Selby Speaks: More Adventures of a Talking Dog [Paperback]

Duncan Ball (Author), M. K. Brown (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997 | Age Level: 8 and up

Selby the only talking dog in Australia and possibly the world is back with more hilarious adventures! Young readers will laugh out loud as Selby catches the town's lightbulb thief, helps a canine pal win the dog show, outtalks a pesky parrot, and more all without letting his owners find out that he can speak. Includes free full-color bookmark.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-5. The talking dog returns. Most of his exploits revolve around not letting anyone know that he can speak, lest someone take advantage of him. There are some close calls, but Selby always triumphs and his secret remains safe. The canine is likable enough, but the other characters serve mainly as filler and devices to move the story along. After a few chapters, the endings become predictable?readers know that Selby won't be found out. The suspense (and fun) comes in seeing how the outcome is reached. While the stories are somewhat bland, there is quite a bit of humor that kids will appreciate, and they're sure to find the dog's antics amusing. The story-per-chapter format will appeal to reluctant readers, who won't have to read a whole book to get the payoff. This is by no means an essential purchase, but it's a fast, often funny read.?Arwen Marshall, New York Public Library
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Trophy Pr (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064406768
• ISBN-13: 978-0064406765
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,452,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for keeping your 7 year old boy chuckling for days, January 25, 1999

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This review is from: Selby Speaks: More Adventures of a Talking Dog (Paperback)

Our family is chortling through the Selby books as rapidly as we can buy them. Our seven year old, who is an avid reader of both fiction and non-fiction, thinks they are at least as good as Where's Wally's History of the World. We have to remove whichever Selby book he is reading at night or he would never go to sleep. We have learned the "Selby Supersnoop" song and it is sung at excrutiatingly regular intervals. The Australian context is excellent, but not a problem for readers in other countries. There are plenty of chuckles for the parents too! Thoroughly recommended!