"The illustrations, retro-touched digital art with a strong graphic sensibility and a hearkening back to block prints, take this neat concept and joyously gallop with it. Non-readers will enjoy guessing at the words based on the large, identifiable letters, and they can easily figure out the story from the clear situations and the actions of the small Snoopyesque mutt, whose ears and tail telegraph his every emotion; older youngsters will be tempted to try their own hands at alphabetical tales. Cream-colored backgrounds perfectly set off the warm, kitcheny palette of barn red and harvest gold touched with soft, smoky teal, and slightly worn textures counterbalance the crispness of the geometric elements. Kids will relish the plot, sympathize with the pup, and drool after the pie."--BCCB (starred review)