Hello, friends. Two weeks ago, my children and I had the pleasure of discovering Monica Kulling and Dean Griffiths's utterly charming picture-book, Lumpito and the Painter from Spain. (Disclosure: I am friendly with Monica and an admirer of her many other books.) The story features a dachshund named Lump (pronounced "loomp", meaning "rascal" in German) whose owner, David, takes him from Rome to … [Read more...]