My Dog, Cat - Hardcover

Crisp, Marty

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823415376 ISBN 13: 9780823415373

Publisher: Holiday House, 2000

Synopsis

Ten-year-old Abbie, bullied at school for being small, wants to get a big black dog, but two months of living with a little Yorkshire terrier changes his mind about a number of things.

About this title

About the Author:

Marty Crisp has published many award-winning books for children and adults, and has been a newspaper journalist for thirty years. She often writes about animals that hold a special interest, and a special place in her heart. In her work on White Star, a book about a dog on the Titanic, Marty did original research, interviewing the families of Titanic survivors and other premier Titanic historians. In was during her research for White Star that she uncovered the true story of the Titanic’s cat that saved a young boy’s life. She has written many books about animals in the popular "Everything" series.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 2-4-In contemporary suburbia, fourth-grade Abbie dog-sits for his aunt's Yorkshire terrier. Already picked on by the school bully, he hates the thought of escalated teasing when out in public with a sissy dog. However, bonding begins when he rescues Catullus from being dressed as a doll and, of course, boy and dog are totally attached at book's end when Cat catches a robber and stands up to the bully and his Akita. The tale is sweet, if predictable. Cutesy brand names ("Fabulous Filly" pony toys) are annoying and slang terms ("geek" and "wazzup") will date the conversations. Some unlikely details are distracting, as when spelling-bee words include a number of dog breeds. Kelley's drawings of the pup are precious, but the human characters are less successfully rendered. True dog lovers will enjoy the story, as well as the advice on dog shopping in the afterword.-Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA

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About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0823415376
• ISBN 13: 9780823415373
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Kelley True