No Dogs Allowed by Linda Ashman and illustrated by Kristin Sorra (Sterling, August 2011) is a mostly wordless story of a small café on a street corner where there are no dogs allowed. As one very unusual day progresses, the café owner finds that he must adapt the rule to include other animals, from cats to kangaroos and more. When he has no business and the ice cream and lemonade vendor in the center of the square has no more food to sell to the crowds of people with their pets, the café makes a change, much to everyone satisfaction.
The illustrations transform the comic-like concept of the storyline into a work of art, and Raisin was vastly amused by the increasingly ridiculous animals gathering in the town square. The humor is in the many details.
