Black Dog

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Levi is now living in Australia and working on a new picture book for Templar slated for 2014 publication. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I think it has an important message for children and could be applied to lots of things that children could be scared of such as the dark, monsters under the bed, ghosts etc.

We see in this book the black dog pursuing the child, willing to follow her through all manner of obstacles.

Small with her yellow coat and green boots offers the only spot of color when she first meets Black Dog, but as she leads him around outside and he becomes smaller, more spots of color appear (love the playground with the elephant slides! Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

An intricate insight into human instinct when it meets something unusual, to react with fear and distort the reality beyond proportion, or to bravely investigate the source. An enormous black dog and a very tiny little girl star in this offbeat tale about confronting one’s fears. At the age of seven, Levi went to watercolour classes where he was introduced to the medium that he still works in.The underlying emotional message about confronting your fears is so skilfully and entertainingly conveyed that this stunningly illustrated book works on a very deep level as well as being a reassuring bedtime read.

This endearing and engaging picture book about growing up is told with gentle humour and illustrated with a blend of painting and photography by 2011 Best New Illustrator, Viviane Schwarz.Black Dog by Levi Pinfold is a wonderful tell of overcoming fear and anxieties for children of all ages. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. When my big ol' black lab puts her face just an inch from mine and makes that soft, earnest sound, I know she needs love right in that moment. Levi has recently turned his talents to creating exquisite pieces for the 20th anniversary house editions of the Harry Potter series.