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Nine diggity dogs get ready to join a doggone jamboree!Meet Tinkles, Gracie-pants, Lovie, Fritzie, Weenie, Walter, Comet, Ike, and Jack. It's time for these pups to let their owners dress them up in costume! But one of them is shy. Another is too jumpy. Do any of them really want to join the fun? Once they see the silly and cute duds they're wearing, they will! But they need to hurry--the dog parade won't wait forever. And it's not to be missed!
Author Notes
Barbara Joosse is the best-selling author of over thirty books for children. The various editions of her Mama, Do You Love Me? , illustrated by Barbara Lavallee and published by Chronicle Books, have sold more than a million copies. Barbara lives in a little stone house in Wisconsin.
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 1-Dogs of all types and sizes comply with their owners' wishes and don costumes for a parade. Whether readers' laugh or groan at the prospect of canines cavorting in clothing, youngsters will recognize the behavior of certain breeds ranging from a frisky terrier to a shy hound, and they all aim to please their humans. The lighthearted artwork is rendered in gouache on watercolor paper. Each pooch portrait is isolated on a page with a plain pastel background so that viewers can fully appreciate the dog's facial expression and reaction to his costume. Fans of David McKee's Elmer's Special Day (Andersen, 2009) and the story-line sequence of animals on parade will find a contrast here with Joosse's simple array of dog breeds expressing their opinions about the situation, without a traditional plot. While supplementary in nature, this book could be used with any costume-wearing theme, even Halloween.-Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
In Joosse's (Friends [Mostly]) enthusiastic collection of light verse, various dogs introduce themselves as they don costumes for a parade, but it's Yelchin's (Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku) humorous gouache illustrations that provide much of the book's appeal. Each dog tells its own story. A terrier announces, "I'm Tinkles. Gotta pee," while a mutt declares, "I was in the pound, and you found me./ You named me Lovie." Dog aficionados will appreciate the breed-specific traits the dogs possess. Jack the Chihuahua is a toughie ("yipyipyipyipyip.... Lemme at 'em. Lemme at 'em"), while the pug is a Southern belle ("Don'tcha love my smoky eyes-bat bat?"). Each dog's soliloquy is followed, at the turn of the page, with the dog dressed in a generally character-appropriate costume. The Chihuahua is shown in prisoner's stripes with a ball and chain, and the pug wears a pink-ribboned bonnet. The eventual parade, like an artist's portfolio, features a plethora of dogs marching in costume. Plot is beside the point: like an actual parade, the exuberant atmosphere-confetti, balloons, costumes, and all-is the main draw. Ages 4-8. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
Eight dogs humor their owners by allowing themselves to be dressed up for a neighborhood pet parade. Joosse's lighthearted text and Yelchin's humorous gouache illustrations on colored pages allow the different breeds--with wildly varying personalities--to shine in their costumes, from ghost to superhero to hot dog complete with bun. (c) Copyright 2012. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Dogs of diverse descriptions are coerced by their owners into participating in a costume parade in this less-than-engaging story that tries too hard to be funny.Each dog is introduced by name and characteristics on two facing pages with a portrait of the dog and a few lines of text from each dog's perspective. Key words and approximations of the dogs' barks and howls are set in varying typefaces and special treatments, interspersed with spot illustrations that delineate each dog's character. The introduction of each dog is followed by a double-page spread of the costumed canine, with one descriptive word set in huge type related to the choice of costume. A pug named Gracie-Pants is happy to put on her ruffled dress and beribboned hat (Charmin'!"), and an obliging dachshund wears a hotdog outfit ("Weenie!"), but some of the other dogs are reluctant to try on their costumes. Eight dogs in all are costumed for the parade, and in the final pages, they are joined by other furry friends with floating balloons and sprinkles of confetti. Yelchin's amusing gouache illustrations provide plenty of personality and clever humor for the pooches, but the overly cheery text, exaggerated canine noise approximations and a glut of exclamation marks don't add up to a noteworthy story. (And the bathroom jokes surrounding the dog named Tinkles get old fast.)Let this parade pass you by. (Picture book. 3-5)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
