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Dogs
Big dogs, small dogs, stroppy dogs and soppy dogs . . . Gorgeous canines of every shape, size and colour are bounding through this irresistible book. Can you choose one dog to love best of all? With playful pencil and watercolour illustrations to delight children and adults alike, everyone will long to bark along with the Chihuahua and tickle the Dalmatian's tummy. A wonderfully satisfying book with a twist in the tail.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published February 6, 2009
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Emily Gravett
77 books277 followersEmily Gravett is twice winner of the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal and the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Bronze Award for WOLVES and LITTLE MOUSE'S BIG BOOK OF FEARS. An author/illustrator of unique talent and tremendous skill, she has a host of critically acclaimed books to her name, including BLUE CHAMELEON, WOLF WON'T BITE! and AGAIN! Emily lives in Brighton with her partner and their daughter.
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September 8, 2024
2010, March 6
I love Gravett's art, so would have enjoyed this book regardless. Actually, we all loved it, and everyone had to pick out their favorite dog. The picture of the Old English Sheepdog explosively shedding is worth the price of admission.
Library copy
I love Gravett's art, so would have enjoyed this book regardless. Actually, we all loved it, and everyone had to pick out their favorite dog. The picture of the Old English Sheepdog explosively shedding is worth the price of admission.
Library copy
January 30, 2021
Read in 2011 — A charming book that celebrates dogs of all shapes and sizes. Beautiful illustrations.
January 27, 2016
The art was cute in this book but there wasn't much to it. It was definitely for very young readers which is fine. The gist of it was I like big dogs and small dogs, slow dogs and fast dogs, this and that etc. It wasn't very exciting. What I did like and think was great was the last page with the unexpected twist on it. It turns out that the narrator isn't just some unnamed voice in the sky or a child. That gives the book a little bit of an edge I suppose. At least the dogs were cute and there was a basset hound included so that's a plus for me.
August 11, 2019
Un maravilloso libro ilustrado en donde los perros son los protagonistas. Cada página es una verdadera obra de arte que se disfruta por sí sola. Libro recomendado para niños y niñas y también para doglovers y fans de los libros ilustrados. La edición también es preciosa, tapas duras e ilustraciones a todo color.
September 29, 2012
3* art
3* cool dogs
Squirt just loves it when I bark like a dog. Laughs and laughs. The neighbors are beginning to wonder about me. I blame this book.
3* cool dogs
Squirt just loves it when I bark like a dog. Laughs and laughs. The neighbors are beginning to wonder about me. I blame this book.
August 3, 2015
I am still hoping that Emily Gravett moves to the states. Just long enough for her to grab a much deserved Caldecott. She is a gifted writer and illustrator.
September 13, 2010
As I read this, I kept thinking, I thought this would be funny because it's Emily Gravett..... She saved the funny 'til the end. :)
October 31, 2020
A lovely book about all different types of dogs. WOuld be good for looking at opposites with lots of examples. There is a funny twist at the end of the book which was unexpected. Before you read to the end you could get children to predict who is narrating the book. I would read the book as a read-aloud story to FS and year 1 children. It could be extended to use with year 2 for exploring opposites.
February 6, 2011
Several years ago, Megan and I read a picture book called Wolves by Emily Gravett, and were struck by how funny and clever and all-around excellent it was. So when I saw Dogs while wandering through Barnes & Noble in search of a page-a-day calendar, I was really excited: Emily Gravett, yay! And I love dogs! And the cover features a dog holding its own leash in its mouth, which is pretty much unfailingly cute! So I put it on hold at the library, and Megan came over, and we read it. And, well, it's sweet. But it's no Wolves.
I think mostly the issue is just one of intended audience: Wolves was aimed at grades 1-3, so it's got some good verbal and visual play happening, while Dogs is aimed at younger kids, preschool to grade 1, so it's more basic, with simple and straightforward text. Each pair of facing pages includes a pair of dogs—or sometimes more—. Page A is "I love dogs that [do/are thing x]" and page B is "and dogs that [do/are the opposite of thing x]." I can see how this is good for little kids: there's lots of space on the page, the sentences are easy to follow and teach about opposites, and the dogs are undeniably endearing.
For a grown-up reader who isn't reading to a kid, the art isn't quite enough to carry the book, but it's still pretty great. The endpapers feature black and white drawings of different dogs, labeled by breed: a happy-looking Saluki, a solid little Bull Terrier, a wary-looking [English] Bulldog, a cuddly-looking Shar-Pei. The color illustrations in the main part of the book are fleshed-out and sweet and often funny: the title page features a worried-looking St. Bernard holding a ragged toy bunny in its mouth; another spread includes a concerned-looking Westie watching a German Shepherd and another big dog tear the stuffing out of another toy; another spread includes two bigger dogs looking dismayed at a tiny Chihuahua's loud barking. Gravett captures the dogs really well in various poses—at rest or running or playing—and the different personalities of different dogs/breeds come across.
