beautiful villa in
the south of France where Lump met a famous painter called Pablo Picasso.
Just a few
minutes after arriving at the villa, another dog turned up. Another dog that
was bigger than Lump. It was going to be Big Dog situation all over again and
Lump was determined that he was not going to let this larger dog “push him
around.” Lump needn’t have worried. The dog, Yan, wanted to be friends and had
no interest in bullying Lump.
The painter decided
to called Lump Lumpito, and he shared his fish lunch with the little dog.
Picasso also lay in the grass with
Lumpito and rubbed his tummy. In the evening he held Lumpito in his arms, and
together they looked up at the stars. The painter and the dog were delightfully
content when they were together.
Every so often a
human and a dog meet and they are friends from that moment on. This was what
happened when Picasso met a little dachshund called Lump. A special connection
developed between them, and for Lump, and probably for the famous painter as
well, it was a friendship full of joy.
With a wonderful
story and lovely illustrations, this book serves as a tribute to friendship and
it will charm readers of all ages.
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