Patrick McDonnell

"It's been a long, cold winter Earl and Mooch are looking forward to shmelling the flowers! Spring is the season of new beginnings. The birds are singing fresh concertos they've been working on all winter long. The caterpillars are dreaming of butterfly flight. And the bears could use that first cup of coffee after their three-month hibernation" --Page 4 of cover.

Presents a selection of previously published cartoons that offer a humorous look at the antics of Earl and Mooch, a cat and a dog.

This beautifully illustrated and packaged collection of Mutts comic strips by Patrick McDonnell captures a year's worth of heartwarming moments with Earl, Mooch, and the rest of their four-legged friends.

There was once a kitten so filled with love he wanted to give the whole world a hug. Jules the kitten learns that giving a hug is the simplest but kindest gift of all. And so Jules the kitten (also known in the Mutts cartoons as "Shtinky Puddin'") goes down the stairs to hug his friends, then all the birds in the park--and then he travels the world, hugging all those he meets! As Jules learns, a hug is the simplest--but kindest--gift we can give....