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Good Dog, Carl : A Classic Board Book (Hardcover)
by Alexandra Day
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Story, Picture books, Ages 0-3, Children's books |
| Market price: ¥ 98.00
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¥ 88.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
A dog and a baby's adventures in the house that parents and children will both enjoy. |
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Author: Alexandra Day
Publisher: Little Simon
Pub. in: February, 1996
ISBN: 0689807481
Pages: 40
Measurements: 5.5 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00254
Other information: Board edition
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It's a beautifully illustrated book with all of two printed sentences. The child can speak the story, question the story, and describe the probability if they are mature enough.
This is a gorgeous book with a very humorous storyline told almost all in pictures. The basic plot is that a dog is left at home to take care of a baby all day, and the dog and baby have adventures in the house (the dog takes good care of the baby). It's a book that parents and children will both enjoy, and it gives the opportunity for the child to tell the story. The story is told entirely without words because it gives the opportunity for parent and child to discuss what's happening in the story. The story itself is very funny, and appealing
Target readers:
Baby-Preschool
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Alexandra Day's modern classic Good Dog Carl has sold more than 200,000 copies, captivating countless readers with the lovable rottweiler Carl, endearing illustrations, and the tale's surprising silliness. The book begins with the mother saying, "Look after the baby, Carl. I'll be back shortly." Let the adventure begin! Carl looks out the window to make sure Mom is gone. Once the coast is clear, the baby crawls out of the crib and onto Carl's back. First stop? Mom's bed. Second stop? The top of the dresser where powder puffs are sported as hats. The infant-now in Carl's capable paws-slides down the laundry chute, swims in the fish tank, dances, raids the refrigerator, and makes a huge mess. Carl dutifully bathes the baby, cleans up the chaos, puts his charge back in the crib, and plays it cool when Mom comes home. "Good dog, Carl!" she says upon her return. A sweet, subtly absurd picture book that jubilantly illustrates the old adage, "When the cat's away, the mice will play."
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-29 00:00>
As a children's librarian, I, too, am absolutely outraged about this book! I am outraged that so many people have so little ability to separate reality from fantasy. Folks, if this book is causing problems in your home, may I suggest that you also avoid Amelia Bedelia (dumbest maid in the world), "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs", all the Miss Nelson books, The Stupids and, as your child grows up, toss ALL fantasy novels straight out the window. (Goodbye, Dorothy! Goodbye, Chet Gecko!) Of course, for all I know, the people worrying about Carl being left alone to mind a baby actually DO inhabit a world where maids actually draw a picture of the bath when asked to draw a bath, it really DOES rain spaghetti, teachers can fool their students with simple disguises, people are as dumb as the Stupids, animals talk and tornados really do carry little girls away over the rainbow. In which case, instead of being outraged, I am either very jealous or very scared. For everyone else, Carl is a riot to read, cute as can be and your child will have a giggle imagining that a baby and a dog could REALLY get up to that much trouble. |
Spencer (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-29 00:00>
Five years ago, my sister-in-law tried to convince me that a book about a dog - a rottweiler, no less - who baby-sits when mother goes out was "wonderful". I was skeptical (at best). (Let me get this straight: the mother puts her baby in the crib and tells the dog to take care of it? Then the mother leaves? That's crazy. That's not a good message. It's a Rottweiler? What was the author thinking?) Once I got to read the book, though, I fell in love too. I must admit that we contributed a couple of Carl books to my niece's growing library that year. Now we are building a Carl collection for our son, and it's a hit. At 2 years old, he loved to have Daddy read this to him. At 3.5, he reads it to anyone who will sit still. His take on the action is a little different than ours, but it is very imaginative! This is the first of the Carl books. They're all my favorite. I just can't decide. I like to go in order, though. These are not particularly sequential books, but Baby is a little bigger in each book as they go along. I love the open-ended play we get from this book, so that anyone reading it, including your own Baby, can make up the story. The illustrations are fabulous - the action is what our kids have focused on, and the detail is amusing for the older reader on the 112th time through. I recommend this for any small child, especially the 1yo - 4yo crowd. Give it to some lucky family, or get it for yourself! |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-29 00:00>
We have four children between the ages of newborn and six, and we have found ourselves reaching for Carl books over and again at story time. Reading the other reviews posted were the first time I had heard of the series referred to as "disturbing". There is a whole class of what has been called "obsessive parents" that will find something wrong with all things parenting, but the simple truth is that most seasoned parents who have shared Carl with their children will attest to how loved the books are. I either read or heard somewhere that the series is intended, in part, as a veiled protest of modern parents' reliance on day care. The lack of words provides excellent opportunity for language development; ask questions of your child and listen to the (often funny) things they see within the books' pages...you will be amazed at how much your grown-up eyes are incapable of seeing any longer. You don't have to like rottweilers, or even dogs, to enjoy Carl! |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-29 00:00>
I loved this book! It is just cute! Sarah, the mom, has to do some errands for a while and asks Carl to take care of Madeleine. While Sarah is gone, the two of them have fun while jumping on Sarah's bed, dancing, having a snack, and Carl even gives Madeleine a bath! Just as Carl sees Sarah coming home, he cleans up the mess downstairs. When Sarah comes in she says, "Good dog, Carl!" just likes the book. I suggest this book to young kids who love canines! |
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