Good Dogs on a Bad Day
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3.8 • 4 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
The Secret Life of Pets meets Toy Story in a new illustrated series about a group of Very Good doggie day care buddies who follow a few of their wilder instincts, leading to hilarious chaos.
"Every day I read this book was the OPPOSITE of a bad day! These wonderful dogs took me on the adventure of a lifetime, one with tail-wagging twists and turns."–Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live
Do good dogs have to be good all the time?
Hugo, Lulu, and King love going to doggy day care together. The super-friendly dogs there are very good listeners, and they always follow the rules, even at the park.
But then a new dog comes to town. Napoleon jumps on people, dives into fountains, and will do anything (really!) to get human food. The Good Dogs are shocked to see such canine chaos, but they also notice something else: Napoleon seems to be having a ton of fun.
That gets them thinking: Could being a little bit bad be a good idea?
Find out directly from Hugo, Lulu, and King as they tell you all about it!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this series opener, a debut, the three eponymous good dogs, having run away from their homes for the day, learn to appreciate the forbidden pleasures of hole-digging and dumpster diving while grappling with the question of whether goodness is innate or predicated upon behavior. Writing from an alternating third-person perspective, Wenitsky and Sidorov introduce a group of friends who frequent Good Dogs doggy day care: faithful Hugo, a golden retriever and his "family's assistant and schedule-keeper"; Lulu, a Yorkshire terrier and Instagram influencer ("more of a tiny fancy person with a tail and fur and, only once, fleas"); and King, an energetic young border collie mix. Attempting to figure out the goodness conundrum, the friends embark on a campaign of rule-breaking, led by a rogue French bulldog (named Napoleon, no less). Freeman illustrates throughout in a dynamic style reminiscent of William Steig. A story of redemption and unconditional love in the vein of books that employ animals as child-surrogates, this celebration of imperfectibility and consensual squirrel-chasing features a cast of sympathetic canines who find that "sometimes it's nice to just be a dog." Ages 8–12. Authors' agent: Stephanie Lane Elliott, Working Partners Limited. Illustrator's agent: Penny Holroyde, Holroyde Cartey Ltd.
