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Zolotow, Charlotte

The Poodle Who Barked at the Wind

32 pp. | Holt | November, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-8050-6306-4 $$16.95
1964, Lothrop

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Valerie Coursen. A little poodle barks at everything--"she barked at the telephone when it rang and the wind when it blew and the rain when it rained"--but only when her family is home, and she is feeling "protective and brave and bold." Coursen's exuberant illustrations for this edition contain wonderful images of the lonely poodle staring out the window at the rain, and then dashing madly about the house when the family returns.

Reviewer: Terri Schmitz