COPYDOG

Two canine sisters confront a common sibling squabble.

Elise and Rosemont get along well. They share and take turns; they are everything a sisterhood should be. Except Rosemont won’t stop copying her older sister. It’s so annoying! In true OHora fashion, the depiction of Rosemont’s imitations is bonkers: When Elise starts playing the sousaphone, so does Rosemont (the curlicue instrument lets out a loud “SKRONK”). When Elise dresses as a pickle for Halloween, Rosemont is a cornichon. And don’t even ask who invented Cookie Soup—both sisters lay claim to that discovery. Elise accuses Rosemont of being a “copydog.” “I’m not a copydog!” responds Rosemont. “We just like the same things, that’s all”—an exchange that will be all too familiar to kids with siblings of their own. But the biggest frustration is when Rosemont comes to a birthday party thrown for Fuzzy—Elise’s best friend from OHora’s Fuzzy, Inside and Out (2021)—and gives him the same present that Elise made! Elise storms out of the party and roller-skates away, furious. Luckily, Rosemont copies Elise’s caring and helpful moments, too, and is there to pick her up (literally) when she’s down. Chatty speech bubbles dot the text, and Elise’s annoyance is palpable in the art, with overhead scribbles and jagged, spiky shouts. Instructions on how to make a rainstick (Fuzzy’s present) are appended.

A relatable copycat…ahem, copydog scenario.