cover image Wanted...Mud Blossom

Wanted...Mud Blossom

Betsy Cromer Byars. Yearling Books, $5.5 (160pp) ISBN 978-0-440-40761-4

Mud, the Blossoms' rambunctious dog who ``had never turned down a walk in his life,'' takes center stage in Byars's event-filled fifth installment about this irrepressible clan. Ages 8-12. (Mar.)