FICTION

The Christmas Pups

by Teresa BATEMAN
978-0-80751-160-2.
COPY ISBN
PreS-Gr 1—After three puppies are abandoned at the side of the road, they are taken to a shelter, where an older dog named Brownie takes them under his wing and tells them that it's Christmas, a prime time to adopt puppies, although not older dogs. Luckily, a family adopts all three of them and Brownie as well. The happy ending is cozy, though the plot is flimsy, and while the illustrations of the dogs are cute, the depictions of people are stiff and cartoony.—Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library
Three puppies abandoned by the roadside worry about their fate even after being put in a rescue shelter. Will all of the dogs find homes in time for Christmas? The bright illustrations don't do much more than reflect what's already in the sweet but simplistic text, though they do succeed in capturing the pups' liveliness and their emotions.
Reviewed by Eva Mitnick , Oct 01, 2011

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