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Synopsis
Cookie the dog is the best reader in the Baxter family—he's even learning to write! When Pet's Day arrives at Nash and Duffy's school, they bring in Cookie to show the other students. The other kids are amazed by the dog's reading.
Children's Literature
Cookie is a dog that likes to read. The family he lives with has a boy, Nash, and a girl, Duffy, who would rather do other things besides read. The family soon discovers that Cookie can write, too, when they see "Dog wants food" written on the refrigerator. Cookie helps Mom with recipes, and he helps Dad repair the car. When he goes to school for Pets' Day, the students find out that Cookie can read when he writes, "Dog wants lunch" on the wall. He becomes the class favorite, so Cookie stays at school and even enters the spelling bee. During the spelling bee, Cookie helps Duffy find a fire in the school basement. Duffy reads the emergency sign and finds out what she needs to do. When the newspaper writes a story about Duffy and Cookie saving the school, both Duffy and her brother discover the joy of reading. The illustrations of Cookie and the other characters are adorable, and the notes that Cookie writes throughout the book add to the fun. It is a warmhearted story with a wonderful ending.