{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-good-dog-9781582346830","title":"How to Be a Good Dog","description":"\u003cp\u003eVisit 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647054700597,"sku":"ByrdShop_1582346836","price":21.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781582346830.jpg?v=1781687159","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/how-to-be-a-good-dog-9781582346830","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}