Bad Dog

Bad Dog by Mike Boldt. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781338702170.

The differences between cats and dogs have never been funnier! In this hilarious story from the illustrator of I Dont Want to Be a Frog, a little girl really, really wants a dog . . . but gets a cat instead!"Look what I got for my birthday! A pet dog!" says a little girl holding a . . . cat? Rocky doesnt listen or obey like all the other dogs. (Because Rocky is a cat.) And Rocky hates her leash and doesnt seem to like other dogs. (Probably because Rocky is a cat.) And rather than play fetch, Rocky prefers to . . . lick between her toes? Ew . Rocky is a bad "dog"! BUT Rocky doesnt bark, and is so cute when she sleeps in sunny spots. Maybe Rocky IS a good dog? (Or, you know, maybe Rocky is a cat.)Cat lovers and dog lovers alike will howl with laughter at this little girls willful insistence that her cat is a dog. The hilarious ways in which cats and dogs are different are brilliantly illuminated with each turn of the page and will leave young readers and their grown-ups giggling.★ Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award, 2021★ North Carolina Childrens Book Award, 2022★ Wyoming Library Association Buckaroo Award, 2021-22★ Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award, 2021★ Sakura Medal, Japan, 2022★ Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award, 2022