Inside tall buildings and houses neat and grand, one dozen crawling, singing, busy babies are stuffed into pajamas, coats, and hats in preparation for their journey to story hour at the library.
Billy Getten, a boy who is so eager to have a dog that he eats dog biscuits, falls madly in love with a stray taken in by the local veterinarian, and now faces the task of convincing his parents that he is responsible enough to be a dog owner.