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Hot Dog

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Author: Doug Salati

“A picture can convey a 1000 words”.  Doug Salati’s hot dog is a perfect example for that famous idiom. He captures the dog’s frustration, desperation, elation and every other emotion with his wonderful pictures. My daughter loves the beach and carries a stuffed animal which is a sea lion. Both the beach and the sea lion make an appearance in the book making it a near perfect choice. This book demands a lot of detail in its pictures to move the story along and Salati absolutely nails it.

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Sam and Dave Dig a Hole

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Author: Mac Barnett

Illustrator: Jon Klassen

This book is one of  my daughter’s favorite books. There are many times she has gone back and asked Sam and Dave to dig their hole in the right direction. Jon Klassen is a hero. He transforms a simple book with this wonderful and uncomplicated illustrations. I couldnt help but notice the amount of white space in each of the pages letting each page breathe. I will add this book to my collection at home. Also, advice to my five year odl to the friends is to listen to their dog.

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Felippe and Claudette

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Author: Mark Teague

Opposites attract is the theme of many romantic comedies and Teague applies this time to an unlikely friendship between a cat and a dog whoa re waiting to be adopted at their local shelter. Felipe is the snooty, proper cat and Claudette is the dirty, rambunctious dog. They dont get adopted even after multiple adoption events. Then one of them gets to go to a permanent home and what happens to their bond is the plot.  We have an adopted dog and the girls have been asking us for a cat so the book went down very well with our five year old. This is a very simple book with adequate images to convey the mood.

I hate to preach from this blog but considering the animals that are available for adoption, always consider adopting pets rather than buying them from a breeder.

'Felipe and Claudette' [Orchard Books/Scholastic]

Every Dog in the Neighborhood

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Author: Philip C Stead

Illustrator: Matthew Cordell

When we got books from the library the last time, we did not get to this book for a while as I prioritized read the books with the medals and honors. Oh! How wrong I was. This book turned out to be one of the most enjoyable. A kid with a mission and his grandmom with a mission of her own. Dogs of all shapes, sizes and family situations. More importantly, with some really nice names – Wilbur, Orville , Thelonious, Monk , E.B . Mr. Stead beautifully blends Grandparent love with civic action.  Does the ending of the book leave room for a sequel?

 

 

Every Dog in the Neighborhood by Philip C. Stead

 

Help Me Mr. Mutt

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This is a really funny book. The therapy suggestions offered by Mr. Mutt to troubled dogs brought out waves of laughter from the five year old. I dont think she quite grasped the format. of the book but she loved the silliness and the graphics of the book.

[Update: We had borrowed this book from the library. She returned it with a heavy heart. She has asked me repeatedly about owning the book]

Help Me, Mr. Mutt!

I want 100 Dogs

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My daughter loved this book. The desire to have something lofty and through continuous discussions (illustrated realistically, playfully) the parents manage to bring down expectations to a level where both sides feel they won the day. But in the day, there is always only one winner.

My daughter who is beginning to read and count large numbers went back to the book multiple times.