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