cover image Buster & Phoebe: The Great Bone Game

Buster & Phoebe: The Great Bone Game

Lisze Bechtold. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), $15 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-618-20862-3

The title character of Buster: The Very Shy Dog returns in Buster & Phoebe: The Great Bone Game by Lisze Bechtold, geared to those just starting to read on their own. Phoebe, an adult dog, teaches Buster all about dog bones-about collecting them, marking them and even training them. Although Buster is just a puppy, he learns a much more important lesson on his own-about friendship.