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It's a Dog's Life (Hank the Cowdog, No. 3)

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Hank The Cowdog it's a dogs life is a funny book. Drover
tells Hank it's the end of the world
but when Hank gets the calendar he finds
out that it's not the end of the world
it's really the end of the clearance sale
so he was tricked by a cat. I give
Hank the Cowdog five stars

Hank The Cowdog it's a dogs life is a funny book. Drover
tells Hank it's the end of the world
but when Hank gets the calendar he finds
out that it's not the end of the world
it's really the end of the clearance sale
so he was tricked by a cat. I give
Hank the Cowdog five stars

This is an interesting experience about how Hank (head of ranch security) leaves and goes to the town to visit his sister Maggie. She tricks him into eating an ivory bar of soap. Then he gets caught by the dog pound and they think he has hydrophobia. However, Hank manages to break out.

This is the halarios story when Hank goes uptown to visit his siter Maggie. whiel teaching Maggie's pups,Spot Roscoe Barbra and April who to be a cowdog he ends up in the pound!!he also has interesting adventures such as" the ivory dog bar".

This book is about a dog called Hank. He goes on these crazy missions. For example, he has this mission where he tries to get the steaks from the kitchen.

I gave this to my nephew for Christmas. The vocabulary is a little too complex for a first grader, but that will enable him to enjoy this and the full collection I intend to get for him for many years to come.

I loved this book a lot, and I would recommend it too anybody! It is funny, and it was a joy to read! The main character was a dog nicknamed "Hank", although his real name is "Henry", which is not mentioned much in this book. There are a couple of little mysteries in it. The first one starts when another dog on the same farm as Hank, named Drover, awakens Hank from his nap to tell him that he heard that the world will end the next day at 3:00 p.m. Hank reacts in a very worried way, saying how it must be impossible for the world to end, although Drover tells him that's it's very true, and he's positive. Then, one of the farmers/owner's of the farm (named Sally May) runs into her car and leaves the farm. They both assume that she has heard the news, and that she is trying to get out of this world. Hank figures out that Drover heard the news from a cat, named Pete. They question him, and he says that he overheard Sally May speaking on the phone, and then write down "End of the World 3:00 p.m." on the calender. How will Hank figure out if this is ture, or not?
Another little mystery in this same book is that in part of the book, while Hank is vistiting his sister, who prepared him a dinner one night, as he finishes eating, he soon realizes that bubbles are coming out of his mouth! He starts to feel sick, and so he runs out into an alley, so that he won't dissapoint his sister because of how bad the food he was fed by her was. Then a van pulls up...
Why would his sister, Maggie ever feed him something that makes him burp up bubbles, and make his mouth start foaming? Read to find out.

I introduced Hank to my 8 year old grandson who is not a reader. At this point he is listening to the audio while reading the book. Next step will be reading the book alone. So far, it's working.

I first discovered Hank the Cowdog back in'96, when a Montana shopowner talked me into buying some of the books for my niece. I've been a fan ever since. Hank's often mistaken impressions of the world around him through the eyes of a ranch mutt are highly entertaining and often hilarious. The books make great conversation starters for parents and kids, and are, in short, a delight. The books on tape (read by the author) are just as fun -- maybe even more-so for trips in the car with kids. The miles have flown by before you know it.

This is a good book for my 4th grade son. It is hard to find books on his reading level that hold his interest. The narator of the story is Hank the cowdog (also self proclaimed head of ranch security). The chapters are only 3 or 4 pages and give my son a sense of accomplishment for being able to read a couple of chapters each night.
Hank also has a few pronuciation problems, allowing the young reader to identify correct pronunciation and grammer. The stories are interesting and funny and have really improved my son's interest in reading as well as his grades in reading and language skills.

I love all the Hank books, and this is a great one for the Christmas season. These books are hilarious and more important to the young reader, fun to read. I'd also check the rest of the series.

Author of "Hobo Finds A Home" editor "Of A Predatory Heart"