Waggin' Tales: A Red and Rover Collection

by Brian Basset

Book Overview

""It's a sweetly funny strip, reminiscent of the relationship of Charlie Brown and Snoopy or Calvin and Hobbes. . . . Just the book to pick up when you need a booster shot of the warm fuzzies.""-Syracuse Post-Standard

Why are readers so dedicated to this simple comic about a boy and his dog? That simplicity itself is one of the best-loved characteristics of the strip. Ten-year-old Red and his lab-mix mutt, Rover, are a metaphor for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740741330
• ISBN13: 9780740741333
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Waggin Tales

First time I had bought a used book. It was in excellent condition, like new.

Brian Basset "gets it"

The love between a boy and his dog is a special thing. Ever since the first time I saw Basset's strip, I fell in love with the characters. Right now, I have two of the strips preserved on my desk which are indicative of the attitude I love: February 28, 2005 -- Red is in bed not feeling well and he asks Rover if he ever doesn't feel good.... Rover replies "Uh-huh. When you don't feel good." The other shows Red pondering why half the world seems bent on destroying the other half. He finally decides it must be because they didn't grow up with a dog to love and a dog who loved them back. These characters are so on the money!

Waggin' Tales: A Red and Rover Collection

Another delightful book by Mr. Basset. I just love his work. I read Red and Rover everyday in the newspaper. To have a whole book with this wonderful companionship of human and animal is sheer pleasure. It lifts the heart and gives one a really good feeling. Thank you Mr. Basset.

Your Childhood in Comic Strip Form

Do you remember a time when your favorite member of the family had four legs? Can you recall when a visit to the ice cream truck was an event and everyone was going to grow up to be an astronaut? Can you recollect the simple pleasures of summer break and holidays?Waggin' Tales, the second in the Red and Rover series, will bring these things back to you vividly and set your mind on a more pleasant bend. As the backcover reads, "cynics stay away..."