A book for dipping into, this is a collection of 135 rhyming poems explaining the meanings of words from the point of view of a dog. Charlie is three quarters chihuahua and one quarter papillon. He has very definite ideas about life, and feels he possesses profound insight into the human condition. These definitions reflect Charlie's personal experience and perspective. He has no concept of rabbits and so there are no poems about rabbits. Similarly, he doesn't know any interesting words beginning with Z and so his alphabet ends with Y.