Comments on: Book Review – The Dino Adventures of Cats & Dogs

By: Liberty Z.

Liberty Z. — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:08:09 +0000

If your looking for a good place to pick up some classic kids books check out David’s website — http://www.catrow.com

PS. I love your work & great post!

Lib

By: David Catrow

David Catrow — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:58:35 +0000

BY the way, here is one very important fact: MAX SPANIEL, the squishy and lovable sort that he is, (relative to the above mentioned Walter…) has virtually no carbon footprint- he emits no greenhouse gases. think about that, next time you’re in a bookstore; he is good for the earth.

By: David Catrow

David Catrow — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:27:19 +0000

I just wanted to thank you for posting my book on your blog – much appreciation!

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:40:36 +0000

Here’s a third vote for Walter the Farting Dog series. My personal favorite is the one about the cruise ship. My son’s favorite is the garage sale one. Yes, the grade 2’s still love it and they can start to read it themselves. I have to admit though – it is a hit at 3 years old too. When the grade 2 starts to read it to the 3 year old, it usually doesn’t get finished because of all the giggles.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:00:57 +0000

Yay Dr. Seuss!!! Cat in the Hat Rocks!!! My three year old is currently loving ‘The Glunk that got Thunk’ which is one of three Dr. Seuss stories published in the book, “I Can Lick Thirty Tigers Today.” Am I jogging any memories?

The Glunk is a character who is imagined by a young girl’s, ‘thinker-upper’ one evening after supper, and much to her surprise, The Glunk materializes right before her eyes!

He’s extremely rude and starts ringing up a huge phone bill whilst talking to his mother, long distance, about a recipe for stew :

“Now, mother plunk one berry razz,
Now plunk one berry blue,”

It’s SO much fun to read, and ranks high on the Goofy-meter.

By: Michelle Honeysett

Michelle Honeysett — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:20:09 +0000

Thanks for the book reviews, Robin. More for my classroom collection (shhhhh! Don’t tell my hubby!)… I’m with Dawn. Walter the Farting Dog is actually very clever! And definitely a favourite at the gr. 1 and 2 level. I’m not sure if it’s the story, or the fact that the teacher says “farting”… Either way, it is a fun read!!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:20:30 +0000

We love the Skippyjon Jones books that we have read and we own quite a few of the Hairy Maclary books mentioned by Marnie. I had a my doubts when I saw the cover of some of our now favourite books until I saw that our neighbours owned almost all of them and everyone was borrowing them. Walter the Farting Dog got huge laughs at our house with the kids and the adults. Walter is a goofy canine who get himself into trouble because of his flatulence problem.

By: Marnie

Marnie — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:16:20 +0000

Thanks for highlighting this one OBE. I am always on the lookout for books for my animal loving daughter who enjoys humorous characters. Some of our early faves that we frequently revisit are by Lynley Dodd: Hairy Maclary (best read with a Scottish accent) and Slinky Malinki, the cat who has a little klepto issue… “A tatty old sneaker, a smelly old sock and Jennifer Turkington’s pottery smock.”

By: megan l

megan l — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:04:29 +0000

A long standing favourite in our house has been Where the Wild Things are. It is so easy to really get into the dramatics of it!

By: Another Robin

Another Robin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:55:28 +0000

OH OH OH OH (not Ho Ho)
SkippyJon Jones and the Big Bones has been a firm favourite here for over a year now; mummy and daddy get quite linguistically overworked but it is worth it for the laughs.

Had never heard of Max Spaniel and his Dinosaur Hunt so looking forward to tracking that down.

One of our favourites is Miss Smith Rides Again (and I’ll check the author later) about a school teacher with a magical book to transport you anywhere – even to dinosaur times! There is a whole series but dinosaurs, what can I say? The Gruffalo always rates highly with the giggling crowd and we’re glad that series is continuing. All time tops? The Cat in the Hat! How glad we are that Seuss continues – the lad loves them all but the Cat is the favourite. Can’t wait to get him into some delicious Roald Dahl wickedness but they aren’t really goofy.

Ah, so many good books, so little whine………