Okay, I am torn with this book.  I LOVE the illustrations, but I just don't get the story.

 

Hondo is the dog, and he goes out with his owner for a playdate with another dog.  Fabian, the cat, on the other hand stays home.

 

Thats pretty much it.  Hondo comes home and he and Fabian go to sleep in their favorite places.

 

This book won the Caldecott Honor in 2003.