Status
Checked out
Due 2024-04-20
Collection
Publication
Aladdin (1989), 48 pages
Description
Desperately wanting a pet to love, a boy decides to tame a prairie dog who has already decided to tame the boy for his own pet.
User reviews
LibraryThing member jrbeach
A sweet picture book, story in rhyme, about a boy who wants a pet. His parents can't afford a dog, so living by the desert he decides to tame a prarie dog. The prarie dog also wants a pet, and decides to tame a boy.
LibraryThing member seoulful
A long-time favorite children's book that will go into my permanent Children's Library. Two stories work simultaneously. A small Mexican boy longs for a dog, but his poor family can't afford one and a small prairie dog thinks it would be wonderful to have a human amigo. In simple rhyme and with
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lovely illustrations by Garth Williams, the two stories are woven together. A moving, uplifting ending to delight young and old. Show Less
LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
(record of first read lost in the transition from goodreads)
Not sure what to make of this. ?áI've loved other work by Baylor and by Williams, and I love the theme of the human boy and the prairie dog child taming each other, but something doesn't work as well as I would hope. ?áIs it that
Not sure what to make of this. ?áI've loved other work by Baylor and by Williams, and I love the theme of the human boy and the prairie dog child taming each other, but something doesn't work as well as I would hope. ?áIs it that
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Baylor's poem is too long, or possibly too long-winded? ?áIs it the unsettling juxtaposition of fantasy and reality? ?áIs it that I feel the depiction of the Indians (? Mexicans?) is somehow patronizing or something? ?áNone of those are?áintrinsically?ábad enough to take away a star from the rating, but something's off.... Show Less
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
48 p.; 10.25 inches
ISBN
0689712995 / 9780689712999
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Pages
48