Would Dogs Really Agree to Wear Clothing?!?

I have a bone to pick with two very famous author/illustrators!  They both have created books with dogs wearing clothing, and I just don't think it's right, especially to put them in those tight, old-fashioned jackets.  We are just too dignified for that!  Oh, Mom just came back from her visit to the anti-wrinkle-cream aisle at CVS.  She is reminding me that the books are pretend...
Sorry.
I am referring to Tasha Tudor and Jan Brett, two of the very most famous authors and illustrators of children's books.  This generation of kids might not be so familiar with Tasha Tudor, but she was amazing!  She spent a lot of time pretending she was living in the 1830s, dressing in old-fashioned clothing and creating a fantasy world of dolls and animals at her farm in Vermont.  Her illustrations and stories are full of colorful detail and are very whimsical, and there are a lot of dogs in some of them!


I just read "The Great Corgiville Kidnapping" and it is very funny, with lots of adventure.  If you are like me you may have always thought that raccoons are really very villainous, and this book certainly backs up that theory.  They are definitely up to no good, and it takes a heroic and super-smart dog to outwit them.  This book is a picture book, and would be such a good read for a family who likes a slightly longer story with a lot of detail and excitement, and clever vocabulary, like "deviltry", "agile", "distraught" and "blasted  windbag".  Plus, there are products like Knock-'Em-Stiff flea powder and OdorGone spray for your feet to help you disguise yourself when you are dealing with nefarious raccoons.
I know you all know about Jan Brett!  Her pictures are so beautiful, with each feather, or prickle, or whisker painted in until we all look so glorious.  She puts in little tidbits of story around the edges of her illustrations so you can enjoy the pictures again and again, and maybe see something new each time.
I read "Comet's Nine Lives" because I wanted to know if it's really, really true that cats have nine lives.  According to this story it is - that is so unfair!  I'm miffed at cats.  Plus, in this book they don't have to wear clothes, but the dogs all do.  Well, at least there are way more dogs than cats in the book, but I guess that is what drives the story.  The cat that lives in the Lighthouse is lonely, because there are only dogs on this imaginary version of Nantucket.  She doesn't know that the whole time a very silly, clumsy and unlucky cat is wreaking havoc and losing eight of his lives, right nearby!  It is a great story, even if it has cats in it.  You will definitely enjoy it!             YUM, get a load of those crazy chickens below.