How to Be a Good Dog

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Visit Gails website Bobo really wants to be a good dog. Its just that being good takes so much effort. When his owner finally has enough and sends him packing its silent Cat who misses him the most. Armed with a how-to book and quiet determination Cat begins to instruct Bobo in proper dog etiquette. Shake fetch and roll over all go well. But can Cat really turn this incorrigible canine around? Drenched in cotton-candy colors and brimming with whimsical details Bobo proves a fact all dog lovers know: nobody can resist a good dog even when hes bad! Reviews "Bobo the great galumphing hound in Gail Pages How to Be a Good Dog is the canine Oscar Madison. . . .Pale and plump with a single black spot Bobo has a Thurber-esque squishiness in Pages cartoonlike acrylics. His eyes are never more than two tiny dots but theyre endlessly expressive. How the author accomplishes this I cant say. But it seems to be an unwritten law that in the world of childrens books the larger the dog the smaller the eyes and vise versa." -New York Times Book Review childrens feature issue "The pictures in this book are pleasing and to my eye beautiful. At the same time theyre genuinely funny. This to me is the best thing possible. And its hard to do."---Daniel Pinkwater on NPRs Weekend Edition Saturday Feb 11th. To read more on the How to Be a Good Dog feature click here. "The quirky humor in the brief text is matched by the funny antics of the floppy canine in the illustrations as he tries to be a good dog but always in his own way." -Kirkus Reviews "This lively tale of a good-hearted canine and his kindly cat friend gets its charm from its bold and colorful illustrations...But it is the story told in plain simple unembellished words that any child can understand that grabs your heart and wont let go." -Curled Up With A Good Book "The large acrylic paintings with cartoon figures and the simp