PreS-K-In this sixth book in the series, the black Labrador retriever entertains the idea of getting a job as she watches her family leave for school and work. She imagines herself as a school bus driver, teacher, zookeeper, lifeguard, archaeologist, paleontologist, ballplayer, president, hip-hop star, biologist, rescue dog, farmer, and chef, resulting in many humorous scenarios, all of which are depicted from her point of view, of course. Sally is seen driving a bus, which is full of dogs. The beachgoers are all canines. Washing dishes in the chef fantasy is dog-style-licking the plates clean. When Sally's family members return home at the end of the day, she realizes that she already has the best job in the world-taking care of them. The woodcut and colored-pencil illustrations are crisp and uncluttered. Sally is the main focus with few background distractions. If this pup is popular in your library, you'll need this title.-Ieva Bates, Ann Arbor District Library, MI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Pup Sally imagines herself in such occupations as school bus driver, lifeguard, paleontologist, and baseball player. By book's end, she decides she already has the best job of all: taking care of her family. Though some of the humor is forced (Sally, dressed in a bunny costume, imagines herself a "hip-hop star"), readers will be amused by Sally's aspirations. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

Big dog Sally returns in her fifth book, here pondering a career. The text is a bit static as Sally considers one job after another from biologist to farmer but sly asides keep things moving, and the artwork is a playground for funny takes on possible jobs: Sally as a hip-hop star dons a rabbit suit and dances. Being a paleontologist intrigues her as well; after all, she is into bones. Huneck's art, with colored pencil now added to familiar hand-carved, wood-block prints, has never looked better, and the large format is ideal for group reads.--Cooper, Ilene Copyright 2008 Booklist

Huneck continues his popular series about Sally the black lab with this sixth entry in the series. When she's left at home, Sally wishes she could go off to school or a job like the other members of her family. In simple, first-person narration, she considers all the jobs she could do, including driving a school bus, teaching school, running for president and opening a restaurant. The names of quite a few occupations and fields of study are included, such as biologist and paleontologist. Huneck's droll sense of humor is evident in both text and illustrations when Sally imagines licking the plates clean in her restaurant or cleaning up after the elephants as a zookeeper. After thoughtful consideration, Sally decides her real job is taking care of her family, illustrated in a rather odd final spread by playing tug-of-war with a sock, with the son of the family on the other end of the sock. Though this is not the most dynamic of Sally's adventures, Huneck's woodblock print illustrations in his distinctive folk-art style are always as charming as Sally herself. (author's note) (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.