Notso Hotso - Hardcover

Fine, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241141389 ISBN 13: 9780241141380

Publisher: Puffin, 2001

Synopsis

Suddenly Anthony the dog can do nothing but scratch. Everyone finds this disgusting - including Anthony - and soon it's time for a visit to the vet. Anthony has a skin problem and must have all his fur shaved off except that on his head and his tail! He knows he will look ridiculous, he knows everyone will laugh at him and that's notso hotso! But instead everyone thinks he's a lion and so he is treated with respect and never laughed at.

About this title

About the Author

Tony Ross was born in Wandsworth, but moved during the war to Cheshire. He ended up at the Liverpool Regional College of Art after despairing of working with his first love - horses. He went into teaching after a bad day in an advertising agency, where he was art director, and at first taught in all sorts of areas - design, advertising, typography. At that time he was drawing cartoons in magazines like Punch. He has written and illustrated many popular books for children including Foxy Fables, I'm Coming to Get You and Naughty Nigel, all published in Puffin. He lives in Cheshire with his wife and daughter.

From Booklist

Gr. 2-4. The author of Alias Madam Doubtfire (1988) and other popular stories writes with the same delicious wickedness for a younger audience in these two illustrated chapter books, originally published in Britain. Pets are the narrators here, and they speak with venom and spirit about their owners. In Diary, Tuffy the cat is in trouble for killing a bird ("So hang me. I killed the bird. For pity's sake, I'm a cat"), but did Tuffy also get the rabbit next door? Mystery is woven into the sly pet story, and Cox's black-and-white artwork shows the hissing, spitting cat standing up to a furious dad and a "sniveling" kid. The hero of Notso Hotso is a mangy dog, Anthony, who is treated with disgust when he gets a bad itch ("in places my bum was raw"). After his owners have him shaved, the once gruesome, yucky mongrel feels suddenly powerful and confident--because he looks like a scary lion. Ross' line drawings, full of action and expression, effectively capture the transformation. Both books will be great for reading aloud and reading alone. Hazel Rochman
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Edition details

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241141389
• ISBN 13: 9780241141380
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96