Pampered pooch Louie is at the center of his humans’ world. They do everything together. That’s how Louie ends up at a playdate with Mom and her friends being mauled by babies. “All I could say was thank goodness we’d never have one of those in OUR house.” Then things start getting strange at home: Louie has to eat dinner on the floor instead of at the table, and there’s less and less room next to Mom’s belly in bed. Eventually, Mom and Dad start bringing tons of stuff home: two beds, two hiking pouches, two matching sweaters. It isn’t until the arrival of a double stroller, however, that the truth hits Louie, hard: Not just one baby, but two babies will be moving into his house! Little Chihuahua Louie’s distinctive first-person voice is half the fun in this over- the-top look at a changing family, but so, too, is a surprise ending that is both sweetly funny and patently absurd. The illustrations feel reminiscent of 1960s animation but with 21st-century sensibility in the details. (Ages 4-8)

Poor Louie! Life is perfect for this pup until Mom’s belly starts getting bigger. . . . A funny and touching tale for big siblings from the illustrator of the Bink and Gollie series.

Louie’s life is great! A walk on the leash every morning, ice cream on Sundays, snuggling in bed at night with Mom and Dad. Even the playdates with Mom’s friends — despite their little crawling creatures who pull Louie’s ears — aren’t all that bad. But then things get weird: cold food on the floor, no room in the bed, and lots of new stuff coming into the house in pairs — two small beds, two little sweaters, two seats in the stroller. Does that bode double trouble ahead, or could there be a happier surprise in store for Louie? With perfect visual pacing, Tony Fucile takes a familiar story and gives it a comic spin.