PICTURE BOOKS
Holt, Kimberly Willis

Skinny Brown Dog

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Donald Saaf. Although polar bear Benny tries to shoo a stray dog away from his bakery, the nattily dressed pooch hangs around. When Benny falls and breaks his leg, the dog pulls a Lassie, and the baker is finally won over. While the story's logic fails in places, the mixed-media paintings, in nicely varied design, feature an eminently likable doggy hero.

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