Poor Oscar doesn't want to hurt her feelings, so he puts on the costume. Unfortunately, his mother is one step ahead of him, and she's got a costume ready and waiting: a hot dog bun. They taunt him with cries of, 'Wiener dog!' But he doesn't care, because it's Halloween, and he's ready to put together a great scary costume. Oscar's often made fun of by the other dogs for being short and long. It's full of puns, and the hero is an adorable dachshund. Of course my library hold for a Halloween picture book comes in a few days after Halloween. Recommended to Dav Pilkey fans, and to anyone looking for children's stories about Halloween and/or about accepting ourselves for who we are. The accompanying artwork is colorful and appealing, accentuating the wacky humor of the story. There were a number of particularly amusing moments in the text - Oscar's mother calling him her 'little Vienna sausage,' Oscar showing up in his costume looking 'quite frank' - but also some heartwarming ones, as when our canine hero accepts his costume despite disliking it, because he doesn't want to hurt his mother's feelings.

I enjoyed The Hallo-Wiener, which is told with Dav Pilkey's trademark sense of humor. Is Halloween ruined? As it turns out, being a giant hot dog comes in handy when a 'monster' unexpectedly attacks the trick-or-treating dogs.

Unfortunately his mother has other ideas, and he ends up with cumbersome hot-dog outfit that prevents him from keeping up with his peers on the big night. Ridiculed by the other dogs at obedience school, Oscar is looking forward to creating a really frightening costume for trick-or-treating. Oscar the dachshund is unhappy with his short but long body in this humorous Halloween tale from Dav Pilkey, creator of such childhood classics as Captain Underpants. He chases it, rips off the costume, and reveals some naughty cats playing a trick.Īfter helping the other dogs out of the lake, Oscar is treated as a hero.Ī fun, Halloween-themed kids book about treating everybody with respect and not making fun of people because of their size or shape.

Oscar notices something weird about the monster. Oscar starts the lonely trek home, but he notices that the other dogs are being chased into the lake by a monster. Being a good son, he decides to wear it, even though he knows he will get ridiculed by the other dogs. Because he's a wiener dog, the other dogs make fun of him for his shape and size. They can also be infuriating and annoying, but that is all part of their charm.ĭav Pilkey's adorable book, 'The Hallo-wiener', is about a wiener dog named Oscar. They are ridiculously fun and entertaining animals. They're like Lays potato chips), it's easy to see why. Of course, if you own a dachshund (or two, or three-most dachshund owners can't have just one. I'm less surprised that we own them and more surprised by the fact that there are so many kids books out there about dachshunds. We own a lot of kids books involving dachshunds.

The hallo wiener book