Editorial Review

Dominic is a one-of-a-kind dog. One day this exuberant, restless, freedom-loving fellow decides there isn't enough going on in his neighborhood to satisfy his need for adventure. And off he goes, with an assortment of hats (rakish, dashing, solemn, and martial), his precious piccolo, and a few other things, leaving a note on his door: Read more

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Astounding
Throughout my life, I'd always remembered the "first book I ever read" as about some dog who played the piccolo and traveled around with his possessions in a sack on a stick. I remembered it so fondly, like one of those few, golden memories you hold onto from childhood, when you still believed in the tooth faerie and unicorns.
Best children's book ever!
This was the first "real book" I remember reading as a little boy.I suppose I was about 6 or 7.I read and re-read Dominic many times and loved it more each time.I suppose it has be something like 35 years since I first read this book and I still remember it fondly.How many things can you say that about?

Great book!
I bought this book for my 7 year old because his name is also Dominic. I read it to him each night before bed. He really liked it. Dominic (the dog) is a very witty dog who gets through many different adventures. I actually enjoyed reading this book to my son. This book is positive and definitely gets kids to use their imaginations! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Dogs    4. Fiction    5. Readers - Beginner   

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SO MUCH PACKED INTO ONE LITTLE BOOK - REMARKABLE!
There is so much to this book than noted at first glance.First, we get a great dose of history told in a way children can understand it.Secondly, we learn some little known facts about our first president.Thirdly, we have animals, something neither kids nor adults can ever get enough of and fourthly, we get a story packed full of morals.But that is not all.The illustrations are very well executed and a delight.The text is simple an to the point and goes quite well with the illustrations.The book makes some very complicated situations and states them simply in a very nice story.I enjoy this one almost as much as the children do.This is a good work to read to the class as it generates good discussions.Recommend this one highly.

6--Year-Old (and I) Loved It
My six-year-old son brought this title home from his school library. We read it together several times, and one night I found him meticulously copying a page from the book. My son hated to return the book, and I knew I had to buy it--for both of us! It tells a little-known story about Washington in a charming, beautifully illustrated manner that everyone (especially dog lovers) will love.

Excellent story for George Washington's Birthday!
I used this title with a class I teach to American children overseas.They really enjoyed it as a read-aloud and couldn't believe that it was true!I like that the back page had a copy of the original note sent as well as photos of drawings/paintings of Howe and Washington.The illustrations aren't spectacular, but the children loved it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 18th century    2. Animals - Dogs    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography - Historical    5. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    6. Children: Grades 1-2    7. Dogs    8. Generals    9. History    10. History - United States/Colonial & Revolutionary    11. Juvenile Easy Readers    12. Juvenile Fiction    13. Juvenile literature    14. Presidents    15. Readers - Beginner    16. United States    17. Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / General    18. Washington, George   

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Reviewed by Julio P.S. 39
In Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble you'll see how kids sometimes don't listen to their parents even when they want to.When Henry doesn't listen to his mother's advice about the Morning Glory will he able to fix the problems it causes? Find out why listening to your parents is important when you read this book. If you are the kind of kid who doesn't listen to your mom then this is the book for you.Check out other books in the Henry and Mudge series like Henry and Mudge and the Best Test.

puddle trouble
my son needed to read by himself. his teacher told me to get him the henry and mudge books. he really likes to read these

I like Henry and Mudge.
This book is great!!! I think one of your children would give it 5 stars. The kittens are very cute. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Animals - Dogs    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Babies & Toddlers    5. Dogs    6. Fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Nature & the Natural World - General    9. Readers - Beginner    10. Spring    11. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Pets   

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Great book!
My daughter loves this book. The pictures are really cute. From about age 1, she would point to the various animals and we would make the animal noise. As she got older she can try to say the name of the animal in both English and French. This is a fantastic book.

perfect for learning
This is perfect for children (or adults!) learning french. It uses repeatition and variation to teach several different simple sentence structures and useful vocabluary words.Cute pictures. Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Preschool    4. Dogs    5. Fiction    6. Foreign Language Study - General    7. French language materials    8. Friendship    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Play    11. Readers - Beginner    12. Social Issues - Friendship    13. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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My 2 year old's favorite!
This is amongst my 2 year old son's favorite books, many of which are Spot books. He can recite the entire thing. It's a cute story about Spot meeting his friends, playing with them, losing his ball in the park, and encountering a new friend who is able to retrieve the ball. We love it! Five Stars!

