Dog Food

About this book

If you think living breathing puppies are cute wait until you see this fabulous book of photographs of fruit-and-vegetable dogs. Yes Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers ( Play with Your Food How Are You Peeling? One Lonely Seahorse ) are back with one of their best efforts to date. Not only are the doggies themselves endearing and clever (the broccoli-tufted French poodle is pure genius) but the wordplay and visual punch lines are terrific as well. "Chilly dog " crafted from a potato shivers next to a mushroom snowman. "Dog bowl " contrary to what you might envision is a dog made out of a radish with a black olive on its paw poised to topple banana-tip bowling pins. "Dog catcher " reveals a jalapeo dachshund catching a squash Frisbee in midair. "Let sleeping dogs lie" you say? There they are sleepy sleepy banana peel dogs at the end. The eye-popping endpapers showcase the entire kennel of creations on a bright turquoise background. This immensely appealing book will be irresistible to almost any human but dog (and produce) lovers will sprout wings and zoom skyward. (Ages 4 to 104) --Karin Snelson