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  For Jim, with love

  —L.H.

  To: Tiffany, Scampi,

  Cheyenne, Angie, Chili,

  Maggie, Calvin & Chuck

  —J.M.

  Text copyright © 1998 by Lori Haskins. Illustrations copyright © 1998 by Joe Mathieu.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Haskins, Lori. Too many dogs / by Lori Haskins ; illustrated by Joe Mathieu.

  p. cm. — (Step into reading. A step 1 book.)

  SUMMARY: A man’s barbecue is interrupted when he is visited by a bevy of dogs from the neighborhood.

  eISBN: 978-0-307-56071-1

  [1. Dogs—Fiction. 2. Stories in rhyme.] I. Mathieu, Joseph, ill. II. Title. III. Series: Step into reading. Step 1 book.

  PZ8.3.H2595 To 2003 [E]—dc21 2002013658

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