Vinny Gets a Job
by Terry Brodner
Illustrated by the author
Aladdin
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
2020
40 pages
ISBN: 9781534413566
What a fun and FUNNY picture book! Vinny the dog notices Mom puts on nice clothes and leaves the house every day. He asks his brother, the smart cat, where does she go? The cat says she goes to her job. Vinny decides that sounds like a fun idea and wants a job of his own. He dresses in his best suit and goes out looking for a job. At the first place, the restaurant gives him a job cleaning tables. Being a dog, as Vinny certainly is, he cleans the tables HIS way. The nice lady who hired him promptly fires him.
His next position is at a flower shop where he's told to water the plants and flowers. You can imagine how a dog waters the flowers! Young readers will giggle and squeal at Vinny's antics. He goes to the natural art museum and is told his job is to watch the T Rex display. Being a dog, those bones look delicious! It's too much for poor Vinny. He grabs a leg bone and runs home. Mom assures Vinny his real job is waking her up in the morning and being a good dog. The museum, meanwhile, is still looking for its missing bone!
Kids will love the dog/cat relationship in which the cat, clearly, is the more intelligent of the two. Vinny is priceless as an adorable, lovable dog who's only trying to do what his bosses tell him to do.
A MUST READ for every family who loves their four-legged siblings!
Highly, highly recommended as a bedtime story and fun read-aloud.
