From Newbery Medal winner Patricia Mac Lachlan comes a poignant story about two children, a poet, and a dog and how they help one another survive loss and recapture love.
What will Teddy do when his new friends go home? Can they help one another find what they have lost?.
As they hole up in the cabin for shelter, Teddy is flooded with memories of Sylvan. only now his owner is gone. . .
They follow him to a cabin in the woods, where the dog used to live with Sylvan .
The children are afraid of the howling wind, but not of Teddy\'s words.
When Teddy finds Nickel and Flora trapped in a snowstorm, he tells them that he will bring them home--and they understand him.
Then one day Teddy learns that Sylvan was right.
Although Teddy understands words, Sylvan always told him there are only two kinds of people in the world who can hear Teddy speak: poets and children.
Raised in a cabin by a poet named Sylvan, he grew up listening to sonnets read aloud and the comforting clicking of a keyboard. "It\'s a heart-warming story of loss and love that filled me with hope for a better future and renewed my belief in good."Teddy is a gifted dog. "Just what I needed," raves Brightly. 3 starred reviews.
From Newbery Medal winner Patricia Mac Lachlan comes a poignant story about two children, a poet, and a dog and how they help one another survive loss and recapture love
