Dog Food (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards))
If you think living, breathing puppies are cute, wait until you see this  fabulous book of photographs of fruit-and-vegetable dogs. Yes, Saxton Freymann  and Joost Elffers (Play with Your Food,How Are You Peeling?,One Lonely Seahorse) are back,  with one of their best efforts to date. Not only are the doggies themselves  endearing and clever (the broccoli-tufted French poodle is pure genius), but the  wordplay and visual punch lines are terrific as well. "Chilly dog," crafted from  a potato, shivers next to a mushroom snowman. "Dog bowl," contrary to what you  might envision, is a dog made out of a radish, with a black olive on its paw,  poised to topple banana-tip bowling pins. "Dog catcher," reveals a jalapeño  dachshund catching a squash Frisbee in midair. "Let sleeping dogs lie" you say?  There they are, sleepy, sleepy banana peel dogs at the end. The eye-popping  endpapers showcase the entire kennel of creations on a bright turquoise  background. This immensely appealing book will be irresistible to almost any  human, but dog (and produce) lovers will sprout wings and zoom skyward. (Ages 4  to 104)--Karin Snelson