Tobi – a 15-year-old silky terrier with scruffy brown hair and long whiskers — walked happily alongside his owner and best friend, Andrea Cáceres in New York City one day this past August.

He didn't flinch when traffic sounds from the nearby street spilled into the neighborhood park, or when an ambulance with blaring sirens whizzed by.

"He's a real New Yorker," Cáceres laughed.

But the little dog wasn't always so familiar with the big city. Cáceres' new children's book, Hello, Tobi! is a celebration of Tobi's walks in the parks when he first arrived in New York.

HELLO, TOBI!. Text and illustrations copyright © 2025 Andrea Cáceres. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA. /

Tobi was born in Valencia, Venezuela. Back then, Cáceres was planning to be

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