A review by librarianryan
Holly and the Pittie Party by Leesh Li, Julian Frischherz

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

 
This book is depressingly happy. It is about a little puppy Holly who is adopted at Christmas and as they get older and the parents realize that Holly is a pit-bull and not whatever they thought they were getting, they leave her on the side of the street abandoned. Holly just wants to make friends and have a human in her life, but no one will let her because she’s a pit-bull and Pitbull’s are deemed dangerous. After getting picked up by animal control, the pound has a special day just to adopt pit bulls. Holly does find a new forever home and learns that pit bulls are not inherently dangerous. This book has a fantastic message but at the same time I hate that this message needs to exist. A pit-bull is only as dangerous as the person raising it. They’re one of the smartest and most affectionate dogs there is. Some humans are too stupid to realize it. I love this books message; I just wish you didn’t have to exist.