Lenny and Lucy by Philip C. Stead illustrated by Erin E. Stead

A husband and wife author/illustrator team.
Peter, his father and dog-Harold, travel to a new home.  Peter does not like the new home, especially the dark woods looming across the bridge.  So he creates Lenny to guard the bridge.
Maybe I am not deep enough but I did not appreciate this book as much as other reviewers.
A book about loneliness and friendship.
*Borrowed from the library.