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Thayer, Jane , Thayer, Jane

The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy

32 pp. | HarperCollins | October, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-06-052696-3 $$14.99 | Library ISBN 0-06-052697-1 $$15.89
1988, Mulberry
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Lisa McCue & Lisa McCue. A puppy wants a boy for Christmas. After asking a few dogs if they are willing to give him their boys--and getting barked at in response--he finds fifty boys, at a home for orphans. The sentimental story, originally published in 1958 as an easy reader, was issued as a picture book in 1988. The format here is slightly larger, and the realistic, comfortable drawings are a bit brighter.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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