This was one of my favorite books growing up and I would alwayss read it to my younger cousins. I love this book because you can give them the fear that they have bad breath and it also gave me the fear to have bad breathe so at the end of the day I think that this book was great to make me tramatized. ( )

Note: I received an F&G of this book from the publisher at ALA Annual 2019. ( )

Hally, the Tosis family dog, has such bad breath that Mr. and Mrs. Tosis plan to give her away, until she proves to be an invaluable watchdog.

I really love this book because of it's so funny. This book is a realistic book because of it can exist in our life. The dog has horrible breath, the family decide to send the dog to a nice family. At last, the dog save the family. ( )

Dog Breath centers around a dog by the name of Hally Tosis. Hally Tosis is a dog with horrendous breath, so bad in fact that her family wants to get rid of her. Luckily the children in the family want to solve the problem of Hally’s bad breath and go through a series of odd potential cures for her breath. The children try taking her on roller coasters, and having Hally observe beautiful views in nature. To their dismay none of these methods work for curing the dog's bad breath. After the family goes to sleep two burglars break into the family's house, and Hally comes up to them and greets them with a lick on the face. Hally’s breath is so bad that it knocks out the burglars and has them looking blue and stiff limbed until morning comes when they are found by the family. The burglars are turned into the police and Hally is considered a hero. Her family decides to keep her and the story ends on a positive note. Between the great images, and the fun story I would rate this book 4 out of 5 stars. I would recommend the picture book for children in first to third grade. There wasn't a clear central message but one that I got from it was that sometimes things that we dislike in ourselves or others can actually be advantages. The family spent the whole book trying to change the dog's breath, while in the end realizing that it was a great form of security and embraced it. Another possible central message could be embracing who we are rather than trying to change ourselves to meet others standards. Overall this was a very cute and short picture book, and would be wonderful for beginning readers looking for a quick read. ( )