IIn its publications, Hungry Mutt seeks to make a difference by producing works that are not only fun and engaging, but don’t use violence as entertainment or as a way to resolve conflicts.
Its debut publication, I Don’t. I Don’t. I Do!, depicts a day in the life of a young boy, conveying a timeless truth that children often find hard to grasp: that they sometimes have to do what they don’t like before they can do what they do like.
In Sticking Together: A Dog’s Tale, Bonnie is a carefree puppy who spends her days chasing birds, barking at mail carriers, and playing with her two brothers. But when she ignores her mother’s advice and follows her best friend, Duchess, into trouble, she finds herself lost in the woods and facing unexpected challenges—including catching the dreaded Dogvid virus. With the support of her loyal brothers, Buddy and Barnaby, Bonnie learns that even when things go wrong, sticking together with those who care about you can make all the difference.
In Cootie Custard, the young protagonist, Ana, doesn’t want to go to school after kids start making fun of her. Her mother, having been ridiculed herself as a child, helps Ana come up with a tasty solution to her problem, using a humorous approach her grandmother had used to solve her mother’s dilemma.
In The Rock That Was a Bully, an inner struggle leads to the freedom of a rock trapped by its impulses. The rock’s dilemma begins when a beautiful red flower grows up beside it. The rock’s jealousy lands it at the bottom of a pond where it stays until learning that bullying won’t get it what it wants most.
