A children's picture book in rhyme telling the story of a little dog named Bossy Bella. She enjoys her world consisting of the yard and garden around the house where Bella lives with a family with two little girls. While following Bella, the reader has glimpses of neighborhood relations. The reader meets Gracie, the mail carrier, Cleo the cat, swaying sunflowers, bathing birds.....a squirrel eating a tomato in the garden, the blue butterfly, etc...