The bold illustrations have bursts of color throughout and are done in a large format that will work well when shared with a group. Robinson’s illustrations are done in acrylic paint that gives texture to the images. Antoinette is the reverse, a delicate poodle who plays like a bulldog. Gaston is a great mix of energetic bulldog puppy and also a prim poodle attitude.
Happily, it isn’t and the book becomes more about where you feel you fit in rather than where the world might place you. It all becomes clear once the other dog family appears in the story and readers may think that fixing the mix up is the resolution of the story. Right from the first pages, readers will know that there is something unusual about Gaston and how he fits into his family. Now the families look just the way they should, but neither Antoinette or Gaston seem to feel right in their “correct” families. There had clearly been a mix up! So Gaston switches places with Antoinette. When the poodle family went to the park, they met a bulldog family there that had its own unusual family member who looked like a poodle. He worked hard to be the best poodle puppy he could be, not slobbering, barking correctly and walking gracefully. They are all poodles, but Gaston is something else.
Gaston lives with his mother and his three siblings, Fi-Fi, Foo-Foo, and Ooh-La-La. Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio, illustrations by Christian Robinson
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