I have often thought that it would be wonderful to own and run a book shop. Dog is of the same mind and in Dog Loves Books we see what happens when he opens his own book-filled shop. In Dog Loves Drawing Dog discovers that a blank book can be the starting point for a wonderful art adventure. Now Dog is back and this time he learns that counting numbers can also lead to adventures in far off places.
Louise Yates
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 7
Random House, 2013, 978-0449813423
Dog loves books and he loves to read book so much that he
often reads late into the night, even though he knows that he needs to get his
beauty sleep. Eventually Dog decides that it is time to set his book aside. He
puts on his sleeping mask and prepares to doze off. The problem is that he
cannot seem to fall asleep.
Dog tries
counting sheep but the sheep are not at all helpful. Maybe what Dog needs to do
it to count some other kind of animal. Dog opens a book about animals and the
first thing he encounters in the book is an egg. He counts “One,” and then
watches as the egg cracks open. A funny looking baby dodo steps of the egg and
into the world. Dog is Number One, and the dodo is Number Two, and now they
have to find Number Three.
Dog and the dodo
walk through the book looking for Number Three, and eventually they find a
sloth sitting in a tree. The sloth has three claws on each paw and so he
becomes Number Three. Counting from one to three as they go, Dog, the dodo, and
the three-toed sloth wander through the book looking for Number Four.
By sheer good
luck the three animals meet a desert camel. Since it has four legs, it is
perfectly suited to be their Number Four. Not only that, but the camel assures
Dog that his home in the desert is full of things that they can count.
Learning how to
count can be fun, if you are a little creative, and in this book Louise Yates
has found a wonderfully creative way to make counting interesting. She combines
tools for learning with a story that pulls the reader into Dog’s book world. As
we read we cannot help wondering what is waiting for us on the next page. What
new animal is Dog going to encounter, and what new adventure is he going to
have?
This is the
third book in a series of picture books that feature Dog.
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