cover image Little Dog and Duncan

Little Dog and Duncan

Kristine O'Connell George. Clarion Books, $15 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-618-11758-1

A big dog comes to visit in Little Dog and Duncan by Kristine O'Connell George, illus. by June Otani. This companion volume to Little Dog Poems chronicles what happens when the titular pups share quarters, with poems like ""Mud,"" ""Homesick"" and ""No Fair!"" Otani's bare bones watercolors portray the girl narrator and the goings-on about the house. (Apr.)