 "Phoebe Dexter Has Harriet Peterson's Sniffles", published in January 1977, tells the woeful tale of Phoebe Dexter who is stuck at home because she is sick.Upset that she is missing all the happenings of her school day, Phoebe busies herself pretending she is a dog and eventually playing Go Fish with her grandmother who comes over to keep her company.The book is both written and illustrated by Numeroff.