The Poky Little Puppy (A Little Golden Storybook) (Hardcover)

by Janette Sebring Lowrey (Author), Gustaf Tenggren (Author) "FIVE little puppies dug a hole under the fence and went for a walk in the wide, wide world..." (more)
Key Phrases: four little puppies, poky little puppy

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Product Description
The #1 bestselling children's book of all time is now available in an upscale, collectible format. This classic tale about a curious little puppy has been enjoyed by children for over 50 years. Available for the first time ever in a this collectible Little Golden Storybook format. Look for all new Poky & Friends videos and stories to be available this fall!

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One of the original 12 Little Golden Books, The Poky Little Puppy has sold nearly 15 million copies since 1942, making it one of the most popular children?s books of all time. Now this curious little puppy is ready to win the hearts and minds of a new generation of kids.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: Golden Books; 1 edition (October 22, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307160262
• ISBN-13: 978-0307160263
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 6.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,023,486 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the book from my youth, January 18, 2007

By	N. Minton - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Poky Little Puppy (A Little Golden Book Classic) (Hardcover)

I was disappointed in the quality of this book. It seems flimsy and not of the quality I remember from when I was a child. In fact, the cover isn't as wide as the book pages, so they stick out and are sure to get tattered with time. Since it was only a few bucks I might try to find another copy that is of better quality.

32 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Addresses an important issue, March 10, 2003

By	Ian David Golder (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Poky Little Puppy (Big Little Golden Book) (Hardcover)

This was the first children's book to write honestly about the issue of pokyness. The subject is introduced in a gentle manner so as not to unduly embarrass a young listener who is struggling with pokyness. As someone else put it, "the puppy is the child who has failed to progress beyond the mirror-stage, surely." I couldn't agree more, or recommend this more highly for any parents with poky children.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It may not be a Caldecott Winner..., November 16, 2004

By	Jena (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Poky Little Puppy (A Little Golden Book Classic) (Hardcover)

...but the Poky Little Puppy is beloved by children of every generation. Early this summer I saw "Poky Little Puppy" t-shirts for adults being sold at a popular national retail chain near NYU. A few weeks later I still couldn't stop thinking about it, so I went back to buy one. They were all sold out. The store manager (who also was in his 30s) told me that all of their stores were sold out, both retail and online. People kept coming in asking if there was a wait list. I asked him if they were all college students, but he surprised me by saying that there were a fair number of adults. We started talking about our favorite books as children, and both had a good laugh over the fact that we'd loved the Poky Little Puppy as much as any of the classics by Sendak or Silverstein, but that as adults, we'd become blind adherents to the ratings, erroneously assuming that the Poky Little Puppy wasn't "real" children's literature because it won no awards or praise from the critics. As I was walking out, I turned and asked him if he remembered the book's refrain whenever the puppies rolled down the hill. He grinned and, in unison, we both said: "And down they went to see, roly-poly, pell-mell, tumble-bumble, till they came to the green grass; and there they stopped short." Needless to say, this book now has a place on the bookshelf of every child in my family--and they all love it just as much as I did.