Most children have mixed feelings of jealous y and love towards their siblings. This picture book adopts the voice of a child who wishes his baby brother was a dog. His flight of fancy is illustrated with pictures of his brot her acting like a dog. '

 

 

This book features in the following series: Orchard, Orchard Picture Books .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 1998 by Hachette Children's Group .

Carol Diggory Shields is a poet, a humorist, and a librarian -- the perfect qualifications for reducing immense bodies of knowledge into a very few lines of extremely funny verse. Grateful teachers and students can direct fan letters to her in Salinas, Cal Paul Meisel has illustrated many books for children, including Why Are the Ice Caps Melting?, Energy Makes Things Happen, and What Happens to Our Trash? in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut.