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Sunny, a good-natured golden lab, is in for a life-altering experience in this warm and friendly domestic adventure. Because she gets lonely when her owners are away at work all day, it's decided that it's time to adopt a new puppy for Sunny to play with. When the perfect pup is found (a very active chocolate brown little rascal they name Cloudy), Sunny is not initially excited about sharing her f... More

Sunny, a good-natured golden lab, is in for a life-altering experience in this warm and friendly domestic adventure. Because she gets lonely when her owners are away at work all day, it's decided that it's time to adopt a new puppy for Sunny to play with. When the perfect pup is found (a very active chocolate brown little rascal they name Cloudy), Sunny is not initially excited about sharing her food, her toys, or the attention of her "Mommy and Daddy". But over time, Sunny realizes that it can be fun to have a little sister and that she can have even more fun by taking an active role in Cloudy's care. Certainly, the "let's learn about a new sibling" genre is nothing new in children's books but the all-canine approach here makes the notion fresh. Although the two kid figures are both dogs, that universality might actually make it easier for kids to relate to the situation; instead of noticing differences between themselves and the human kids in the book, they can forget about that and learn from the story. It's impossible not to be charmed by Kent Hammerstrom's illustrations, which look so lovingly hand drawn and colored that they seem to have leaped off a sketchpad. The book is published by an enterprise called "Sunny & The Chocolate Dog, LLC". It's a homemade affair and that has its pluses and minuses. Many editors would have loved to jump into this text with a big red pen and take out huge chunks that appear overwritten and redundant. And in many ways, that would have been an improvement. But the narrative, lengthy for a picture book, also has plenty of room to roam and the result feels not unlike a long and entertainingly warm letter from a dear friend about the lives of her beloved pets. (Ages 4 to 8) --John Moe

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