He asks friends. They remember that he likes to chase squirrels, and that he likes to eat hot dogs. But they can't remember his name. The story repeats phrases again and again, building until the dog, at last, remembers. Repetition, a device that pulls very young children into read-aloud stories, works well here.
Most books written by stars fall pretty flat.
Jamie Lee Curtis, however, not only looks good, but she also writes good children's books. In her newest, cleverly illustrated by Laura Cornell, a child wonders what happened to his runaway balloon. Cut-paper is the current trend in children's book illustration. We may get tired of it, but not yet. Dorothy Donohue wrote and cut the paper for this story about a rabbit chef.