Jon Agee does it again with one of the wittiest and most charming picture books about a handy dog named Stanley. I love it more and more every time I read it. The ending will catch you by surprise, and the illustrations only enhance the already wonderful rhyming text. ( )

This funny picture book features a beagle named Stanley. He is keeping his owners up at night by making all sorts of noise. I wonder what Stanley is doing to keep them up at night?

A family keeps getting awakened by their incredibly ambitious dog, Stanley. this is wonderful read-aloud book. ( )

Mysterious noises keep waking up the Wimbledon family. "That's very odd," says Mr. Wimbledon each time, but when he returns from checking on the sounds, he's always reassuring: "It's only Stanley; he's fixing the oil tank." "It's only Stanley; he's clearing the bathtub drain." But what Stanley the dog is actually doing while his oblivious family goes back to bed is deliciously absurd: he's turning the house into a rocket ship to zoom himself and his family to another planet for an alien encounter.

I loved the cat. The art is also great. Kids really loved it.