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PreS-Gr 2 Meet "Murphy-Stop-That," the yippy little terrier starring in this first-person (or should we say first-dog) account. Murphy's peripatetic, wide-eyed, tail-wagging personality is foreshadowed in endpapers covered with his zippy little paw prints. There is not much plot here, but Murphy's breathlessly running commentary to himself on everything from the importance of being first into the kitchen in the morning ("Run! Run! Don't waste any time. You have to be first!") to a car trip to the vet ("I...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Murphy the little terrier may call the other farm animals "dumb," but he himself is anything but: "I bark at anything and everything and all the time." Indeed, he supposes his name is actually "Murphy-stop-that," and no wonder: beginning with Murphy's early-morning rush from barn to house, he's into everything from a "delicious pile of shoes" to the dog chow in the cupboard that clever, quiet cat Tom knows how to open. There's a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More