My girlfriend is looking for a children’s picture book. She would have read it as a child, in the early 1990s, so if I had to guess, I’d target the publishing of the book in the 80s, but it could be anything pre-1995. She says it was about a young dog (she’s 99.9% sure it was a dog) being tucked in at night, and he asks his parents about where they live (she even thinks the title of the book may have been something like “Where do we live?”). His mom/dad told him about their street, then their city and planet. The artwork showed the other families in the book as anthropomorphic animals, and they all had unique houses (fish families had fish bowls, rabbit family had a hole in the ground, etc). The houses stood out to her, but may have only been artwork, may not have been noted specifically in the story. She believes the puppy may have been named Walter, or something similar. I know this isn’t a lot to go on!
I’m the Original Poster. I just wanted to post a follow-up. The book is not “Where Do I Live”. This book is similar in storyline, but this one is about a human boy.
The book I’m looking for is definitely about anthropomorphic animals, not people. 😀
I found this one, but it appears to be one of those books you’d encounter in a school classroom:
My home /
June Melser; Isabel Lowe
1998
English Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience 8 p. : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
Bothell, WA : Wright Group, ; ISBN: 0780274377 (pbk.) 9780780274372 (pbk.)
“A dog finds out what the homes of different animals look like.”
Here’s the cover of that one: http://covers.openlibrary.org/w/id/6989222-M.jpg
Thank you so much for your reply, Cathy. Unfortunately, this isn’t my book. 🙂
This story looks to be very similar, but the animals in my book are people-like (anthropomorphic). Also, my book does examine/describe the puppy’s house, but then it continues on to the larger environment (street, city, planet).
Very good suggestion, I really appreciate it!