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K-3I Can Read Book series.
The third in this series, the story opens with Grandpa and Grandma Spanielson caring for their grandpup, Barney, sick with the chicken pox. Grandpa tells another outlandish story, and Cazet signals the narrative switch with a stylistic change in illustrations. He then continues to introduce increasingly sophisticated reading demands. With Barney on the road to recovery, fans may wish for a relapse.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2007