Bark, George

Hilarious story about poor George, who has lost his bark and replaced it with all sorts of animal sounds. Excellent for story times, preschool and schoolage.

Something's wrong with George. He can't bark! Instead he meows and quacks and oinks. A quick trip to the doctor will reveal the reason but not the funny and surprising ending. Spare and simple enough for the youngest children, the clever twist in the plot will delight children of all ages. A tried

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and true hit for storytime and read-a-louds.

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This is a very funny story of a dog who cannot bark like a dog. Everytime he tries to bark a different animal noise comes out of him. To find out, he has all differnet animals inside of him that the doctor pulls out! Then finally at the end George can bark! Cute book! very funny!

George can make lots of animal sounds, except the one he is supposed to--will he ever be cured? Award-winning author Jules Feiffer draws children into this comical plot starring George, the puppy who can't bark, and walks them through his visit to the veterinarian. The blank, monotone-colored

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backgrounds compliment the minimalist caricature-like illustrations that transcend the setting. A mild theme of non-conformity and uniqueness runs through the story-line while the repetitive yet crazy discoveries found inside of George delights children and allows them to find a comforting rhythm in the storytelling. The repetitive dialogue flows naturally and contains word choice that introduces new, easily remembered vocabulary. The characters and the plot stand out as the main attractions in this sure-to-be-popular book. While the illustrations only make a brief nod to cultural diversity, the fact that the main characters in the story are animals balance out this discrepancy. Five stars for excellent readability and engaging dialogue.

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This is a good storytime book because of the large-format, simple illustrations and the opportunities available to do funny sound effects and different voices. Even though this is one of those "highly recommended" picture books, it's not one that grabbed me as being exceptional or especially

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interesting. I also didn't love the illustrations. which seemed messy and uninspired. Perhaps I'm being unfair to the book - the person-swallows-fly-and-other-assorted -oddities picture book trope is not one that I like very much!

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This is a cute book about a dog, George, who won't bark. He moos, he quacks, he meows - he doesn't bark! (Sometimes when reading this book I go "Why can't his mom just let it drop? Who cares what he does!", but I'm reading too much into it then, and it's worth it to ignore this just to get to the

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punch line!) So he goes to the vet and... oh, I can't spoil the punchline. Let's just say your average four year old will die laughing.

Now, a special note to those people who think "go" can't ever mean "say":

You're ignorant, and I will enlighten you. Go to your bookcase and pull off your dictionary. I assume you do HAVE a dictionary. I have several... though alas, they're all out of date, forcing me to use Merriam-Webster online.

Now, open the dictionary to the entry for the word "go". If you don't want to bother pulling the book off your shelf, here's the link: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go

Keep reading, keep reading - wow, the word "go" has a lot of associated meanings, doesn't it! This is because of metonymy, of course - keep reading, turn the page, we're now at the transitive uses. Aha! Go, as a transitive verb, sense 7a (to cause a characteristic sound to occur) and 7b (to say).

You might not like it, but I don't like people saying "awful" to mean anything other than "full of awe" or "artificial" to mean anything other "made with artistic skill", or "amusing" to mean anything other than "astonishing". This is how Shakespeare spoke, and it's good enough for me! Why isn't it good enough for you?

(Aw, I'm being facetious. Language changes, guys! Get used to it. If your kid can't understand "go" to mean "say", they're going to be left out of a LOT of conversations!)

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This fun picture book portrays George, the puppy who meows, moos, quacks, oinks, but won't bark. George's mom gets so frustrated that she takes him to the vet, who pulls out a pig, cow, duck, and a cat. While walking home, George's mom tells him to bark for the people passing by and he says,

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"Hello."

Children will enjoy the colorful pictures and the humorous, off-the-wall storyline. Kids will especially enjoy the vet "pulling" the other animals out of George.

A fun project for the students would be to have a copy of the cover, have them color it and then cut a circle out on his belly. Next, I would tape a small ziplock bag to the back of the paper and the kids could then cut out a small copy of the animals that were found in George in the story. The kids could retell the story and pull out the animals along with the story.

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This is a wonderful children's book for younger elementary students (K-1st grade). It has pictures for early readers to practice the reading strategy of looking at illustrations to create meaning of the text. Every page has a picture that is directly related to the words on the page. There is also

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not many words on the page so a young reader could really develop their reading comprehension and skills from this book.

