When I was researching the books to include on my annotated bibliography I was excited to see that Berkeley Breathed had ventured into writing children's books. I always enjoyed the Bloom County cartoons he had written and was a fan of the character Opus the penguin. I liked the comic because of it's dry, subtle humor. I was hoping to find a similar style of writing in the book Flawed Dogs. I was not disappointed. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.
The main character in the book is a dachshund named Sam. The story describes his beginning as a show dog,the tragic circumstances that lead him to become a stray, and the plot he hatches to seek revenge against the evil poodle Cassius, the one responsible for Sam being framed for a "crime" he didn't commit. The challenges that Sam must face are heartbreaking, but are told in such away that the often tragic events in his life are at times funny. I found myself laughing and feeling such pity for Sam at the same time. He is the type of character you end up rooting for. The illustrations in the book add to the humor and help you to visualize the motley crew of dogs that Sam enlists to help him bring down Cassius and expose him for the evil fraud that he is. I could not put this book down. The whole time I read I kept hoping for the happiest of endings, not just for Sam, but the extremely lovable " unadoptable" dogs that join him on his adventure.
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