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Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat, The

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My sons have a very battle-scarred copy of this wonderfully illustrated version of Eugene Field's poem "The Duel." Every night for months it was their requested bedtime story -- the rhythm of the lines tickled them and they loved the drawings of the dog, cat, clock, and old Dutch plate.

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The poem by Field "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat" is available in a variety of anthologies for children who enjoy poetry for its own sake. It is also an excellent choice for parents to memorize and recite to their children: "The gingham dog and the calico cat/ Side by side on the table sat". But for parents who are more comfortable with a book and children who are more comfortable with pictures, this book is an excellent choice - right down to their eating each other up!

This is a beautiful book - the poem was a favorite of my grandmother who used to recite it to us. The book has beautiful illustrations. The dog, especially, is very like the Doulton china salt shaker my grandmother kept on the breakfast room table. It would have been perfect, except that Amazon slapped a big ugly price sticker right on the front dust cover that is very hard to remove. I'm working on it, but some will remain! And guess what, I cannot find a place where I can send this complaint directly to amazon! So it has to be here where they probably wont look.

I ordered this book for my aunt from Awesome Books. I never received it. It was a huge disappointment. Awesome books said they mailed it. I did get reimbursed a month after the order went in. I guess they don't track their orders. I would be hesitant to order from Awesome again.