Review: Best friends no matter what!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2014
Lucinda Sue Crosby and Laura Dobbins (with the very fine assistance from illustrator Tanja Tadic) are presenting Book One of the `Silly' Puppy Series. Apparently the main character of the story is based on the author's pet, a terrier named Pookie!  Of note, Lucinda Sue Crosby is an Amazon bestseller, award-winning journalist, Nashville songwriter and commissioned poet. She is also a former Hollywood actress and professional tennis player and at times uses the name LuckyCinda!Pookie is a pretty, bows and beaus and all, but she has an odor. Her owner wonders if she bit a cockroach or a spider or did she kiss her brother's stinky feet making her breath smell like rotten meat? When she plays Pookie digs holes and rolls in the mud, chases rabbits and even skunks. Pooke's owner bathes her and cleans her and the stink goes away and Pookie remains her best friend ever when they sleep in the bed.The writing has a graceful rhyming sequence, one that children will enjoy learning like a song, and the watercolor illustrations make the story come alive. There is a message here: love your pets, no matter what they get into, because they still love you back. Very well done book for children ages 4 to 7 (and adults!). Grady Harp, March 14