Carl's Afternoon in the Park

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Carl's Afternoon in the Park (ISBN 0-374-31104-8) is the title of a book by Alexandra Day. The book was copyrighted in 1991. The book is largely pictorial with text only on the very first and very last pages.

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The book starts when a woman walking in the park with her baby daughter run into a friend of hers. The lady's friend has with her a rottweiler dog named Carl and a rottweiler puppy. The two friends decide to go off to have some tea and leave the baby alone with the rottweiler and the rottweiler puppy. The book is a look at the adventures of a dog and a baby in the park. At the end of the book, the women return to express that they hope the dog and baby weren't bored after having been left alone too long.