Dog Eared

Harvey, Amanda

ISBN 10: 0385908458 ISBN 13: 9780385908450

Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2002

Synopsis

“Out of my way, Big Ears!”
Otis is happily strolling in the park one day when a bully dog taunts him with this insult. Poor Otis is crushed. Defeated! Suddenly his ears seem much too large. And he doesn’t know what to do about them. . . .
From the Hardcover edition.

About this title

About the Author:

Amanda Harvey previously illustrated the Doubleday reissue of Charlotte Zolotow’s My Friend John. Here she is both author and illustrator.
From the Hardcover edition.

From Publishers Weekly:

Self-consciousness gets a shrewd appraisal in this tale of an insult, recounted by a white mutt with floppy brown ears. "I was walking home the other day/ when a large dog pushed into me and growled,/ `Out of my way, Big Ears!'/ Big Ears? I thought. Surely not./ But doubt crept into my mind." The anguished canine tries to glimpse himself in shop windows as his impatient owner tugs at his leash. At home, while the girl blithely reads a book, the hound folds and twists his ears in new styles and has nightmares of his ears filling up with wind and being tossed like a kite in a storm. Fortunately, "in the dead of night," his owner visits him and provides consolation: " `I love your large, silky, fabulous ears, Otis,' she whispered." The next day, the dog encounters the bully again, but his owner's pat on the head dispells his concerns. In gentle watercolors that complement the calm, retrospective voice, Harvey (Stormy Weather) matches the child's flyaway Pippi Longstocking braids to the pet's billowing ears. Like a best friend or a close family member, the girl understands the problem without having been told; her sincerity takes the sting out of a cruel remark, and the dog's internal monologue reflects a sense of humor as he slowly builds his confidence. Ages 3-6.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0385908458
• ISBN 13: 9780385908450
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Harvey Amanda