A young girl takes the long way home from school is this charming picture-book from author/artist Anne Lambelet, observing all of the canine/human pairs she sees along the way. Some dogs look like their humans, and some don't, but every one seems to have found his perfect person. Eventually, the girls returns home, where her own animals companion (a cat!) waits for her...

Delightfully quirky artwork is paired with an engaging look at our beloved canine companions in Dogs and Their People, the first title I have happened to pick up from Lambelet. The names of both human and dogs are likewise quirky - Augustus and Sir Archibald Pennyfarthing, Lord Banberry and O'Grady - and had a somewhat British feeling to me. Recommended to young dog lovers (or to cat lover!), and to anyone looking for fun new picture-book art. ( )