McDuff Moves In

I thought the cover art of this book was lovely and that was the biggest factor for me in wanting to take a look.

This is the story of McDuff. He is a lonely pup that has been picked up by the dog catcher. A stroke of pure luck has him freed and he is roaming the streets looking for food and shelter. It's cold and rainy and he is so sad. Everywhere he goes, he is met with growls and shooing. Then he finds a house.....
Heroes Lucy and Fred bring him in from the cold and feed him. They see he is a stray by his tag and know they have to take him back to the pound...... But..... Their hearts won't let them let him go. They stay together! Finally

I am a huge sucker for bringing in strays. I advocate and foster dogs before adoption so this book was kind of wonderful for me. I loved the extras in the back too. I can really see this book being used by agencies who rescue dogs, to raise money for themselves by selling them.

I feel the age range being targeted is perfect and after reading it to my 4 year old, she told me that she would have given McDuff more sausages haha.

Two massive thumbs up from us here and the art work is quite stunning. The illustrator has some serious talent. I high recommend this book for emerging readers.