The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Agee, Jon

It's Only Stanley

32 pp. | Dial | March, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8037-3907-9 $17.99

(1) PS Dog Stanley's onomatopoeic disturbances ("HOWOOO!") interrupt--hilariously--not just the sleep but the perfectly cadenced rhyming account of his owners, the increasingly bothered Wimbledon family. As the night wears on, Stanley shows himself to be one clever beagle (and over-the-moon in love). The illustrations' thick lines and subdued colors bring out the story's considerable humor and focus attention on the ever-more-fantastical situations.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2015