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Miles does not come when he is called. He does not like going for walks, his food, other dogs, or the rain. What Miles does like is going for drives in the car. So when Mr. Huddy makes Miles a car of his own, Miles becomes a much happier dog. And now he and his friend Norman can go on all sorts of adventures! Inspired by his own dog, Miles, renowned children’s book author and illustrator John Burningham (who celebrated his eightieth birthday this year) creates a new picture book offering all the charm and exuberance of his best work.

要是你家裡有一隻完全不聽從指令，非常「難搞」的狗，你會怎麼做？阿里就是這樣的一隻狗──當主人愛麗絲．托吉太太叫喚牠時，牠毫不理會；牠不喜歡出門散步、不喜歡牠吃的食物，不喜歡下雨，經常亂吼亂叫。而且，牠也不喜歡其他的狗。
儘管阿里如此「難搞」，托吉太太和她的兒子諾曼還是非常愛牠。阿里真正喜歡的事，是搭車出門去兜風，但是托吉太太不可能有事沒事就開著車載阿里出門，隔壁鄰居哈帝先生決定幫阿里打造一部牠專屬的汽車，並安排牠上駕駛課程，確定阿里已做好開車上路的萬全準備……有了一輛車子的阿里，現在可以載著牠的朋友諾曼，去進行各式各樣的冒險。他們會去什麼地方呢？阿里又會有什麼轉變呢？……

本書包括約翰．伯寧罕最受歡迎的經典繪本的幾個重要元素──動物、交通工具、孩子。這個異想天開的狗開車故事，在實事求是的敘述鋪陳下具十足說服力；藉由表情與姿勢的捕捉，圖像完美展現了主角阿里的意念與情感；書中特色鮮明的四季更迭景致，更是一場美的視覺饗宴。