Fred Stays with Me! by Nancy Coffelt is about a child who sometimes lives with her mom and sometimes lives with her dad. It's a very quick read, often only one brief line of text on a page. So there's not really much to say about it. This child's disrupted life has a constant--her dog Fred goes with her to her mom's house and to her dad's house. Fred barks and chews socks, behaviors that upset both parents. But when our main character makes it clear that Fred stays with her, the parents come up with solutions to his annoying quirks.
Illustrations by Tricia Tusa are fun, though minimalist. She adds very little content to the story. I wonder why she uses such a limited palette in this book.
