Boy Meets Dog is a clever  play on words, making different words by just changing one letter at a time.  the illustrations show lots of action and emotions, are colorful and fun to look at, yet distracting from the text or intent of the book.  I far enjoyed looking at the pictures more than reading the word lists.  The CVC and CVCC words that were supposed to rhyme didn’t always; the vowel made a different sound, which I thought would be confusing to young children, say first graders learning to sound out words and read.  It will be a fun book to read and look at, but not a necessary purchase.