I Want a Dog

　　一個帶著拖車的小女孩來到動物收容所，想要領養一隻狗。這個收容所裡什麼都有，食蟻獸、蜥蜴、鵝、黃鼠狼，但他們真的有狗嗎？高大的收容所員工試圖讓小女孩接受其他的動物，他推薦小女孩可以領養狒狒、青蛙，甚至是金魚，他說金魚也會玩得很瘋，就像一隻狗一樣。但小女孩不為所動，冷冷地回應說：金魚並不會玩得很瘋。小女孩堅定地說：我就是想要一隻狗。

　　收容所員工承認，他們沒有狗，但最後他為小女孩帶來了一隻動物，令人驚訝的是，這真的比狗更棒！

　　一向以幽默風格風靡繪本界的強．艾吉（ Jon Agee），繼熱烈好評的《書中有一道牆》（The Wall In The Middle Of The Book）之後，最新作品《I Want a Dog》故事情節有趣又引人入勝，讀來令人捧腹大笑，值得大人小孩讀者一睹為快！（文／博客來編譯）

　　A girl seeks her perfect pet at a wonderfully unusual animal shelter in this comical read-aloud by the award-winning creator of Life on Mars

　　The Copley County Animal Shelter has an aardvark, a lizard, a goose, a weasel, and plenty more. But do they have a puppy? The girl with her wagon is ready to adopt a dog--not an aardvark, lizard, or goose! Can the shelter manager help her to find her perfect pet?

Jon Agee is the author/illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner It’s Only Stanley and the ALA Notable Books Little Santa, Terrific, Milo’s Hat Trick, and The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau, and a series of popular wordplay books including the IRA-CBC Children’s Choice book of palindromes, Go Hang a Salami! I’m a Lasagna Hog! Jon grew up along the Hudson River in Nyack, New York, and went to college at The Cooper Union School of Art in New York City, where he studied painting and filmmaking. Now a full-time author, he lives in San Francisco with his wife, Audrey.