Author: Reiko
Sasso Retold by Marc Simont
Published: Harper
Collins
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 32
Category: Children/ Fictional Picture Book
Choosing this book was not hard at all. Working at McDonald's I see it all. Several of the customers are always feeding and trying
to capture the stray dogs that come along. This book is a true story about a
family who goes on a picnic one Saturday and meet a stray dog. The family falls
in love with him and names him Willy. They couldn’t take him home because his
family may be searching for him. The family thought about him so much; they
forgot what they were doing. The next Saturday they went to the park looking for
Willy, but he is being chased by a dogcatcher. After talking and convincing
the dogcatcher he was their dog, Willy has a family to go home with.
The illustrations are done in rich watercolor, but
the pictures really tell the story to be honest. Some of the illustrations use
facial expressions, like the father looking out the corner of his eyes, and the
little boy holding his pants after taking the belt off. The text is on every
page except four, the opening page of the bridge with the city skyline and the
children claiming Willy. The illustrator used expressionist artistic style
which makes the book more real life charm.
I would recommend this book for first-third grade as a starter book because of
the sight words. I would use this as an activity on how to
spot a stray dog and what to do if one was found. Ask the children what would they do if they saw a stray dog. Because many kids love animals
this would be a good read aloud book. This book is a 2002 Caldecott Honor book.
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