A riotous rhyming walk and adventure with a gloriously pampered dog. Lovely plays with words and created words in classic Margaret Mahy style. Donovan Bixley has created wonderfully colourful and expressive pictures full of details children will love to pour over. Great fun to read aloud. ( )

The family has just picked up their poodle from the groomers and are impressed with how dashing he looks. Of course, dogs being dogs, it doesn't last long and he becomes less dashing and more grubby with each page turn. Donovan Bixley has done a fantastic job of telling the story via the illustrations which complement Margaret Mahy's rich vocabulary - well done. ( )