Spike in the Kennel

Paulette Bogan. Putnam Publishing Group, $12.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-399-23594-8

After hitting the big city for the first time in Spike in the City, the black-and-white pooch has his first overnight away from home in Spike in the Kennel. He realizes that the kennel is not so bad after all when he sneaks out at night to play Frisbee with the other dogs. ( May)

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