num_pages: 25
description: No one wanted the nameless little dog wandering the streets looking unsuccessfully for food and shelter until kindhearted Fred and Lucy a young couple take him inside. After they feed him rice pudding and bathe him they realize that they cannot bear to return him to the pound. Newly adopted McDuff-named that night for their favorite shortbread biscuit-is last seen happily asleep on his back on a pillow next to Fred and Lucy's bed.Jeffers's illustrations brilliantly capture a bygone art deco America in Lucy and Fred's cozy home a virtual-reality nostalgia unfaded. Dog lovers everywhere will recognize the very specific details that bring McDuff to life from the familiar lift of a paw in the rain to the frightened eyes peeking out over the car dashboard.
language: English
title: McDuff Moves In
publisher: The Gryphon Press