I think mostly the issue is just one of intended audience: Wolves was aimed at grades 1-3, so it's got some good verbal and visual play happening, while Dogs is aimed at younger kids, preschool to grade 1, so it's more basic, with simple and straightforward text. Each pair of facing pages includes a pair of dogs—or sometimes more—. Page A is "I love dogs that [do/are thing x]" and page B is "and dogs that [do/are the opposite of thing x]." I can see how this is good for little kids: there's lots of space on the page, the sentences are easy to follow and teach about opposites, and the dogs are undeniably endearing.
For a grown-up reader who isn't reading to a kid, the art isn't quite enough to carry the book, but it's still pretty great. The endpapers feature black and white drawings of different dogs, labeled by breed: a happy-looking Saluki, a solid little Bull Terrier, a wary-looking [English] Bulldog, a cuddly-looking Shar-Pei. The color illustrations in the main part of the book are fleshed-out and sweet and often funny: the title page features a worried-looking St. Bernard holding a ragged toy bunny in its mouth; another spread includes a concerned-looking Westie watching a German Shepherd and another big dog tear the stuffing out of another toy; another spread includes two bigger dogs looking dismayed at a tiny Chihuahua's loud barking. Gravett captures the dogs really well in various poses—at rest or running or playing—and the different personalities of different dogs/breeds come across.
September 22, 2016
Hienoja kuvia koirista, mutta ei hirveästi muuta. Kuvakirjan juju on siinä, että koiria luetellaan vastakohdikkain: pidän koirista jotka haukkuvat ja jotka eivät hauku, jotka ovat karvaisia ja jotka eivät ole jne. Ehkä toimii aivan pienille lapsille. Lopun yllätyskäänteestä plussaa. Mutta aivan pienet taaperot eivät kyllä välttämättä ymmärrä sitä.
January 2, 2011
A great book for comparing dogs of all sizes, breeds, and behaviors.
May 8, 2013
Cute
June 3, 2016
Cute and easy story that talks about all the shapes, sizes, and types of dogs.
*check out the inside cover that lists out all the breeds of dogs in the book.
*check out the inside cover that lists out all the breeds of dogs in the book.
December 17, 2017
I think Emily recommended this one to me. I feel the narrator and I are on the same page when it comes to the dogs we like. :-)
November 1, 2018
Lovely illustrations, read in English Seminar. Good for Early Years introducing pets and varietry of dogs, pretty simplistic.
July 9, 2019
There are many different types of dogs, big dogs, little dogs, spotty dogs, dogs that play, and many others. Of all the different types of dogs, the protagonist likes them all except one.
August 6, 2021
Simple, short - love the illustrations. Used for a dog story time.
September 13, 2021
This is a nice dog book, for people who care about those things. Good use of opposite words.
October 27, 2024
A good book to keep in the classroom for dog lovers! It was so sweet!
September 10, 2019
Grabbed a copy of this book from the library for my 9 month old son. He and I enjoyed the many dog illustrations (and I enjoyed finding out who the narrator was at the end!). Cute book, for very young readers, it doesn't get very wordy. Just focuses on the many types of dogs (big, small, long hair, short hair).
November 26, 2019
(Hardback, with board pages) The illustrations are rather nicely done, and as it says on the back, somewhat Gerald Scarfe-like. The text though, is so sparse, it takes barely a minute to read this book, even at your slowest pace. Nice, but not much to it. I read it in a shop. 3/5
September 3, 2019
A perfect picture book for younger children. The illustrations are so wonderful - funny and expressive. The text is a series of opposites (big/small, hairy/bald, scruffy/smart). The ending is sweetly funny. Great!
August 23, 2019
A simple introduction to a bunch of different, but lovable dogs, with a cute ending.
Going to try and start up a PAL program at my new branch this fall and this might be a good intro book to the program.
Going to try and start up a PAL program at my new branch this fall and this might be a good intro book to the program.
July 12, 2019
La historia tiene un narrador que no vamos a conocer hasta la último página. A este narrador le gustan los perros y da una lista de diversas personalidades y aspectos físicos de estos. Les gustan los tranquilos y los juguetones, los grandes y pequeños, los peludos y los no tanto, los que ladran y los que no, etc.
En cada página van apareciendo distintas razas de perros que describen los gustos de nuestro narrador: un gran danés cuando habla de perros grandes, un dálmata para los perros con manchas, un crestado chino para los perros pelones, etc.
Las ilustraciones son muy tiernas, con los rasgos de los perros muy humanizados, pues en ellos podemos ver una variedad de sentimientos y de expresiones. Son también muy coloridos y resaltan más por el fondo, que es un amarillo apagado tirando al color de la vainilla. La edición, como todas de esta editorial, está muy bien cuidada al milímetro y es de muy buena calidad.
