Winner of the 2021 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Move over Spot. . . . Spoofing classic primers Max the Dog talks back to the book in a twist that will have fans of funny early readers howling. See Max. Max is not a catMax is a dog. But much to Maxs dismay the book keeps instructing readers to see the cat. How can Max get through to the book that he is a DOG In a trio of stories for beginning readers author David LaRochelle introduces the excitable Max who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking. Illustrator Mike Wohnoutka hilariously depicts the pups reactions to the narrator and to the wacky cast of characters who upend Maxsand readersexpectations as the three stories build to an immensely satisfying conclusion. Hooray Max hooray show more