How to Be a Good Dog

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Bobo really wants to be a good dog. It’s just that being good takes so much effort. When his owner finally has enough and sends him packing, it’s 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 nobody can resist a good dog, even when he’s bad!
Reviews
“Bobo, the great galumphing hound in Gail Page’s 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 Page’s cartoonlike acrylics. His eyes are never more than two tiny dots, but they’re endlessly expressive. How the author accomplishes this I can’t say. But it seems to be an unwritten law that in the world of children’s books, the larger the dog, the smaller the eyes, and vise versa.” – New York Times Book Review , children’s feature issue
“The pictures [in this book] are pleasing and, to my eye, beautiful. At the same time, they’re genuinely funny. This, to me, is the best thing possible. And it’s hard to do.”—Daniel Pinkwater on NPR’s 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 won’t let go.” – Curled Up With A Good Book
“The large acrylic paintings with cartoon figures and the simp