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The Five-Dog Night

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Ezra has five dogs. Betty comes over every day rain or shine to visit him and his dogs. Usually she gives them cookies but Ezra really doesn't care for her to come over. When all the dogs see her they bark and go down the hill to greet her. Then it started to snow. Then Betty started to drive her car up the hill to see them. She usually brought them (in the winter) hot cocoa and cookies. She tried to be kind and bring Ezra a quilt when it got colder, but he said no because it was not too cold. It was only a three or four dog night. Betty didn't know what he meant when he said that. One day Betty thought it was so cold she came over to make sure Ezra was alright. She walked in on him sleeping, and all of his dogs on him. Ezra got mad at her and Betty said that she would never come over again. Ezra began to get lonely when Spring came so he baked cookies for Betty and went down the hill to see her. To his surprise she said that she didn't need him as a friend, she had bought dogs of her own. Then they went inside and ate cookies, had tea and lived happily ever after.

My first graders fell in love Ezra and Betty. Their friendship crosses all age levels. The humor of using dogs to keep warm was quickly understood the children. This selection provided us opportunity to discuss settings and in-depth character anaylsis as Ezra changes from our first meeting through to the end of the story. I highly recommend this text for use in any classroom. It's a new favorite of our room!

This is a story about a man and he has five dogs he doese not like his neighbor because she bugs him so she proves that she is better so she gets her own dogs this is a good book you should read it.

The book came in exactly the condition stated...NEW. A great book for any dog owner who allows their dog(s) to sleep on the bed at night.