En definitiva, es un libro muy tierno para los amantes de los perros. En ellos el pequeño va a aprender una serie de razas perrunas, a la vez que fomentará su amor por estos animales. Las ilustraciones son muy bonitas y sentimentales, pues se les humanizan en el sentido de que se reflejan sentimientos en sus rostros (alegría, enfado, miedo, etc.). Un libro con una lectura muy sencilla y rápida.
Más en mi blog La Gran Biblioteca de david (https://lagranbibliotecadedavid.blogs...)
En cada página van apareciendo distintas razas de perros que describen los gustos de nuestro narrador: un gran danés cuando habla de perros grandes, un dálmata para los perros con manchas, un crestado chino para los perros pelones, etc.
Las ilustraciones son muy tiernas, con los rasgos de los perros muy humanizados, pues en ellos podemos ver una variedad de sentimientos y de expresiones. Son también muy coloridos y resaltan más por el fondo, que es un amarillo apagado tirando al color de la vainilla. La edición, como todas de esta editorial, está muy bien cuidada al milímetro y es de muy buena calidad.
En definitiva, es un libro muy tierno para los amantes de los perros. En ellos el pequeño va a aprender una serie de razas perrunas, a la vez que fomentará su amor por estos animales. Las ilustraciones son muy bonitas y sentimentales, pues se les humanizan en el sentido de que se reflejan sentimientos en sus rostros (alegría, enfado, miedo, etc.). Un libro con una lectura muy sencilla y rápida.
Más en mi blog La Gran Biblioteca de david (https://lagranbibliotecadedavid.blogs...)
March 29, 2016
Overall, I loved this book! It is a funny picture book with great illustrations and an even better ending! Emily Gravett's storyline helps to teach children about opposites and has a fun ending that makes the characters relatable to children! I enjoyed the words and comparisons of the dogs described throughout the book and thought the ending was PERFECT for an Emily Gravett book. This book had no cutouts or extra pieces to it like usual Emily Gravett books, which made it both surprising but was still entertaining. Great book delivered by a great author!
March 16, 2010
Emily Gravett, Dogs (Simon and Schuster, 2009)
If you're familiar with Emily Gravett already, you've probably got a good idea of what to expect from this one; it's amusing, cute, vaguely educational, and with a twist at the end, though a much gentler twist than usual (no one gets eaten). Gravett's portraits of dogs (there's a breed key on the inside cover) are adorable. A good one for the toddler in the family. *** ½
If you're familiar with Emily Gravett already, you've probably got a good idea of what to expect from this one; it's amusing, cute, vaguely educational, and with a twist at the end, though a much gentler twist than usual (no one gets eaten). Gravett's portraits of dogs (there's a breed key on the inside cover) are adorable. A good one for the toddler in the family. *** ½
June 1, 2010
Dog lovers of all sorts will appreciate the wide-range of dogs featured in this book, from frilly pink poodles, to tough bulldogs, or dogs dressed in sweaters, to (my favorite illustration of the book, perhaps because I can completely identify) dogs surrounded by a cloud of hair. And those who aren't particularly fond of dogs, may especially enjoy the twist at the end when the narrator is finally revealed.
August 23, 2014
This is a simple book. Fast and fun. There's not much text but I love Gravett's rendition of dogs in the ilustrations. She really captures the essence of them and I like that each page juxtaposes two clearly different dogs against one another. My favorite part is the surprise reveal at the end of who is telling the story. If you want to know who that is, give this a read. It takes two minutes and it's got a surprise twist at the end.
December 14, 2013
Picked up this book from the library because I'm a huge fan of Gravett's art. And, I love the art just as much as I always do. She's a fantastic illustrator. But the text was just middling. It's not really all that different from any other book for toddlers about loving dogs.
If you have a kid who loves dogs, then this would be a great book to consider, as it's probably the most visually appealing one I've found.
If you have a kid who loves dogs, then this would be a great book to consider, as it's probably the most visually appealing one I've found.
January 17, 2016
This author/illustrator has a number of fun books.
The end pages show a number of different dog breeds.
The book begins "I love dogs. I love big dogs and small dogs...."
ends with "But the dog that I love best? Let's see ....."
The narrator is a little unexpected.
opposites. comparisons.
This might be a fun mentor text for first grade.
Would this be fun to pair with "Go Dog Go"?
The end pages show a number of different dog breeds.
The book begins "I love dogs. I love big dogs and small dogs...."
ends with "But the dog that I love best? Let's see ....."
The narrator is a little unexpected.
opposites. comparisons.
This might be a fun mentor text for first grade.
Would this be fun to pair with "Go Dog Go"?
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