FICTION

Dog’s First Baby

by Natalie Nelson (text) & illus. by Natalie Nelson

Quirk. Oct. 2021. 28p. Board $9.99. ISBN 9781683692799.

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Baby-Toddler–Dog isn’t sure whether the new critter in the house is another canine or something else. It doesn’t smell like a dog or have a tail. Its front legs are different from its back legs. But the little one sleeps and stretches and howls and plays like a dog. No matter what it is, they are friends.

VERDICT Darling, bold collages and minimal text present the arrival of a new baby from the family dog’s perspective, with enough wry humor to make even adult readers smile.

Reviewed by Jan Aldrich Solow, formerly Fairfax County P.S., VA , Oct 01, 2021

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