Good Rosie. Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Harry Bliss. 2018. 36 pages. [Source: Library] [2 stars] [graphic novel, early reader]
First sentence: Rosie lives with George. Rosie is a good dog.
Premise/plot: Rosie is a good dog. Not all the dogs readers meet in Good Rosie are good, mind you. The plot of this one is that Rosie--for better or worse--is being taken to the dog park to make friends. Rosie has no interest in this, especially at first. Rosie may just change her mind, though perhaps it isn't the best decision?
My thoughts: Appearances can be deceiving. Truly. What starts off as a happy-go-lucky story of a dog and her owner turns dark and then in the blink of an eye, readers are supposed to believe that all is well again. The subject matter (or is it theme?????) is HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS (if you're a dog). Maurice is LOUD and BIG and let's just say he makes some truly despicable, potentially life-ending decisions, however, because the tone of the book is supposed to be happy, merry, lovely, Rosie must make friends with Maurice. Poor Fifi! Granted, I don't *love* tiny yippy dogs either, but, Fifi and Rosie should have stuck together. Why did their trauma bond have to expand to include Maurice??????
Definitely my least favorite Kate DiCamillo.
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