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Cowpoke Clyde and Dirty Dawg
Author:
Mortensen, Lori
Illustrator:
Austin, Michael
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Class:
Easy
Age: 3-6
Language: English
Descriptors: Picture Book
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LC: PZ8
Grade: P-1
Print Run: 20000
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ISBN-13: 9780547239934
LCCN: 2011052429
Imprint: Clarion Books
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Pub Date: 05/14/2013
Availability: Out of Stock Indefinitely
List: $16.99
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
H 10",
W 8",
D 0.4",
0.8 lbs.
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LC Series:
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Brodart Sources:
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Brodart's For Youth Interest: Popular
Brodart's Fresh Reads for Kids TIPS Selections
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Children
Brodart's TOP Juvenile Titles
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Bibliographies:
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Children's Core Collection, 22nd ed.
Children's Core Collection, 23rd ed.
Children's Core Collection, 24th ed.
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Awards:
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Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
Kirkus Starred Reviews
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Starred Reviews:
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Kirkus Reviews
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TIPS Subjects:
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Pets/Domestic Animals
Western Fiction
Personal Care
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BISAC Subjects: |
JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs
JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Farm Animals
JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories
JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse
JUVENILE FICTION / Westerns
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LC Subjects:
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Baths, Fiction
Cowboys, Fiction
Dogs, Fiction
Stories in rhyme
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SEARS Subjects: |
Baths, Fiction
Cowhands, Fiction
Dogs, Fiction
Stories in rhyme
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Reading Programs: |
Accelerated Reader Level:
2.9
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Points: 0.5
Lexile Level:
590
Reading Counts Level:
2.3
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Points: 1.0
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Juvenile Titles | 05/01/2013 |
| The last thing this cowboy needs in his clean house is a dirty dog. How did he forget to wash his dog? Before he can set the suds to work on his pal, the dog takes off and makes a mess. 32pp., Color Ill. |
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| Starred Reviews: |
| Kirkus Reviews | 04/01/2013 |
| Gadzooks! Cowpoke Clyde has talents galore, but he just can't corral that big ol' dirty Dawg into the washin' tub, and all Clyde's efforts lead to some mighty hilarious mischief in this cumulative tale set in the old West. Pitch-perfect rhyming text bounces along with peppy phrases telling the tale of a cowboy who likes to keep things clean and tidy. Clyde tries tactic after tactic to catch his dog for a scrub down, each new method adding another layer of mayhem to the scene, with a lassoed hog, wet chickens and a kicking mule adding to the hilarious hijinks. Finally Clyde takes a bath in the moonlight by himself while singing a "cowpoke tune" beneath a full moon, and that is the winning lure that gets the dirty Dawg into the washtub. Illustrations in acrylics and colored pencils use deep, saturated colors and exaggerated proportions to dramatic effect, with uproarious scenes of screaming cats, a flailing mule and a hog ready to leap right off the page. The frenetic activity is offset by the moonlit scenes of Clyde and Dawg in the tub, with a satisfying conclusion in which all the characters join them for a bath. This is a story that begs to be read aloud with a twangy drawl, perhaps as part of a Western or farm-themed storytime. Plumb funny, fer sure. (Picture book. 3-8). 32pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2013. |
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| Booklist | 05/01/2013 |
| Preschool-Grade 2. Neatnik Cowpoke Clyde savors his tidy house until he notices Dawg, caked with mud. Determined to rectify this oversight, he attempts to bathe his pooch--but Dawg has other ideas. In the ensuing chase, feathers fly, fleas jump, hogs skitter, cats topple soapy pails, and mules kick, leaving poor Clyde no choice but to bathe by himself in the moonlight. The author of Cindy Moo (2012) offers here another humorous, rhyming picture book, this one filled with clever language and anticipatory page turns that will delight young listeners: "But Dawg ignored his mighty pleas. / Instead Dawg left a trail of . . . / FLEAS." Austin's vibrant acrylic-and-pencil illustrations exaggerate the tall-tale humor. In one spread, both Clyde and Dawg appear to run across the hog's enormous back; in another, airborne Clyde tumbles helplessly after being kicked by the mule. This makes a good choice for story hours or one-on-one sharing. Pair with Jeanne Willis' I Want to Be a Cowgirl (2002) or Amy Timberlake's The Dirty Cowboy (2003). Weisman, Kay. 32p. Booklist Online. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2013. |
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| Horn Book Guide | 11/01/2013 |
| 3. Plucky rhymes with a Western twang relate a cowpoke's comic attempts to bathe his dog, who's "all caked with mud from end to end." Dawg objects, and other ranch animals--fleas, a hog, cats, and a mule--are caught in the struggle. After considerable mayhem, Dawg eventually relents and joins Clyde in the tub. Children will delight in Austin's colorful, boisterous illustrations. lbc. 32pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2013. |
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| School Library Journal | 04/01/2013 |
| K-Gr 1. At the end of a satisfying day, Cowpoke Clyde decides that the only thing he'd forgotten to clean was his "ol' Dawg, his faithful, snorin' friend,/all caked with mud from end to end." However, corralling Dawg is definitely not a snap, and Clyde's continued efforts result in a cumulative disaster of frantic chickens, flying feathers, spilled soup, biting fleas, a slippery hog, hissing cats, and a braying mule, all "gettin' soaked" instead of Dawg. Even the hog gets a wide-eyed close-up here. Finely crafted acrylic scenes contain a wide range of angled perspectives and shadows within Clyde's tiny shack and outside on the ranch. Cartoon figures cavort across the spreads and escape their frames. Rhyming couplets reveal a cowboy twang of missing final "g's." A first purchase for most libraries. Mary Elam, Learning Media Services, Plano ISD, TX. 32p. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2013. |
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| ~Library Media Connection (Retired Journal) | 08/01/2013 |
| Grades PreK-2. Cowpoke Clyde is congratulating himself on his squeaky clean house when he notices that his old buddy, Dawg, is covered in mud. Clyde decides that a quick bath is in order, and tries to chase down Dawg. Every other critter on the ranch winds up in the tub, except Dawg. After Clyde gives up, he soaks in a nice hot bath under the stars, where he's soon joined by Dawg, and the two end up nice and clean. The tale is told through fluid and inventive rhyme, with a natural rhythm that enhances the action. Readers can predict upcoming rhyming words to be revealed once they turn the page. Witty illustrations complement the text, and Clyde's exaggerated expressions combined with droll depictions of mayhem enhance the story. This would be a fun and engaging read-aloud, and the detailed illustrations will prompt independent readings. Kathleen McBroom, Dearborn (Michigan) Public Schools. RECOMMENDED. 32pg. ABC-CLIO, INC., c2013. |
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