Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
This board book from the creators of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs shows the world from a dog's-eye view. From the moment it wakes up, a pup in a striped shirt invites readers to share its point of view. Each spread shows two perspectives-the left-hand pages examines the dog in the world: in its room getting dressed, outside gazing at a puddle, in a lawn chair peering through a telescope. On the facing pages, the images give readers the hound's view: through the cloth of a T-shirt as it is pulled over its head, its own reflection in the puddle, a nest of birds through the telescope's lens. Absurd details, such as a toupee flying off a stately dog portrait, add silly fun to this welcome encouragement to look at life from new, unconventional perspectives. Ages 1-5. (May) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Review by Kirkus Book Review
A young dog reflects on all the ways life can be viewed from different vantage points. From dawn, when the protagonist wakes to view a bedroom ceiling, to nighttime, when the same dog views a moonlit sky from the same bedroom's window, readers experience one day in the life of this pup. The verso of each double-page spread shows readers the scene the dog inhabits, while the recto shows them a new point of view. At breakfast they see the upside-down face of the pup in the concave reflection from a spoon, and at bathtime they see tub toys floating above them. The first-person narration simply describes each scene with clauses beginning with "when." Ron Barrett's chunky pencil drawings with muted colors do a lovely job of illustrating some tricky moments, particularly how things would look from the inside of a T-shirt. While this is a clever exploration of perspective, the board-book format is not a good choice for the exercise, as the core audience is still often learning that others may have a different point of view from themselves. Here's hoping that older children discover this clever exploration, even if they feel they've moved beyond board books. (Board book. 3-5) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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