Illustrated by Diane deGroat
Harper, 2011
HC $16.99
40 pages
Rating: 4.5
Endpapers: red
Title Page: 2 page
full painting of part of the ranch – with trees, pond, two cowboys, and both
dogs
Illustrations: Full
page, usually double spreads, with no white, edge to edge. Very cool, really like them.
Extras: Lasagna
recipe on the last page
Dog’s p-o-v, 1st person
Setting: a
contemporary Midwestern ranch
OSS: Charlie, a
bassett hound, details all the “work” he does all day on the ranch.
Tongue-in-cheek, Charlie considers that his humorous lazy
escapades are work. He and Suzy, another
dog in the household, have their run of the ranch. Great fun book with very clever writing.
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