Walter Was Worried (Ala Notable Children's Books. Younger Readers (Awards)) (Neal Porter Books) Insight_Whitesale_Dec27 Neither Alex nor Cleo realizes

Neither Alex nor Cleo realizes the real danger they are in―they are being followed by pirates who think they hold the key to treasure

giving hugs

They don't demand or expect the empathy he's unable to offer

or when the life we’re living simply doesn’t add up to the one we want

The first book in a sweet and funny Branches series about a pug and his human

Walter Was Worried (Ala Notable Children's Books. Younger Readers (Awards)) (Neal Porter Books) Insight_Whitesale_Dec27 Neither Alex nor Cleo realizesOpposite the simple declarative sentence, "Walter was worried" is a portrait of a very worried Walter. But wait! The letters that spell out his feelings form his facial characteristics, as well as his expression. Gradually a simple story unfolds: the sky grows dark, the fog rolls in, lightning lights the sky, and thunder shakes the trees; Priscilla was puzzled, Shirley was shocked, Frederick was frightened and eventually (when the sun came out) Henry