Twenty-one poems reveal the true natures of cats and dogs.

Author/Illustrator: Douglas Florian
Format: Hardcover
Price: $17.00
Published: Harcourt Brace & Company, 2003

From the family pet:

"Some pointers point at foxes.
Some pointers point at hares.
Some pointers point at pheasants.
Mine points at Frigidaires."

to the wild animal:

"The cheetah is fleet.
The cheetah is fast. Its four furry feet
Have already passed,"

twenty-one poems reveal the true natures of cats and dogs.

Witty, whimsical, and just plain wonderful, Douglas Florian's poems and paintings depict the real and imaginary characteristics of a menagerie of common and not-so-common creatures. Children will delight in the humorous rhymes, and teachers will especially appreciate the sophisticated word play.