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Family members try various ways to cheer up their grouchy bulldog.

Chowder the bulldog has never fit in with the other neighborhood canines, but he sees a chance to make friends with the animals at the local petting zoo.

Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Lizzie finds an ad in the paper for a dog in need of a new home. Rocky is a cuddly bulldog who would prefer to sleep than to be a guard dog. But Lizzie understands that every puppy is special and Rocky would be the perfect pet for someone. All she has to do is find the right owner.

"Raised in a family of talented bulldogs, Antoinette the poodle wonders what makes her special. She gets the chance to prove herself and find what she's good at when puppy Ooh-la-la goes missing"--

Even though everybody loves him as he is, Alfred, a French bulldog, finds it hard to accept his unusual looks, especially his nose.

"Toby, a French bulldog who dreams of being warm all the time, is not pleased when Pinkie arrives and takes his favorite warm spots." --

Eric adopts Meatball, a bulldog abandoned at his mother's veterinarian office.

Noelle, a lovable but odd-looking bulldog, has trouble adapting to her new surroundings until she discovers hidden talents that win her many friends.

"Once upon a time there was a princess named Zelda. One day, when she is out in her finest dress playing with her favorite golden ball, she tosses her ball up in the air, and it lands--splat!--in the mud. Princesses don't go in the mud. How will she ever get back her favorite ball? Along comes an ugly, disgusting frog who will help her, but in return, Zelda must promise to be his best friend forever!"--From publisher.

"Duke's cousin Coco, an elegant French bulldog from Paris, is coming to Barksdale Academy as an exchange student, and Duke is worried about what she will think about his often uncouth friends, the Underdogs; Coco joins Team Awesome for the K-2 exam where the Barksdale teams compete against a rival school, but it turns out that Coco has problems with the athletic events, and it is up to the Underdogs to rescue their school's reputation."--