A Dog with Nice Ears

(Charlie and Lola #40)

by

32 pages

English language

Published Oct. 11, 2018 by Hachette Children's Group.

ISBN:
9781408346143

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3 stars (1 review)

At the moment, all Lola can talk about is dogs. She says she would like one more than anything you could think of. “More than a squirrel or an actual fox,” she says. Sometimes she pretends to be a dog. And sometimes she pretends that her brother, Charlie, is a dog. The two of them love to talk about what sort of dog they would choose if Mom and Dad didn’t always say, “ABSOLUTELY NO DOGS!” Dad says he’ll take Lola to the pet store to choose a rabbit, but Lola insists that she only wants a dog, an extremely furry dog with a wiggly nose, a puffy tail, and nice ears...

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reviewed A Dog with Nice Ears by Lauren Child

A Good Concept

3 stars

I like the idea of a child who, though their parents won't let them have a dog, is able to be a bit resilient about not getting the kind of pet they wanted but is able to still get a pet. In this case, Lola wants a dog but ends up with a rabbit. Though she knows it's a rabbit, she does imaginatively console herself by saying that it is a 'kind' of dog. She's not really upset about it, and she does like the rabbit; this makes sense because she's effectively been describing a rabbit throughout the whole book despite "wanting a dog."

It's a bit silly, but it's still sweet in its own way.