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Title: The Dog Who Found Christmas (Picture Puffins) by Linda Jennings, Catherine Walters ISBN: 0-14-055965-5 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99

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Average Customer Rating: 2.75 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful book, with Wonderful Morals
Comment: I bought this book for my children, and they loved this book. They request on my reading it to them every night. If someone tells you about the uncaring few people not wanting this cute puppy, then they are only telling you negative. The whole point of this story is when a sweet elderly man finds the pup, and now not only does the puppy have a friend, but so does the man. It has an excellent heart-warming ending. You have to at least take this book into consideration, because it will make you and your child appreciate your family more. I would really like to rate this book 100 stars if I could!

Rating: 1
Summary: Written Just To Sell as a Christmas Book
Comment: The main character, a cute puppy named Buster is the best part of this predictable story about a pup who is abandoned in the cold, hard world after his typical puppy naughtiness causes his owners to get sick of him. He then faces other uncaring people and some territorial animals like a big mean collie and a big mean tabby cat. Finally he follows a whole group of people who are going house to house singing Christmas carols. They don't even notice he's with them they're so wrapped up in their holiday spirit. Finally an old man who lives alone takes Buster in and the day is saved. The identical story could be told without the illustrations featuring Christmas trees, holly, or colorful paper chains. It feels like those touches were added just to make a book that would sell at Christmas. The illustrations are well executed and colorful. The dog is as adorable as can be with sad eyes and one floppy ear but the collie and the tabby look like werewolves in comparison. Out of twelve adults and three children that come in contact with this baby dog on a cold winter's night, only one, the old man, even gives a hoot. This might make a good conversation starter for teaching little ones about taking responsibility and having compassion but there are better ways to do that and there are certainly better holiday picture books to read to the kids at Christmastime.

Rating: 1
Summary: Not for young children
Comment: I disliked this book for several reasons. First, the storyshows the world as almost entirely evil. All the characters except forone man and the puppy are either actively mean or just completely uncaring. The illustrator had some talent, but no forethought concerning how the illustrations might come across to the young reader. They were frightenning and conducive to nightmares.