A mother dog finds eight other animals hiding around the house before finding her lost puppy. Flaps conceal the animals. Very young children will join in the search for Spot, with his mother Sally, as she encounters other animals along the way hidden behind the flaps. Each double spread has a door to open or a covering to lift. The large ink-and-water color illustrations abound with good humor.

Even though Puppy misbehaves, he makes a wonderful pet. Little Critter is having a ball playing with the new puppy.

Receiving a lively puppy who prefers to chew, play, and explore rather than train for an upcoming dog show, Holly brings the puppy to the show and wonders if he will somehow still win a prize.

The pigeon really, really wants a puppy, but when a puppy arrives the pigeon changes its mind.

Biscuit the dog meets hens, pigs, geese, and goats while visiting a farm.

On "Read to a Pet Day" at the library, Biscuit plays with story time puppets, visits with friends, and listens to recorded books before a librarian helps him discover his favorite acivity of all.

Biscuit tries to participate as a girl makes a menorah for Hanukkah.

A boy, worried about his first day at a new school, finds himself on the wrong bus, a bus full of puppies bound for Puppy School--and discovers that despite the strange food and even weirder bathroom Puppy School is a lot of fun.

"Frank the cat has it good: Tons of toys, unlimited WhiskiesTM and space and quiet to stretch and nap and think and write. Then his people bring home a box. A box with something unexpected inside. A puppy. A puppy who doesn't know the rules of naps. A puppy who slobbers and tackles and barks. This won't do. Frank will just have to find a better home. Should be easy, right?"