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Description
Lisa wants a dog but her parents claim their apartment is too small, so she devises a plan to convince her parents she could take care of a dog.
Publication
NorthSouth Books (2009), 32 pages
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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
Originally published in Switzerland as Lisa will einen Hund, this delightful picture-book follows a young dog-lover named Lisa, whose many attempts to convince her parents to let her have a dog are invariably met with a negative response. "Our apartment is too small for a dog," her parents tell
Austrian artist Helga Bansch's artwork is charming: quirky, endearing and expressive. Lisa's emotional vacillations, from consciously persuasive virtue to petulant anger, come across very well. I appreciated the heroine's creative solution to a difficult problem, and recommend I Want a Dog! to all young readers (and their parents) who long for a pet they cannot have.
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her, so Lisa sets out to satisfy her canine craving in another way...Austrian artist Helga Bansch's artwork is charming: quirky, endearing and expressive. Lisa's emotional vacillations, from consciously persuasive virtue to petulant anger, come across very well. I appreciated the heroine's creative solution to a difficult problem, and recommend I Want a Dog! to all young readers (and their parents) who long for a pet they cannot have.
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Language
Original language
German
Physical description
32 p.; 8.76 inches
ISBN
0735822557 / 9780735822559