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Homer

Diane deGroat and Shelley Rotner work together as author-illustrators in this creative and humorous book about a baseball game for dogs.  Homer, a golden retriever, sneaks out one night to play a championship game with his team, the Doggers, against their rivals, the Hounds.  Well-chosen photographs and digitally drawn uniforms portray the game and emotions of both teams.  This book is full of visual humor and word puns.  Whitey is literally “walked” to first base, Lucky hits a “droolball” that splashes over his bat.  Players watch from their “dog-out”.  The end-pages show baseball cards of both teams showing positions and breeds.  Readers of all ages will enjoy looking at all the doggy details in this amusing baseball story.