![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In a starred review, a critic for Kirkus called the book a “snug, funny round of hijinks by low dogs.” They decide to break into the backyard, and much-needed shenanigans ensue. The story follows Augie and Perry, two dachshund friends who are bored out of their gourds after their human companions have once again left for the day. ![]() The movement and playfulness of dogs are on full display in Falconer’s new picture book. He likens this constant motion to being in a bus station, even more fitting because, as he sees it, dachshunds are “kind of bus-shaped. He recounts a time when he was living in Los Angeles with his own dachshund while also watching two dachshunds belonging to painter David Hockney he was in bed, and all three dogs were taking turns burrowing down to the foot of the bed under the covers and then crawling back out. (Falconer spoke to us via a Zoom call not from Manhattan but from Connecticut, where he’s recovering from a broken leg.) His currently canineless household notwithstanding, Falconer and his family have a history with dachshunds that stretches back generations. “I’d love to, but I live in Manhattan, and it’s just too much,” says the bestselling children’s book author and illustrator whose latest book is Two Dogs (Michael di Capua/HarperCollins, June 28). At the beginning of our interview, Ian Falconer clarifies that, right now, he doesn’t have dogs of his own. ![]()
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