On the very first page we learn that Truelove, a dog, is feeling very unwanted because of his family's new baby. he tries very hard to understand and to prove how loving he is, but when he is rebuffed, and left outside in a storm, he runs away. He falls in with a rough bunch of homeless dogs who do silly things like joy riding, but when his family miss him and come to find him, he asks if his new friends can come home too. Not exactly realistic, but wonderfully sensitive, and as it is a dog feeling all the pangs of being unloved, the story is one step removed from humans and therefore more acceptable. Coles always wonderful, crazy illustrations make this great fun.