Doggone Feet! - Hardcover

Helakoski, Leslie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590789334 ISBN 13: 9781590789339

Publisher: Boyds Mills Press, 2013

Synopsis

Ever wonder what’s going on in the mind of a dog? Here is an entertaining look at life from the point of view of a family pooch a canine with a tongue-twisting, fun way of talking, and some serious attitude. As the dog’s people family” grows, so does her dismay at having to share her space with so many new and noisy feet. But as she discovers, making room also brings new joy. With a happy surprise ending and charming illustrations full of humor, this is a heartwarming and doggone funny rhyming story that kids will ask for again and again.

About this title

About the Author:

Leslie Helakoski is the author of six picture books, including Big Chickens (winner, 2007 Michigan Reads! One State One Picture Book; winner, Great Lakes Great Books Award; and a 2006 Junior Library Guild selection) and Woolbur (a 2008 Book Sense Hot Pick and a Great Lakes Book Award finalist). This is the second book she has written and illustrated. She grew up in south Louisiana, and now lives with her family near Kalamazoo, Michigan.

From Booklist:

Legs, big and small, and an under-the-table smorgasbord of food and scattered household items make up the world of the nameless dog in this darling offering from Helakoski. This canine’s household was once a whole lot less chaotic, but her human family just keeps on growing. She accommodates each addition skeptically in rhyming, tongue-twisting verse, counting the newcomers in twos according to the feet added to her underworld, but as long as food keeps hitting the floor, it works out. Pictures in bright blues and yellows emphasize curves in a way that mimics the rollicking narrative and showcases the floor-level viewpoint. Only at the end, when some newborn puppy additions to the family appear, do we see the faces associated with Legs, Toes, Socks, Boots, Slippers, and Shoes (as our heroine refers to them). The finale sums up: “So under the table, / feet scooch on the floor / ’cause families always . . . / yes, always . . . / make room for more!” Same goes for bookshelves filled with doggie picture books, right? Preschool-Grade 2. --Karen Cruze

About this edition

• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1590789334
• ISBN 13: 9781590789339
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40