Meet Captain Biscuit.
He answers to Biscuit, Captain, Biscuit Boy, Hey You, and any word spoken in a slightly higher-pitched voice. He has never had a bad day. He considers every person he meets a friend, every smell a miracle, every meal a gift from the universe, and every walk the greatest walk in the history of walking.
He is aware that some find this excessive.
He considers this their loss.
The Best Day Ever is the second book in the Life as a Pet series, and it tells the complete story of one dog's life exactly as he experiences it: from the inside, at full volume, with his whole heart, and without a single moment of self-doubt. Narrated in Captain Biscuit's own voice, this is a book about the leash and the ball and the car window and the sofa he is absolutely not supposed to be on. It is about the neighbor's dog Doug, encountered first in the record of a fire hydrant and then, finally, in person. It is about thunderstorms and kitchens and the specific sound a treat bag makes and the two words that land like sunshine in the chest.
It is also, underneath all of that, a book about love. What it looks like when someone loves without strategy, without ego, without self-protection. What it looks like to greet every ordinary Tuesday as if it were specifically designed for your happiness.
Because as far as Captain Biscuit is concerned, it was.
For readers of all ages. For families. For anyone who has ever loved a dog, been loved by a dog, or simply needed a reminder that the world is, in fact, wonderful.
