Bogart And Vinnie: A Completely Made-up Story Of True Friendship (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
Vinnie is a silly mutt who wanders off from his owner and ends up at a wild lands shelter where he becomes best buds with a rhino. Vinnie, who is a big air brain to say the least, brings a lovable and funny quality to the book. It may be silly, but it has serious heart as well, which is shown when Vinnie’s owners show up to take home Vinnie, the rhino, the wildlife employee and some other exotic animals along the way. When Vinnie, a hyperactive, overly-enthusiastic dog finds himself lost one day, he stumbles into a wild animal preserve and befriends a curmudgeonly rhino named Bogart. Well, at least Vinnie thinks they're friends. To say Bogart is dubious (and maybe a tad bit bored) of Vinnie might be an understatement. But soon the media gets wind of this interspecies friendship and reporters flock to the animal preserve, making Bogart and Vinnie famous. Will their friendship last the test of fame? And what about Vinnie's home? Will his family find Vinnie and take him away from Bogart?In my eyes Audrey Vernick can do no wrong. I continue to marvel at the humor in her fictional picture books and her sincerity in her nonfiction picture books. Everything she writes has such a cleverness about it, right down to the zebras in this book whose names are Polka and Dot. I wish I were that clever. Vinnie's enthusiasm comes off as both annoying and endearing at the same time, a trait I know many a dog owner can relate to, and Henry Cole's illustrations are the perfect accompaniment to showing the reader the striking variance of personalities between Bogart the curmudgeon and Vinnie eager optimist.
What do You think about Bogart And Vinnie: A Completely Made-up Story Of True Friendship (2013)?
Unlikely friendship between "crazy-happy" hyper dog and reticent rhino.
—Elilandin
Dog and rhino, inter-species best friends. What more can be said?
—kool4dee
