Ginny Mae is enjoying her meal. Chewing with her mouth open, dribbling gravy, licking her plate, she annoys the rest of her family. To make matters worse, her pip-squeak brother antagonizes her. If only she could be like the family dog, Ol' Red, life would be a lot easier. Ma and Pa eventually sympathize with her plight. However, after joining Ol' Red in the doghouse, she begins to have second thoughts. This mildly humorous story is adequately illustrated with Arnold's comic cartoons, prepared with colored pencil and watercolor washes. Parallels between Ginny Mae and Ol' Red running, eating, scratching, and more, enliven the text. Although children may identify with the girl's feelings, Jane R. Martin's Now Everybody Really Hates Me (HarperCollins, 1993) is a better story about being misunderstood.?Mary M. Hopf, Los Angeles Public Library Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.