Luna Loves Biscuits

by Stephanie Hewitt

Overview

Luna is a cheeky and playful big black dog with lots of curly-wurly hair who likes to explore and play.

Luna really loves her special dog biscuits. One day Lilly leaves Luna's special dog biscuit jar open.

Will Luna be a naughty dog or a good dog?

Let's find out.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780228836667
Publisher:	Tellwell Talent
Publication date:	11/28/2020
Series:	Luna's Adventures , #2
Pages:	26
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.07(d)
Age Range:	1 - 6 Years

Editorial Reviews

2021-05-10
A biscuit-loving dog makes a tough choice in this playful picture book about positive decision-making.

Luna, a big black dog with “curly wurly hair,” lives with blond, blue-eyed siblings Luke and Lilly in a house next door to mischievous, smelly pup Ollie. A special jar with a purple ribbon, made lovingly by Lilly, stores Luna’s beloved biscuits. Every day, Lilly gives Luna a treat—but when Lilly forgets to close the jar one day, Luna and Ollie start planning how Luna can get her extra biscuits. The pups draw a treasure map for their sneaky plan. Soon, however, Luna has second thoughts and realizes that she loves Lilly more than biscuits. Hewitt, who introduced the dog and her human pals in Where Did Luna Go? (2020), sets up the expectations that things will go horribly wrong: lap readers can be invited to imagine what disasters will occur when Luna tries to get her treats. The way Luna thinks before she acts gives readers a great model for ways to handle temptation and subverts the lessons-learned expectations of familiar picture books. The fun, uncredited cartoon illustrations generally keep the dogs doglike, with the exception of drawing their plans, and the settings have a storybook feel. Hewitt’s use of repeated rhymes—“crickety, rickety old house” and “creaky, leaky old kitchen”—makes for a delightful read-aloud experience.

For young readers who love dogs—or need a model for making good choices—this is a sure bet.

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