Monday, January 28, 2013

# 7 How To Be A Good Dog


   
Title: How To Be A Good Dog
Author: Gail Page
Illustrator: Not Available
Publishing Company: Bloomsbury U.S.A Childrens Books
Copyright Date: 2006
# of Pages: 28

Genre/ Category: Picture Book





        I chose this book because it was about a dog and that is my favorite kind of animal. This book is about a dog named Bobo.  He tries to learn how to be a good dog and while Mrs. Birdhead is out, the cat tries to teach him how to sit, heel, fetch, lie down, shake, and fetch.

      The Illustrations in this book are made using acrylics. Many of the pictures in the book look as if they were drawn and then painted. The illustrations in this book are very basic. They do not depict very much detail.

      This book would be good to use with lower elementary kids when discussing how they should behave. Students could compare and contrast how the rules Bobo had to follow are different than the rules we have to follow.  Also the teacher could use this story when working with comprehension by having the students make a list of things that they remember the dog learning to do.  The teacher could also have the students to  discuss if the story is fiction or nonfiction and would we really see a cat teaching a dog how to do these things. This book does not have any awards.

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