PreS-Gr 2-A frisky puppy wants to play with "his people," but everyone is too busy. With Mommy working in the garden, baby Edward digging in the sandbox, and Daddy and Laura fixing the swings, Slippers is left on his own. When he pokes his head through an opening in the front gate, his curiosity is piqued: "It smelled BIG out there." As the inquisitive pup explores his new surroundings, he sees "an edward-.But it wasn't Edward." Slippers just wants to be friendly, but is quickly shooed away by the stranger's dad. He races all the way home until he is surrounded by his family "in the middle of the biggest hug." Bynum's ink-and-watercolor pictures capture the pooch's boundless energy, from chasing a beach ball to tunneling through bushes. The repetitive, patterned text cleverly provides a dog's-eye view of the world. Emergent readers will enjoy the continuing adventures of Slippers.-Linda Ludke, London Public Library, Ontario, Canada (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.