Designer Isabel Serna's (Crazy Plant Lady) author photo in Dog Mom: A Love Story confirms two of her credentials, according to her Dog Mom Bingo card: she dresses her dog (in a red bow tie) and sat for a mom-and-dog portrait (with Charlie, her French bulldog). Like Serna, any smitten dog mom will freely admit that she, too, can check off the squares. (Watch your dog sleep? Purchase puppuccinos? Have the vet on speed dial?) Full-color drawings suggest a multitude of breeds, inviting recognition from moms of purebreds to mutts. Canine trivia (Sirius, the dog star, is the brightest in the sky!) and a page of gold-embossed stickers add to the appeal of this perfect gift for any woman devoted to her pup. --Cheryl McKeon, bookseller, Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, N.Y.

