Chicken Soup for Little Souls: a Dog of My Own (Chicken Soup for the Soul) - Hardcover

McCourt, Lisa; Canfield, Jack; Hansen, Mark Victor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1558745556 ISBN 13: 9781558745551

Publisher: Hci, 1998

Synopsis

Ben rescues a dog who is afraid of everything and uses love and patience to earn his confidence and bring out his good qualities.

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About the Authors

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling coauthors of the thirty-one books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, are professional speakers who have dedicated their lives to enhancing the personal and professional development of others.

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling coauthors of the thirty-one books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, are professional speakers who have dedicated their lives to enhancing the personal and professional development of others.

Lisa McCourt has always worked in children's publishing and has written over a dozen books for children. She currently operates her book packaging company, Boingo Books, in Boca Raton, Florida, where she lives with her husband, Greg, and their son, Tucker.

Pat Grant Porter lives, works and watercolors in New York City. She has illustrated more than twenty-five books.

Bert Dodson has illustrated more than sixty books for children. He lives with his wife, Bonnie, in Bradford Vermont.

Reviews

K-Gr 3--Ben's fervent dream of owning a dog is about to be realized. On the way to pick up his new collie pup, however, he and his friend Kelly encounter their neighbor, jarringly referred to as "Old Man Ackerman," who is trying to coax a scrawny stray out of the bushes so he can take him to the pound. Ben kindly decides to adopt the dog, whose name tag reads "Duke," and forgo the coveted puppy. Duke is fearful and suspicious for weeks but the boy continues to love him. Finally, the dog warms up to him. The prose is awkward and occasionally ungrammatical. The human characters remain wooden in both words and illustrations although Duke does have a certain woebegone charm. The stylized paintings have a flat look and sometimes strange proportions. On one page, Kelly's mother appears to be smaller than her daughter. This tale has too much message and too little liveliness. There are many better choices--picture books that are full of life and doggy personality such as Rosemary Wells's McDuff Moves In (Hyperion, 1997), Gene Zion's Harry the Dirty Dog (HarperCollins, 1956), Margaret Rey's Pretzel (Houghton, 1997), and Cynthia Rylant's Henry and Mudge (S & S, 1990).

Sue Norris, Rye Free Reading Room, NY

Copyright 1998 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hci
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558745556
• ISBN 13: 9781558745551
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Krenina Katya
• Number of pages: 32