A family story with a humorous twist featuring Skitty, the dog. Skitty is magnetic-she attracts food and people. Everyone knows a dog like Skitty and will delight in this story and in Whatley's soft, realistic illustrations.
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PreSchool-Grade 3?This book requires readers' understanding and acceptance of the premise that pets rule the home. Of course, it's easier to believe when that pet happens to be an imposing white bull terrier with a sympathetic underbite and bi-colored, beseechingly human eyes. Whatley's realistic colored-pencil drawings of Skitty's antics will have youngsters giggling even if they don't own a pooch. The expressive illustrations, all of which provide a dog's-eye view, are delightfully absurd (and just barely exaggerated). It's hard not to smile at the ceaseless cajoling of this food vacuum cleaner. The "Mum" and "biscuit with tea" and, possibly, the baby's attire are the only giveaways that this is an Australian publication. That Magnetic Dog does for bulldogs what Livingston Taylor and Ted Rand's sympathetic Can I Be Good? (Harcourt, 1993) did for golden retrievers.?John Sigwald, Unger Memorial Library, Plainview, TX
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Bruce Whatley is well know for his successful children's books. Previous titles have included Looking for Crabs and Wanna Be Famous.
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My students loved this book about a "magnetic" dog that attracts a variety of things (mostly food)! We read this in class after studying about magnets so my students were able to point out the scientific misconceptions and enjoy this fun book!
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Whether you know that boxers are indeed "magnetic" or not, you'll love this book. I have given the book to several of my "boxer friends" and share it with my kindergartners. They enjoy the book, with the antics of this loveable dog!
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Great Book,
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This review is from: That Magnetic Dog (Picture bluegum) (Paperback)
What a cute book. My daughter loves to make the same faces as the dog does. She has read this book every day since she received it from the tooth fairy, and just cant get enough of it. Any dog lover would really like this cute book!
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