OUR NEW PUPPY

Isabelle Harper, , illus. by Barry Moser. . Scholastic, $5.99 (, $5.99 ISBN p) ISBN 978-0-439-19993-3

In this follow-up to My Dog Rosie and My Cats Nick and Nora, the granddaughter/grandfather collaborators offer a tale of incumbent dog Rosie who learns to love Floyd, the destructive young newcomer. The watercolors "meltingly capture the puppy's expressions of mischief and longing," noted PW. Ages 3-up. (Aug.)

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