This light-hearted, satirical paperback (with bite!) is by first-time author Meredith Williams-Crowe with illustrations by her son, David. Priced at only $9.95 (plus postage and handling), the book has a colour cover and 56 internal black and white pages. 101 reasons why it is better to have dogs than children is proving to be a hugely successful debut title for Dogs in Peril Publishing, with more than 300 copies sold since its launch in October 2009.