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PICTURE BOOKS

Posthuma, Sieb

Benny

32 pp. | Kane/Miller | March, 2003 | Trade ISBN 1-929132-43-3 $$15.95

(2) K-3 Losing his sense of smell, Benny the dog discovers, is the reason why he couldn't find his buried bone. With playful ink and watercolor illustrations, Posthuma tracks the dejected Benny as he tries and fails to get whiffs of such fragrant delights as flowers and "wonderful, filthy dog poop." Benny recovers his sense of smell and his bone, but snuggling on Mom's lap and breathing in her scent is "better than anything else in the whole world."

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2003