Sadie The Kitchen Dog - Hardcover

Chuck Engel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0615214444 ISBN 13: 9780615214443

Publisher: Charles William Engel, 2011

Synopsis

Sadie The Kitchen Dog uses a cute story, fun words, and whimsical illustrations to describe the excessive eating behaviors of Sadie, the family's black Labrador Retriever. Sadie spends most of the day in the kitchen and soon becomes extremely overweight. The family, which is also at fault, steps in to change Sadie's bad behaviors and help her return to an active, healthy lifestyle. Sadie The Kitchen Dog is very timely and pertinent to the serious problems of childhood obesity and obesity in pets. The book sends an important message to young children: if you have a sedentary lifestyle, eat too much, and eat the wrong foods, you will be like Sadie The Kitchen Dog. And it sends an important message to parents: if you don't play an active role in your children's and your pet's diet, exercise, and overall health, they will be like Sadie The Kitchen Dog. As the story goes, though, it's not hard to become active and healthy again by following a regular exercise program and a diet of nutritious and tasty foods.

About this title

About the Author

Chuck Engel began writing Sadie Stories shortly after his retirement from commercial real estate in 2007. He draws upon personal experiences with the family' black Labrador Retriever, Sadie. Beside being cute and entertaining, Chuck's stories often include a valuable lesson in life for the young readers. Chuck is a native Californian and graduate of UCLA where he and Murray Robertson(Illustrator) were fraternity brothers. Chuck is married to Cheryl and they have two children, John and his wife Sarah, Lisa, and a grandson Asher. Chuck has written a number of other Sadie Stories that he plans to publish in the future: Sadie Takes a Nap, Sadie Has Two Homes, Sadie Goes for a Smell, and Sadie Has a Dream(or is it a nightmare).

Review

Sadie The Kitchen Dog became a conversation starter in my preschool class. Every child has a story to tell about their own dogs and cats. Sophie B... I liked it when Sadie was fat. It was a funny story;. Victoria O... I like to read the story and look at the pictures. Nikki T... The part I liked best is when Sadie got a new rug and she was happy. Declan F...Sadie looks like a real dog, then she gets fat. And then she looks like a real dog again. --Kathy D.

Okay...you know how they say things happen for a reason. Well literally last Wednesday, the kids were getting ready for bed and Sophia chose Sadie. The book has now made its way to Christian's room and Sophia picked it to read to Christian. She of course had to tell him what a great book it is and how she loved it when she was little. We hadn't read Sadie in so long, but like I've told you before, it's still one of our favorites. --Indira R.

I read Sadie The Kitchen Dog so much that I memorized it well. It was my favorite book in the 1st grade. --Paityn T.

Edition details

• Publisher: Charles William Engel
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0615214444
• ISBN 13: 9780615214443
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 32
• Editor: Chuck Engel
• Illustrator: Murray Robertson