The Horn Book Guide

YOUNGER FICTION

Rodowsky, Colby

Not My Dog

69 pp. | Farrar | March, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-374-35531-0 $$15.00

(1) 1-3 Illustrated by Thomas F. Yezerski. Here's a really good book--well written, brief without being a mere outline for a novel, predictable without being boring, heartfelt--for that neglected second-to-third-grade market. Eight-year-old Ellie wants a puppy more than anything else in the world, so she's not happy when her parents inform her that they are adopting a full-grown dog who belonged to a distant relative. Readers will find their interest engaged and held from beginning to end.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 1999