Emma's dog, Toby, is always in trouble. He gets into the rubbish, he leaves muddy paw prints everywhere and he always wets the rug. Finally, Emma's mum decides that something has to be done. After a few weeks of training, Toby is a top dog. He can 'sit', 'heel' and fold the laundry...but even the best dog can't always be perfect. This comical, jolly tale is sure to make anyone laugh out loud.

 

There are 40 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2010 by Scholastic .

CORINNE DEMAS is the author of many popular books for adults and children, including Valentine Surprise and Saying Goodbye to Lulu, which received a starred review in Publishers Weekly and won the ASPCA Henry Bergh award. She is a professor of English at Mount Holyoke College. www. corinnedemas. com R. W. ALLEY has illustrated nearly a hundred books for children, including Valentine Surprise, Tiger Can't Sleep, Cat Skiddoo, and the beloved Paddington series. Kelly Bennett loves fish. "Fish are fun and funny," she says. "Just watching them makes me laugh. " When she's not writing, Kelly creates tile mosaics and digs in her garden. She has two grown children, Max and Lexi, and lives in Texas with her husband, Curtis, and their goldfish whom she would never trade. Noah Z. Jones loves drawing fish of all shapes and sizes, but especially smallish orange ones named Norman. This is his first children's book. He lives in coastal Maine with his wife, Diane, and their tuna-lovin' cat, Mabel. "