The Scrapbook thought the ne plus ultra of Christmasbook marketing madness had been achieved several years ago when the counters of our favorite bookseller were chockablock with handsome volumes that contained . . . absolutely nothing. The idea was to put your valuables inside the box- disguised-as-a-tome and so thwart burglars. This season, however, brings a title more inane even than an empty box. Andrews and McMeel has just unleashed Bedtime Stories for Dogs, a book, its jacket blurb advises, to ” make dog owners sit up and beg for more.” “The Three Little Pugs,” “Snow White and the Seven Chihuahuas,” and other such tales “are written just the way dogs like things — they’re short and simple, they have happy endings, they usually involve food, and they frequently refer to things that smell really awful.” Each story (hold your nose) was “proofed (and woofed) by the author’s two wiener dogs.”
Yours for $ 9.95 ($ 13.95 in Canada, where we like to think sales will be much brisker).
