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The Dog Who Cried Wolf

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My two-year-old daughter and I love Keiko Kasza's books. When I found out about this book, I made a trip to the library and checked it out right away. This story is really cute and very funny. The illustration is a bit different from Kasza's other books. The pictures look more like a cartoon than those in her other books. It became my daughter's favorite book right away. We have to read it everyday, at least 3 times a day. We once made a record of 7 times in one day. It turns out that she can read the whole book herself. She can memorize every single word. She particularly loves to howl "Haoooooooooo..." just like the dog, Moka, and the wolves. It's such an outstanding book: excellent story and wonderful illustration. Great job, Kasza!

Moka was a typical housepet until one day when his owner, Michelle, read a book about wolves. Suddenly Moka decided that there must be more to life than dry food, walks on a leash, and tea parties with Michelle.

He runs away to the mountains to live the life of a wolf. But Moka learns that hunting isn't as easy as it looks, and eventually comes home for a happy reunion with Michelle.

Written and illustrated by Keiko Kasza, this story is quick-paced and funny. The artwork is excellent, especially the eye-catching cover illustration featuring Moka howling at the moon.

The "running away from home" theme is a classic that goes back to the parable of the prodigal son, and this retelling presents it in a form that children, especially animal lovers, will really enjoy. Kids will also like the funny ending to the story.

Definitely an enjoyable bedtime read.

This is one of my favorite book to read to my toddler girl. She loves to hear us reading this book. Week after week, she wants to hear the story. As parents, we never gets bored with re-reading it either. This is about an adventurous dog who yearns to get freedom and his lessons of running away from home. It subtly reminds young minds of lurking dangers of venturing for the greener-other-side. I believe the story and illustrations are by author, Keiko Kasza, I have to give special mention to the beautiful full page illustrations. The best of all, the story ends with a funny punchline. Some books are well received by my little one but others are not. This is one of those gems where my 3 year old loves to participate and discuss the story. Highly recommended for parents of 2-5 year old children.

I truly enjoyed this story The Dog Who Cried Wolf. This picture book is a wonderful story about a dog named Moka. He was quite content with his house pet lifestyle until one day when his owner, Michelle, reads him a book about wolves. Moka builds the courage to run away and thinks that being a wild dog is the best thing that ever happened to him. This story follows the fun of Moka's new adventures. He is a very comical dog with a big heart and the illustrations are quite enjoyable. Children will giggle as they follow his story through reading. The author keeps the story exciting and full of funny events that keep readers interested.
This is a great book to use in the classroom. It is full of cartoon style, colorful illustrations that connect with the text (great for beginning readers). There are plenty of opportunities to pause the story and have students guess what they think will happen to Moka next. This book would also be great to use in classroom while teaching students about verbs, this story is full of them. Students could be asked to act out the different things that Moka does in the story.
Although this book is full of excitement, it also offers a valuable lesson to children, be yourself and love who you are. People love you for who you are, not what you are not. I do not want to give too much away, but it does have a happy ending that children and adults will enjoy.