The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Bechtold, Lisze

Buster: The Very Shy Dog

48 pp. | Houghton | March, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-395-85008-8 $$15.00

(2) K-3 These three easy-to-read tales about Buster, the new dog in the house, will provide plenty of resonance for younger readers, not to mention younger siblings. The digest-sized format of the book is pitched toward both picture-book and beginning-reader audiences, and the lively ink-and-watercolor illustrations have a well-drawn goofiness that barks up just the right tree.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 1999