These clean-looking volumes wisely focus on photos, with large, clear, and adorable images of the given breed on each spread. Friendly text (dachshunds "look like hot dogs") introduces readers to each breed's characteristics, personality, and care, and gives famous examples from movies and television (Frank in Men in Black, Gidget in Taco Bell commercials). These are age-appropriate overviews for current and future pet owners. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

The parade of perennially popular canines continues! Blending paragraph-length chapters with countless "aww"-inspiring photos, the latest volumes in the Fetch! series preview the physical characteristics (height, weight, and coloring); early development; preferred activities; and pop-culture contributions of the breed in question. Dachshunds profiles the beloved "wiener dog," first bred to hunt badgers in fifteenth-century Germany. Available in both standard and miniature sizes and long- and short-haired coats, these long-muzzled, low-to-the-ground hounds make expert sniffers and devoted watchdogs. At times more eye-catching than they are educational, these peppy installments, packed with concise sentences and trivia-style factoids, will nevertheless have reluctant readers and dog devotees hooked.