This was cute! It's clear from the way the author writes that she could, and probably has, move so easily into longer YA works. They keep calling Duz the ugliest dog ever, but the illustrations show he's a pretty normal-looking dog, just with an enormous underbite. My family had a Pekingese with a noticeable underbite, and nobody ever called her ugly. She got lots of people saying she was pretty and asking where to get one, so. And the dreaminess over bologna...most dogs I know would just go for it directly, or look pitiful and start begging. Not dreamy. I don't think I've ever seen a dog look dreamy, especially over food. Adoringly at their owners, certainly, but not food. But this book still made me laugh a lot.. ( )