Is There a Dog in This Book? - Schwarz, VivianeSummary: Cats Tiny, Moonpie and André begin to suspect that a dog is in their midst and embark on a furry game of hide-and-seek
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With the uncertainty of There Are Cats in This Book (2008) and There Are No Cats in This Book (2010) behind us, our trio of flighty felines have a new problem: someone drank their milk, chewed their toy, and left behind a peculiar odor. Horrors! It must be a "snappy and yappy, smelly and noisy, hair and scary" dog. By directly asking the reader for help lifting flaps, the cats go into hiding, first behind a sofa, then a piano, in a closet.Seeing the cats squashed into ever more uncomfortable spaces is a hoot, especially when contrasted with the innocent-looking purple dog. But as soon as they befriend the pup—with nifty flaps that make each cat lean over to pet it—there comes a new difficulty: the reader scares the dog away, necessitating a flap-fest of searching for it. With sturdy construction nearly worthy of a board book, this ought to withstand plenty of repeat abuse, which it will get, thanks to Schwarz's gregarious dialogue-only text and her adorably simple pen-and-inks. Let the fur fly.
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