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Pinkerton & Friends (Dial Books for Young Readers)

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Oh, Steven Kellogg can write too. But, many of the 138 hardcover Amazon results, and there are more if you count all formats, are written by others. It would seem that anyone who illustrates as well as Kellogg could find a few words to go with his pictures. I wish my favorite "Barney Bipple's Magic
Dandelions" had been included, but it must have been very difficult to choose eleven from such a prodigious work. (The eleven titles in this book, just because they are not listed above, are: "Can I Keep Him?," "Pinkerton, Behave," "Much Bigger Than Martin," "The Mysterious Tadpole," "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash," "The Christmas Witch," "Best Friends," "Ralph's Secret Weapon," "Library Lil," "Won't Somebody Play With Me?" and "The Island of the Skog.") "The Island of the Skog" alone is worth the price of admissions, particularily from the Amazon Marketplace. Kellogg's absurdly simple ink style combine with superb coloring creating one entertaining illustration after another. Recommended for school, public, and home libraries.

I'm a Kindergarten teacher and purchased this book for a visit with the author at our school. The children are enjoying his stories, and want to hear them over and over!

Having grown up down the street from Steven Kellogg, I may be a biased opinion, but you will not be disappointed with any pinkerton books you get. Fun books with great animations(what steven is known for), these books are classics and are ageless. Besides pinkerton, Kellogg also has classic remakes like paul bunyan aand others. Buy them all you and enjoy!

I bought this for all three of my kids. My kids are interested in reading books like this because they are funny. My daughter picked out Pinkerton Behave in her school library, and ever since she has wanted to read more of these books. This is the perfect book for kids who want fun stories to read. These stories will last a long time even I remember reading Jimmy's Boa when I was six years old in 1986. If teachers want to get kids interested in learning how to read you can't go wrong with Steven Kellog, Mike Thaler, and Robert Munsch books.

I bought this book a few weeks ago for my 5 year old. She loves all the Pinkerton stories and other Steven Kellogg books. This book is no different! SHE wants to read them all the time and she doesn't get tired of laughing at the stories.