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[bigbear]

How about sampling the dishes that are typical of the geographical areas from which the host-dog's buddies originated? The Australian Cattle Dog, the Basenji (Africa), Chesapeake Bay Retriver, Finnish Spitz, and so on.

[Jaymes]

How about sampling the dishes that are typical of the geographical areas from which the host-dog's buddies originated? The Australian Cattle Dog, the Basenji (Africa), Chesapeake Bay Retriver, Finnish Spitz, and so on.

BB - That's a wonderful idea... Chihuahua; British Springer Spaniel.... It's a great idea...

[Fat Guy]

Wow, bigbear, that's actually brilliant.

[bigbear]

Wow, bigbear, that's actually brilliant.

Thanks and you are Welcome to it.

[Blue Heron]

If I were doing this children's book, I'd turn it into a mystery or guessing game, to get the little ones thinking about the answer before they find out (they'd have to turn the page to find the answer). On one page, I'd have an illustration of Momo in whatever country or area the dish comes from, with illustrations of the ingredients, and the question posed... what do these ingredients together make? Then when they turn the page, they would see another illustration of Momo holding or eating the completed dish, with the name of the dish listed in Big Letters just below the illustration.

I love Bigbear's idea about a host dog, too. You could combine it with a mystery of which country or area Momo is in (based on Momo's attire, illustration of Bigbears host dog, or other clue) and make that part of the guessing game, along with guessing which dish the ingredients will produce.

[Fat Guy]

I'm not into the game thing. That's probably an age-group issue. Whatever age-group it is that you do guessing-game books for, that's not the one I'm interested in writing for. I guess I need to educate myself on this. I wish my wife would write a book about how to write and publish children's books. Hey, wait a second . . .

[Blue Heron]

I'm not into the game thing. That's probably an age-group issue. Whatever age-group it is that you do guessing-game books for, that's not the one I'm interested in writing for. I guess I need to educate myself on this. I wish my wife would write a book about how to write and publish children's books. Hey, wait a second . . .

however, from your interest in tv shows, you do like a good mystery, no?

You could think of it as a good mystery, on every page. I'm trying to think of the mystery game they played last year at the elementary school I volunteer at....something like "Where is Momo this week? ( if memory serves me correctly it was a dog visiting different places) with various clues...the first person to guess where he is that week gets a prize. Kids love mysteries.

[Jaymes]

How about sampling the dishes that are typical of the geographical areas from which the host-dog's buddies originated? The Australian Cattle Dog, the Basenji (Africa), Chesapeake Bay Retriver, Finnish Spitz, and so on.

Malemute - a heavy, working, long-haul freight sled dog, or the more-famous and lighter-weight Huskies.

The Alaskans feed their dogs chum salmon (among other things), which the Alaskans call "dog salmon."

And of course, I'm back to Eskimo Ice Cream.