Good Boy, Fergus!

I love reading David Shannon's David books with my girls because they always inspire so much laughter. On our latest trip to the library, I saw his Good Boy, Fergus! and decided to see if the girls would love it just as much, and they were not disappointed.

Though the focus of this book is a dog, rather than a boy, the illustrations have a familiar feel, and the text has a similar voice. One of my girls' favorite pages was when the owner took Fergus for a ride in the car right after his bath and Fergus ends up with his hair sticking out. Then there's the page where Fergus has peed on a car tire, a pole, and a fire hydrant, and the text says, "Good boy, Fergie!" They loved that page about as much as some of those famous pages from the David books.

One thing is for sure, David Shannon books definitely bring a lot of laughter. My girls frequently ask to read them over and over again, positively adding to a sense of early love of reading. The information about the author shares that Fergus appears in the illustrations of ten of David Shannon's books. I can already imagine the fun my girls would have going on a search for their favorite dog!