Lulu Walks the Dogs

Written by Judith Viorst

Narrated by Michele Medlin

Feisty Lulu sets out to earn some cash in this chapter book from children's book legends Judith Viorst and Lane Smith. The stubbornly hilarious Lulu has decided it's time to buckle down and earn some cash. How else can she save up enough money to buy the very special thing that she is ALWAYS and FOREVER going to want? After some failed attempts at lucrative gigs (baking cookies, spying, reading to old people), dog walking seems like a sensible choice. But Brutus, Pookie, and Cordelia are not interested in making the job easy, and the infuriatingly helpful neighborhood goody-goody, Fleischman, has Lulu at the end of her rope. And with three wild dogs at the other end, Lulu's patience is severely tested. Will she ever make a friend-or the money she needs? In this standalone sequel to Lulu and the Brontosaurus, industry legends Judith Viorst and Lane Smith once again prove that even the loudest, rudest, and most obstinate of girls can win us over.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 25, 2016
• ISBN: 9781501944659

Judith Viorst

Judith Viorst is the author of the beloved Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, which has sold some four million copies; the Lulu books, including Lulu and the Brontosaurus; the New York Times bestseller Necessary Losses; four musicals; and poetry for children and young adults. Her most recent books of poetry include What Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About? and Nearing Ninety.

Reviews for Lulu Walks the Dogs

[jwyss-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Another fun book about a precocious girl who is determined to earn money to buy something special that her parents will not buy for her. Not until the end do we find out what she wants to purchase.

[christianr_899499 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Put together a sassy narrator, a determined but impatient (and often rude) girl, and a goody two-shoes and you get funny, fast-paced Lulu Walks the Dogs. Lulu needs money for a secret desire, so she eventually gives up wheedling her parents and decides to run a dog walking business. Too bad she didn't bother to learn anything about dogs. Fleischman, the annoyingly perfect neighbor boy, volunteers to help and even though she needs him desperately, she doesn't treat him very nicely. The narrator's quips and asides to the reader are as entertaining as the binds Lulu gets into when she tries to go without Fleischman.