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This book tells a story of George, a puppy who cannot say “arf.” Everytime George’s mother says, “Bark, George.”, George goes “Meow.”, “Quauk-quack.”, “Oink.”, or “Moo.” George’s mother wants to know what George’s problem is, so she takes George to the veterinarian.

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The veterinarian reaches deep into George’s mouth and start pulling out a cat, duck, pig, and cow.

The book has large illustrations and does not have lots of text. Also, it uses simple vocabulary, so it is appropriate for kindergarteners. The book uses light pink, light yellow, light purple, and sky blue as its background colours, and the colours make the reading more comfortable.

This book is educative, for the funny story introduces various animal sounds. It gives little children an idea of how to describe various animal sounds. It is great to read this book out loud. Young children will start giggling when you read this book out loud and show them the illustrations that create the funny mood.

To sum up, this book has some characteristics that children will enjoy. It has talking animal characters and cute illustrations. The plot is quite hilarious. The young readers will like the unexpected ending as well.

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This book is about a mother and son dog. The mother is trying to get her dog to bark, but the dog meow, oinks, and moos like any other anmial except a dog. The mother has to take her son to the vet and he pulls out a cat, pig, and cow from the dog's thraot and after that he finally barks. This is a

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cute story that has a slight sense of humor that I think will make kids laugh.

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This book could be a beginners book to help children read. It could also help children understand the sounds each animal makes.

This book tells of a little dog named George. George's mother was trying to get George to bark, but the first time she asked him to he went meow, then quack-quack, then oink, then moo. George's mother couldn't find out why he wouldn't bark so she took him to the vet. The vet told him to bark, he

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didn't bark he went meow. the vet reached in George's mouth and pulled out a cat. The vet told him to bark again and he went quack-quack and the vet pulled out a duck then a pig, then a cow.

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Really, when you think about the story, it is sooooo gross, but the kids absolutely love it!

This book is good for an animal sounds lesson, as well as the teaching of onomatopoeia. Kids love it because its funny and very creative.

good book to use for predictions, asking what kind if sounds he will make next? Students would love this book because they can keep making predictions to what george is going to make next.

Funny little book. Teaches about different animal sounds that animals make, and which animals should make which sounds. Simple effective illustrations. Can also talk about what a vet is.

Another of my favorite read alouds for preschool library storytime.The concise sentences, frequent use of dialog, and the repeated refrain of "Bark, George" make it a great read-aloud choice. The illustration style adds to the humor. I especially enjoy the reactions of George's mother. It's a very

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funny and fun book to use with children.

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Brilliantly simple, witty, and hugely fun to read to a K-2 child.

This is a great book to read to preschool children. Gets them to know the sounds animals make.

This story is about a dog who does not comply with the typical dog noises his mother is trying to provoke. He emulates other animals instead of dogs. I enjoyed the comedy in this book. I feel this would be beneficial for preschool children. They will enjoy George's contrary nature and will likely

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understand the jokes. The pictures clearly show the characters' frustration and the use of perspective in art. In the end, George says "hello."

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George's mother wants him to bark like a dog, but try as he may he just keepsproducing other animal noises. George's mom takes him to the vet to get to the bottom of it, but they are in for a big surprise. This book made me smile and the ending made me laugh out loud. I would use this book as a

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mentor text for repetition.

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In my opinion, this is good picture book. The book uses a lot of repetition, and it makes it an easy read. For example, “Bark, George. George went: “Meow.” “No George,” said George’s mother. “Cats go meow. Dogs go arf. Now, bark, George.” I like the language in this book, and the

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reoccurrence of onomatopoeias, “quack-quack,” “meow.” It makes reading it aloud fun. I also thought the illustrations were great. Even though the majority of pictures only contained George and his mother, the facial expressions given to the dogs are hilarious, and fit the storyline perfectly. I do not think there is a central message to this book.

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An absolute favourite for storytime! George's mother's face when he doesn't bark is hysterical. I love the ending too! Highly recommended.

Good for young/early readers. It goes through different animal sounds and almost leaves the reader hanging at the end. It is good to talk about "What do you think is happening?" or "why do you think this is going on?"