Customer Reviews

Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers

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4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
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Laura Joffe Numeroff has a flair for the ridiculous. This charming tale gives the reader a serious case of the giggles from beginning to end. The illustrations are priceless as well. You will read this one again and again!

Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers is a gorgeous book. It is a series of ridiculous juxtapositions; my favorite of which being the wonderful illustration for "goats never shave." The pictures for "Moose don't go bowling" and "Fish don't eat bagels" made me laugh.

My wife (who is very practical) says that the book is "useful" because after you read the book to a child, you can then give them a sheet that says something like: --blank-- don't wear --blank--. The child may then fill in the blanks and draw their own ridiculous picture-thereby expanding their imagination.

Underhanded schemes and ulterior motives aside, this book is cute; and worth a look.

My kids love Laura Numeroff books anyway, but this has to be one of their all time favorites. My two-year-old quotes this book all the time, and if we ever want to make her laugh, we just recite a few verses. It is perfect for bedtime, and one that definitely belongs in every child's library. The illustrations are wonderful, too.

I'd rather give this a 3.5...

Good: Charming drawings, fun whimsicality, nice rhyming

Bad: Storyline kind of dropped in and out for me. First it was about what doesn't happen "dogs don't wear sneakers", then it was about imagining things that don't happen and finally it mentioned dreaming. It just didn't quite flow for me.

When my daughter was 2, we used to read this book every night! It got to the point where she had memorized the entire thing and would "read" it to me! My daughter is 13 now and that book is long gone, but i am going to buy it again for my unborn nephew! I want his mom to have the great memories that I have with this book!

This is an adorable rhyming book about what animals don't do (example: rabbits don't sunbath on a beach, frogs don't catch a cab on a date, bears don't have bathtubs in a cave, etc.). At the end, you get to decide what animals can do in your imagination and dreams. It's written by the author or the series, If You Give a Moose a Muffin/ Mouse a Cookie. The rhymes are great and the illustrations make it all the more fun. It's just an all around silly and fun rhyming book to read to your child. Great book!.

Do animals wear clothes, take baths or have jobs? Find out in this delighful humorous book with hilarious illustrations that rhymes as it goes along. Enjoyable to read and perfect for little ones that loose interest quickly.

I've been a fan of Joe Mathieu's work since I read "Big Joe's Trailer Truck" as a kid. And when my brothers bought "The Giant Book of Strange but True Sports Stories" (both first & second editions) I would sneak into their bedroom and lay around reading both of them, admiring his illustrations for hours. Now I'm happy to say my 18 month old son enjoys his work as well, with the Gnu House being a particular favorite! This book is so clearly illustrator-driven, there are few who could handle such wacky sentences with such style and fun as Mr. Mathieu.