<div><P><i>Everyday Mutts</i> marks the 11th book of the award-winning <i>Mutts</i> strip. It is the follow-up to Patrick McDonnell's successful collection Who Let the Cat Out? as well as his first storybook, <i>The Gift of Nothing</i>, which reached the <i>New York Times</i> Best-Seller List for Children's Picture Books in January 2006.<P>McDonnell's classic cartooning style not only delivers consistent laughs but often a message that reminds us to take care of our furry friends. With its expressive art and clever, often philosophical pet banter, <i>Mutts</i> has built a large and loyal fan base among readers and cartoonists alike. McDonnell is a past winner of the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award, and <i>Mutts</i> won the coveted Comic Strip of the Year Award in 1996. Today it appears in almost 600 daily newspapers.<P>This unique collection includes 16 pages of full-color bonus material, including watercolors, other artwork, and items personally selected from the creator's sketchbook to accompany the black-and-white dailies and McDonnell's Sunday pages with his signature title panels. As always, the tales-and tails-of this especially close dog-kitty friendship can be counted on for charming adventures and gentle laughs, reminding us that there is more than it seems to the <i>Everyday Mutts</i> we meet on the street.</p></div> <div><P><i>Everyday Mutts</i> marks the 11th book of the award-winning <i>Mutts</i> strip. It is the follow-up to Patrick McDonnell's successful collection Who Let the Cat Out? as well as his first storybook, <i>The Gift of Nothing</i>, which reached the <i>New York Times</i> Best-Seller List for Children's Picture Books in January 2006.<P>McDonnell's classic cartooning style not only delivers consistent laughs but often a message that reminds us to take care of our furry friends. With its expressive art and clever, often philosophical pet banter, <i>Mutts</i> has built a large and loyal fan base among readers and cartoonists alike. McDonnell is a past winner of the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award, and <i>Mutts</i> won the coveted Comic Strip of the Year Award in 1996. Today it appears in almost 600 daily newspapers.<P>This unique collection includes 16 pages of full-color bonus material, including watercolors, other artwork, and items personally selected from the creator's sketchbook to accompany the black-and-white dailies and McDonnell's Sunday pages with his signature title panels. As always, the tales-and tails-of this especially close dog-kitty friendship can be counted on for charming adventures and gentle laughs, reminding us that there is more than it seems to the <i>Everyday Mutts</i> we meet on the street.</p></div>