Dynamic Duos (NBA Fast Breaks) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

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"In a text as imaginative and skillful as his extraordinary color illustrations, Steig tells the comic, touching story of Caleb and his wife." --Publishers Weekly

"Steig is a superb artist with the literary ingenuity to produce durable, energetic stories." --The Horn Book
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"In a text as imaginative and skillful as his extraordinary color illustrations, Steig tells the comic, touching story of Caleb and his wife." --Publishers Weekly

"Steig is a superb artist with the literary ingenuity to produce durable, energetic stories." --The Horn Book

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details Reading level: Ages 9-12 Paperback: 79 pages Publisher: Scholastic Inc. (February 1, 1998) Language: English ISBN-10: 0590120794 ISBN-13: 978-0590120791 Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,364,713 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 79 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc. (February 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590120794
• ISBN-13: 978-0590120791
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,364,713 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CHILDREN AGE 10 AND UNDER WILL LOVE THIS ONE!, August 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Caleb and Kate (Paperback)

MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER LOVED FOR ME TO READ THIS STORY TO HER IN THE EARLY 80'S. LITTLE DID I KNOW I WOULD END UP WITH A GRANDSON NAMED CALEB.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The magic of making up, August 5, 2001

By	Alyssa A. Lappen (Earth) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Caleb and Kate (Hardcover)

In this delightful Steig classic Kate and Caleb argue over something silly. A furious Caleb wanders into the forest and falls asleep under a tree. While he dreams, a witch turns him into a dog. He comes home, of course, but can only bark. The bereft Kate wonders what became of her faithful mate, fearful that he did not know how much she cared, until one night robbers steal into the house, her dog scares them off and the witch's evil spell is undone. When Caleb is once again himself, he resumes a loving life with Kate. A great story to show kids that while grownups sometimes argue, they still love one another, and usually make up.

4.0 out of 5 stars Canine Metamorphosis, June 13, 2009

By	Lightman (New York) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Caleb and Kate (Paperback)

The twisted creativity of William Steig never ceases to amaze.

The book begins, "Caleb the carpenter and Kate the weaver loved each other, but not every single minute. Once in a while they'd differ about this or that and wind up in such a fierce quarrel you'd never believe they were husband and wife".

The illustration, as always, is absolutely evocative - Caleb pounds the table, Kate crosses her arms and stares her hubby down with a look of utter disdain, while the family cat takes it all in from the sidelines...

Caleb stomps out "pondering why he had married such a cantankerous hoddy-doddy" (what's a hoddy-doddy?), but eventually forgets what the fight was about as he remembers the "fragrant noodle pudding" that Kate was known for.

With these thoughts on his mind, he falls asleep in the forest, which is when, as is expected in quintessential Steig, things get a bit dicey and dark.

Along happens the witch Yedida (of all the things she might be named, why this?) who casts a spell on our snoozing protagonist, turning him from carpenter to canine in an instant.

The remarkable thing is that the dog looks just like Caleb.

The rest of the story is a tale of redemption.

Kate is frantic at the loss of her husband and gladly takes in the stray pooch, who, unbeknown to her, in fact is her beloved Caleb. She draws solace from this clever pet, while he deals with the anguish of trying to communicate, fighting tendencies to succumb to the pleasures of dogginess.

Ultimately, unexpected circumstances result in Caleb and Kate's being reunited as man and wife.

And so another excellent story by William Steig comes to its conclusion: "Much later, when they were able to talk intelligently, Caleb told her, or tried to tell her, what had happened - so far as he knew. What had actually happened they never found out. Like many another thing, it remained an mystery".