No dogs are allowed at La School d’Excellence in Paris. But mere rules are nothing to Bonaparte, devoted canine companion to young Jean-Claude. “I have come to fetch my boy,” Bonaparte tells the registrar when he arrives on the school doorstep. But children are discharged only to parents or guardians, not dogs. So Bonaparte dresses up as Jean-Claude’s mother. When that doesn’t work, he enrolls as a student, then gets a job in the cafeteria, and finally works as a school janitor--all to be near his beloved friend. Wendy Anderson Halperin’s pencil and watercolor illustrations are rich with details and highly amusing scenes. Dog and boy win out in the end. After all, some rules are made to be broken. (Ages 5-8)