(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Tim Raglin. A self-important swindler becomes mayor of Felicity-by-the-Lake, and he and his wife scheme to claim all that is valuable and beautiful for themselves. Their plans are subverted by a clever cat who teams up with the couple's foster daughter to spur the townspeople into action. Plot and characters are drawn with broad comedic strokes, and Bauer's light treatment prevents the moral from overshadowing the story.

Reviewer: Anne St. John | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2000

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Brad Sneed. Convinced that dogs have it better than boys, Robert McDoodle runs away and enrolls in a canine school, where he discovers that being a dog isn't as easy as he thought. Though some of the rhymes are forced, the rather predictable story has its funny moments. Sneed uses a variety of interesting perspectives and takes advantage of the humor in the boy-imitates-dog situation.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert