If My Dad Were a Dog ARELS Frank Bell Prize (1995) no longer a ladder toward

no longer a ladder toward your goals in life

Tasked with proposing an alliance between vampires and the lycans who killed her mate

surveying Singapore's trajectory from a small British port to a major trading and financial hub within the British Empire and finally to the modern city state that Singapore became after gaining independence in 1965

knows her ex better than anyone

We are more interconnected but also more distrustful of universality

If My Dad Were a Dog ARELS Frank Bell Prize (1995) no longer a ladder toward"If my dad were a dog, just for one day, I'd tell him to sit and I'd tell him to stay." Woof! What kid wouldn't relish the chance to put a leash on Dad, bark out the commands for a change, and then spend the entire day at play in the park? With refreshingly direct, unfussy photos of a great big slobber happy black Lab set against cheerful, simple, primary colored backgrounds, IF MY DAD WERE A DOG playfully explores, in rhyming text, just what would