Bloomsbury USA
Available: 04/13/06
10 x 11 · 32 pages
978-1-58234-683-0
CDN $17.95 · cl

Ages 3–8

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How to Be a Good Dog

Gail Page

Bobo isn’t a bad dog—he’s just having a little trouble remembering how to be good. When Bobo’s owner, Mrs. Birdhead, finally has enough of Bobo’s antics, she banishes him to the doghouse. Oddly enough, it’s the silent Cat who misses him the most and it’s Cat’s patience and can-do attitude that save the day.

How to Be a Good Dog is a gorgeous picture book, shimmering with artwork as delicious as a bowlful of sherbet. But it’s also a dog-obedience manual cleverly tucked into a humorous story that even small children will understand.

Gail Page (Brooksville, Maine) is an artist and textile designer whose colourful murals brighten a children’s hospital and an orphanage in Saigon. How to Be a Good Dog is her first book and is loosely based on her own good/bad dog, Gimpel. Her website is www.gailpage.com.