There's a cozy old-fashioned feel to this story of Oliver Tolliver, a dog who owned one of everything: "...one little bedroom and one little bed / with one little pillow for under his head / and one little blanket and one little sheet / and one little bottle to warm up his feet. After proudly showing off his singular possessions to a cat named Peggoty Small, he finds that his house is not suitable for entertaining guests, so he sets out to double his wealth, by acquiring one more of each thing. Marjorie Priceman's whimsical illustrations are reminiscent of those created two generations ago by Leonard Weisgard. (Ages 3-5)

Oliver lives alone in a one-of-each house--One plum and one apple, one pear and one peach. But he discovers that two of each is even better because sharing makes room for friends. A Publishers Weekly Best Book. Full-color illustrations.