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Dog-Gone School
Author:
Schmidt, Amy
Photographer:
Schmidt, Ron
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Class:
811.6
Age: 3-8
Language: English
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LC: PS3619
Grade: P-3
Print Run: 10000
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ISBN-13: 9780375869747
LCCN: 2012047331
Imprint: Random House Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Random House
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Pub Date: 07/09/2013
Availability: Out of Stock Indefinitely
List: $16.99
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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31 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
H 10.34",
W 8.31",
D 0.39",
0.77 lbs.
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Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
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TIPS Subjects:
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Poems
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BISAC Subjects: |
JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs
JUVENILE FICTION / Poetry
JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education
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LC Subjects:
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Dogs, Pictorial works
Dogs, Poetry
School, Juvenile poetry
Schools, Juvenile poetry
Schools, Poetry
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SEARS Subjects: |
Dogs, Poetry
Schools, Poetry
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Accelerated Reader Level:
2.5
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Points: 0.5
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Juvenile Titles | 07/01/2013 |
| School has gone to the dogs in this book of school-themed poetry complete with photos of dogs posing in school settings. 40pp., Color Photos |
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| Journal Reviews |
| BookPage | 08/01/2013 |
| Ages 3-7. Parents looking for a painless way to broach the subject of school with their young ones will love Dog-Gone School by husband-and-wife collaborators Amy and Ron Schmidt. Pairing her original, school-related poems with his colorful photographs, this hilarious book lets readers tag along to class with a pack of mischievous, adorable dogs. Ron Schmidt posed the pooches in classic school settings and somehow caught them on camera: A wirehaired terrier stands atop a tower of books in order to access a water fountain; a Jack Russell terrier and his pit bull sidekick--partners in crime--wait outside the principal's office. With examples of haiku, free verse and onomatopoeia, this charming collection serves as a terrific introduction to poetry while making the prospect of school seem awfully appealing. Sure to get high marks from little readers. 40pg. BOOKPAGE, c2013. |
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| Horn Book Guide | 05/01/2014 |
| 4. K-3. Through rhyming and non-rhyming poems and staged photographs of cuddly puppy students enjoying the library, sharing at lunchtime, and waiting outside the principal's office, this book explores school life. Appended "Class Superlatives" list the names and breeds of the dogs and the page they each star on. Some of the poems are a snooze, but the irresistible photographs will charm dog lovers. ka. 32pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2014. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 06/01/2013 |
| Author Schmidt has crafted 16 poems, in different forms, about school, and aside from a couple of canine-specific outliers, any of these could be about a child's school day. For children and dog lovers alike, Illustrator Schmidt's photographs of dogs and adorable puppies will be the biggest draw here. Posed in school scenes, sometimes with props, many of his pups express their emotions with their eyes and ears, even if only to communicate to the photographer, "Why are you doing this to me?" The verses offer readers a mix of poetic forms, some of which will be well-known and others that will be new: acrostic, cinquain, quatrain, climbing rhyme, haiku and monorhyme among them. They focus on common school-day routines--from riding the bus, using the hallway pass, lunch and recess to academic subjects (spelling, math, reading, science, geography) and specials (art, music, library). There are even some naughty "students"--one who ate his homework and two suspects in a shoe-chewing incident. Though some may dub the collection doggerel, dog lovers beginning school will be enchanted. (Picture book/poetry. 3-7). 40pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2013. |
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| Publishers Weekly | 05/27/2013 |
| Ages 3-7. The husband-and-wife team behind Loose Leashes dishes up another silly but irresistible concept, pairing school-themed poems with photographs of dogs riding the bus, visiting the school library, and tuning up for music class. A butterscotch terrier stands on a stack of books to reach a drinking fountain: "Ralphie has a hallway pass/ To visit the water fountain./ He can't reach to get a drink,/ So he's built a giant mountain." Beneath a free verse poem, two Australian shepherd puppies gaze at a globe: "At our school,/ On our street,/ In our city,/ Inside our state,/ Within our country,/ On our continent,/ Of this world." In an age when dogs go to daycare and the spa, the Schmidts' conceit isn't so farfetched. (July). 40p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2013. |
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| School Library Journal | 05/01/2013 |
| Gr 1-3--Carefully posed photographs and short poems present a cast of attractive dogs appearing in human guise as they did in the Schmidts's Loose Leashes (Random, 2009). Representing schoolchildren, one pup wears safety goggles while one sports a backpack, but otherwise they are not clothed. They are all handsome, and many have naturally mournful-looking faces so that they seem expressive. Only the poems suggest that they might be active, playful, or naughty. Seeing a couple of canines seated nicely on a chair next to an office door labeled "Principal," readers are told that "one of these two fellows/chewed up their teacher's shoe." The spare use of props and settings, starting with a large yellow school bus with dogs gazing out of four windows, generally represent school activities. "Book Nook" seriously misses the mark, however, with broad shelves of what appear to be thin, identical bound files in varied colors. "Tales of knights and fairy tales,/Facts on mummies, bats, or whales!" It doesn't really look to be "this cool place." Though the scheme and poetry fall flat, both do offer nice variety in the poetic forms and dogs. A concluding "class" list identifies an impressive 31 different breeds-only one dog appears twice, though some are similar in appearance. Some teachers may find useful examples for teaching poetry, and dog-loving browsers will be attracted by these endearing animals. Margaret Bush, Simmons College, Boston. 40p. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2013. |
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