November 20th, 2008
I am trying to discover the name and author of a book I loved as a small child. Google has failed me. Maybe you know this book? Prepare for the terribly vague description:
1. It has black and white illustrations, sort of in the Edward Gorey style.
2. It features a sheep dog, or some other kind of shaggy dog.
3. There is a mop.
4. The flavour is, I believe, Victorian.
That’s all I have. But I haven’t been able to get this book out of my head for the last, oh, twenty-three years. Anybody know a children’s librarian who might be able to help?
It’s not the Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster is it.
Has a big dog, B&W Goreyesque illustrations…
If not I’ll ask our Children’s Librarian here at work.
Alas, no. Though that is a great story!
I don’t remember a book like that, but for $2 this page might be able to track it down for you:
http://www.loganberrybooks.com/stump.html
Looks like they have a decent success rate.