I read Lulu and Her New Best Friend by JoAnn M. Dickinson with my two granddaughters. Both enjoyed the story especially the dog, Buttercup. The four year old liked how Lulu took care of Buttercup instead of expecting her parents to do so. My seven year old enjoyed being able to read the story to us. She is a rising second grader, who found the story to be just long enough and challenging enough for her to find interesting. Her favorite part was when the older gentleman admitted Buttercup was too much for him. He could have kept the dog anyway or surrender it to the local animal shelter so she was glad f his decision.

The illustrations were wonderfully done, fitting well with the text. There is a change in point of view near the end of the story. I noticed this, thinking that it could be perhaps fixed in future e-book copies. Talking with my oldest granddaughter, it did not stand out to her. She looked back to the beginning, understanding what was said about change in the book. Then she pointed out the dialogue near the end. Because Lulu is talking then she didn’t see the problem. I am saying this because as an educator I understand the criticism of the previous reviews but as for the children readers it does not deter from their enjoyment of the story.

Both girls gave it a five, I took a star off for the point of view change. I would like to say that I personally thought it was a cute story with a serendipity kind of ending.