What Dog is That?

<p style='box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; color: rgb(71 70 70); font-family: Noto Sans sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255 255 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><span style=box-sizing: border-box;>Australian author Lois Nicholls and illustrator Lara Nicholls a mother-daughter team celebrate lovable canines in rhyme in their picture book.</span><span style=box-sizing: border-box;>Tarna a Golden Retriever pals around with her human friend until he realizes that the dog's gotten quite smelly- possibly from being in the paddock (a small enclosure for horses) past the pond. Kane a Great Dane is Not a <b style=box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;><i style=box-sizing: border-box;>pony </i></b>... that's <b style=box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;><i style=box-sizing: border-box;>BALONEY!</i></b> In nine rhyming poems with full water color paintings the Nichollses introduce readers to a range of different dogs. The pups are of varied breeds including apparent daisy-dog mutts and a cross between a Golden Retriever and a Poodle (aka a groodle) as well as a more common Jack Russell terrier and a Beagle. They all have diverse personalities and expressions: French bulldog Philippe loves cafes and <b style=box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;>bling</b>; Beagle Bonny is an adventurous traveler. Burt the Bulldog is built like a brick <span style='color: rgb(71 70 70); font-family: Noto Sans sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255 255 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;'>- Dad says he looks like Uncle Mick! </span>The paintings are realistic and endearing and each features a tiny bee for hidden-object searchers. </span><span style='color: rgb(71 70 70); font-family: Noto Sans sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255 255 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;'>The book's charming paintings will draw in animal lovers and the poems' catchy irregular rhythms will encourage recitation.</span></p>