TreatmentIllustrated Children’s Book

working title

I Cannot Find My Esme’s Poo

I. Message

Clean up after your beloved doggie (tidy towns)

II. Age Range

2 and up

III. Illustrations

a. Goofy, happy doggie, out of doors in her elementb. Colorful, sort of Irish countryside, with some targeted detailc. Settings are at the beach, on the hillside, in the rocks, on the fields, etc.d. It’s doggie Esme, here are some images

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e. Each verse has a page/drawing, and in each drawing, somewhere, semi-hidden, is an image.

i. The text asks the reader to find the imageii. The little image is always a pile of block letters, variously organically

arranged, each a combination of E, and S, and M, and E. (Each is a little pile of Esme’s poo.)

f. Maybe a drawing, too, of narrator chasing and bagging? Or of Esme with a bag in her mouth.

IV. Next, the Draft Text

I Cannot Find My Esme’s Poo

I cannot find my Esme’s pooI saw her in the distance do

I always clean it, as would you

It’s right to pick up Esme’s poo

(I cannot find my Esme’s pooCan you?)

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When Esme frolics on the rocksShe sometimes stops and drops some plops

With shapes and colors all alikeIt can be hard to find the strike

(I cannot find my Esme’s pooCan you?)

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When Esme streaks along the beachAnd finds a spot that’s out of reach

It’s up to me to chase it downSo we can keep our tidy town

(I cannot find my Esme’s pooCan you?)

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When Esme thrills upon the hillsAnd in her joy she stops and spills

I always follow in her trackTo bend and bag and bring it back

(I cannot find my Esme’s pooCan you?)

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When Esme gallops after birdsAs fast as wind, barking words

She finds a place to come to restAnd I must find it, try my best

(I cannot find my Esme’s pooCan you?)

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When Esme finishes her dutyAnd leaps the fields in all their beauty

She looks for poo from sheep and cowsShe rolls in it, she’s happy now

(I cannot find my Esme’s pooCan you?)

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I cannot find my Esme’s pooI saw her in the distance do

I always clean it, as would youIt’s right to pick up Esme’s poo

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