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LaRue for Mayor: Letters from the Campaign Trail Hardcover – March 1, 2008

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Canine everyman Ike LaRue returns to take on the political machine in this gleeful tale, the third of Mark Teague's best selling, award winning DEAR MRS. LARUE series.

Ike finds his civil liberties at risk when Hugo Bugwort, the hard line mayoral candidate, promises to crack down on free-roaming, fun-loving dogs. As the anti-dog rhetoric escalates, Ike is compelled to join the political fray and run for mayor himself. Bugwort rethinks his pooch-policies when Ike selflessly helps rescue him after he collapses at a campaign rally. Told through letters to Mrs. LaRue and local newspaper accounts, Mark Teague delivers another excellent execution of split-screen visuals and uproarious escapades of the unforgettable Ike.

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4 - 8 years
Length

32
Pages
Language

EN
English
Grade level

Preschool - 3
Lexile measure

AD880L
Dimensions

9.3 x 0.5 x 12.3
inches
Publisher

The Blue Sky Press
Publication date

2008
March 1
ISBN-10

0439783151
ISBN-13

978-0439783156
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About the Author

Mark Teague is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator whose books include the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling How Do Dinosaurs... series, the LaRue series, FIREHOUSE!, FUNNY FARM, and many other humorous picture books. Mark lives in New York state with his wife and their two daughters.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Blue Sky Press; First Edition (March 1, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0439783151
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0439783156
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD880L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.08 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.25 x 0.5 x 12.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,143,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5,756 in Children's Dog Books (Books)
- #15,403 in Children's Humor
- #35,905 in Children's Literature (Books)

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Lynn Robertson

A book for adults as well as children

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2019

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Having lived with several wire fox terriers over the years, I love Mark Teague's Ike books. He knows these dogs and places them in characteristic and very funny situations.

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Mimi

Great for multi-lingual classrooms!

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2018

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Bought this with another version in Spanish for my multi-lingual classrooms. Students live being able to compare and this helps them to figure out the English language through exploration on their own, not just through instruction.

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2015

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The Ike Larue books are awesome! I'm a fourth grade writing teacher, and I use several, including this one, to teach persuasive writing. Ike (a dog) writes letters to his owner, Mrs. LaRue, and he tries to be oooooooh so persuasive. Really cute book!

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We Like Ike!!

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2008

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My 12 year old daughter and I have been waiting for the 3rd Ike LaRue book, so when she came home from school today and saw it waiting for her she lit up and was so excited!! She sat down and started reading right away, instead of turning on the the TV (Thank you Mark Teague!)..

Highly recommend all 3 books, so much fun.

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CT

Ike Rules!

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2016

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I love all of Mark Teague's "Ike Larue" books....great illustrations and witty story lines....Love reading them to my grandson. It also helps that my dog George, looks exactly like Ike!!!..

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Paula Parker Schultz

Ike LaRue RULES

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2013

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All these books are my favorites... our kids simply loved them, and whoever reads them will love them also. As your kids get older they still enjoy reading about IKE, and start to understand a bit of the grown up humor

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A. Jonker

Book Review: LaRue for Mayor

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2008

With election season in full tilt "LaRue for Mayor" comes along to join in the politicking.

The plot is this: Hugo Bugwort is running for mayor and he is a very anti-dog candidate. Ike sabotages Bugwort's campaign and eventually tries to start his own candidacy.

If you're reading a LaRue book (there have been two previous titles), you're gonna get two things: written correspondence and vocab. "Mayor" continues this trend. In the first page Mrs. LaRue is sent to the hospital, forcing her dog, Ike, to communicate with her through letters. The gaps in the story are filled in nicely with articles from the daily newspaper. I'm sure that inventive teachers have used LaRue books for teaching letter writing - they can now incorporate "Mayor" as well.

Some sample vocabulary? Perilous, scurrilous, doubtless - these are not your run of the mill words for a picture book. And that's just a sample from one page. You've got to hand it to Mark Teague for using this language in a context that will help kids understand it. That's learning y'all!

The artwork is spot on. Do I need to mention that this is Mr. Teague we're talking about? The man's already on Children's Lit Rushmore (well, my Children's Lit Rushmore - ask to see the plaster of paris model I'm working on in my garage), and really requires no further comment other than "It's the cat's pajamas".

The storyline is where I start to have some hesitations. The plot makes sense, but it's not quite as compelling as the previous "LaRue" installments. Ike filling in Mrs. LaRue about the state of Bugwort's campaign didn't have me turning the pages with the same level anticipation as in the past. This is, mind you, a minor quibble with an overall winner.

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Kilaki23

Great to explain Elections!

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2012

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Very cute book! I read this to my kids around election time. It can go with city elections when we are learning about how our city works, or presidential election time too! My 4th graders love it!

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