cover image Not My Dog

Not My Dog

Colby F. Rodowsky. Farrar Straus Giroux, $6.99 (69pp) ISBN 978-0-374-45538-5

Ellie's dreams of owning her ideal dog are dashed when she inherits her grandmother's pooch (who eventually wins her over). ""The author is right on target expressing how it feels to receive a gift that is not quite right,""said PW. Ages 7-10. (Apr.)