Spot Goes to the Park
The Book is about Spot the dog. In the book he goes to the park and meets some of his friends there. Spot and his friends play with a ball, and while playing with the ball it hits someone, and it also goes into the water. The ball got them into a little trouble, but they now need to get the ball out of the water. not much park vocabulary
My son, almost two, likes this enough to read it, but it is not a favorite. I was disappointed because there's not much "park" vocabulary in it at all, which is what we were looking forward to. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Animals - Dogs    3. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Dogs    6. Fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Specimens    9. Sports & Recreation - General    10. Toy and movable books    11. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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A delightful departure from the ordinary Hank format
Just when I was convinced that John Erickson was stuck forever on his rigid formula of Hank the Cowdog books that always had 12 chapters lasting between 9 and 15 minutes apiece in their audiobook format, he comes and surprises me with an *audio only* series of shorter stories. Having enjoyed Hank since childhood and never having seen any Hank stories that departed from Erickson's normal formula, I didn't know quite what to expect, but I needn't have worried. It's a thoroughly enjoyable story with plenty of laughs.
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Children's All Ages - Fiction - General    3. Children's Audio - 4-8    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Humorous Stories    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories   

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A book for all ages
Gary Paulson's Dogteam is a beautifully written prose poem that describes a dogteam's running on a cold winter's night. As the author takes the reader across the moonlit trail, the sensory, descriptive words make you feel you are truly on the trail with the team. The watercolor illustrations by Ruth Wright Paulson capture the eagerness the dogs feel for running at night. I use this book with third grade students to model the use of descriptive language in writing. The children love the book and read it over and over.
Stunning
Beautiful illustrations and vivid, descriptive sentences! I purchased this book to teach my first graders about descriptive writing. They were in awe of the book! Living in the south, most of them have never even seen snow or even heard of dog sledding. After having been dog sledding myself I knew I had to find a way to share the experience and this book was it! It is truly one of my favorites!

Taking your dogsled on a moonlit night run
Author Gary Paulsen ran the Iditarod dogsled race across Alaska twice, so when he says "Nothing in running dogs is quite so beautiful as a night run," he knows of what he speaks.We have a dog sled race up in this neck of the woods each year, and I have watched sleds racing along a wooded path by moonlight.That experience is captured in "Dogteam," as Paulsen tells of the experience in a prose poem that tries to communicate to the rest of us what it is like to run your dogs through the snow to get home on a cold night with a full moon.The illustrations, by Ruth Wright Paulsen, are done in ink and watercolor.She manages a seventy-dog kennel and helps train Iditarod dogs with her husband, Gary, so you have to look at these drawings and wonder which of their charges have ended up in this book. This is a book that those who love Huskies and the sight of them mushing through the snow, will enjoy. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Dogsledding    5. Fiction    6. Sled dogs    7. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dogs    8. Modern fiction   

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it is animal packed and you"ll love it!
Gooseberry Park was a berry fun book! i could not stop reading it! this great book is about a choclate lab called Kona, a squarel called Stumpy and her babies Top, Bottum and Sparrow,and a bat named Murry. there is also Gwendolyn the old hermit crab. soon after Stumpy meets Murry she has Top,Bottum, and Sparrow. then a storm stirkes Gooseberry park, were Stumpy, Top, Bottum, an Murry live. Kona goes to save them and only finds Murry, Sparrow, Bottum, and Top. they can not find her and so Kona takes them to his house. if you read this book then you will find all about there wacky adventures and how they find Stumpy!

Gooseberry Park
I think people should read Gooseberry Park because it is exciting.It was hard to put down.

Can a dog be a hero?
Would you belive that a dog would help a squirrel instead of chasing the squirrel? Well belive it or not, in the story "Gooesbeery Park", a dog named Kona has a friend named Stumpy that is a squirrel. When a terrible storm hits Gooseberry Park, Kano begins to think that Stumpy and her newborn babies are in deep trouble. Kano goes on the most dangerous adeventure for Stumpy.He will have to go through the most difficult part. That is to go throught the ice cold park. Will he be able to do this in time? He will just have risk anything just for his best friend! Will Kano make make it to Stumpy before the weather gets worser or will he fail his adventure? Who knows what will happen to Kano? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Animals - Dogs    3. Animals - Squirrels    4. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    6. Children: Grades 4-6    7. Fiction    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Rylant, Cynthia    10. Social Issues - Friendship    11. Social Situations - Friendship    12. Squirrels    13. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Fiction    6. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dogs    7. Picture books   

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I really LOVE the fuzzy part
The story is decent enough, but what I really like is the furry part. You see, the front of the book is the dog and he has real hair. I don't know if its carpet or sheep hair, but it's hairy and soft. I like to rub my face on it. It's nice.
So funny!!
My grandson LOVES this book as well as the other Walter the Farting Dog books in the series! He wants this book read to him over and over and even the teacher at his pre-school asked for my daughter to come and share it with the class! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Children's 9-12    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Preschool    5. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    6. Dog shows    7. Dogs    8. Fiction    9. General    10. Humorous Stories    11. Juvenile Fiction    12. Preschool Picture Story Books    13. Specimens    14. Toy and movable books   

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Hairy Maclary's Bone
From the minute my 2 year old little boy saw the cover he fell in love with the book!He immediately learned the cute names of all of the dogs and the book is very exciting to him.We highly recommend this for a fun book.

when Hairy McClary gets a bone from the butcher he has to get it home!
another great kids book for kids, beautifully illustrated, great fun with hilarious rhymes which kids remember easily.
On The Way to Donaldson's Dairy
This is a wonderful sequel to HAIRY MACLARY FROM DONALDSON'S DAIRY.In the first book we had Hairy going out for a walk and being joined by five other dogs one by one.This book starts with Hairy at the butcher shop where he receives a great big bone.As he sets out to return to Donaldson's Dairy we see five familiar noses poking out from behind a shop.Soon the five dogs are following Hairy hoping for a chance at the bone.But when ducking through an old billboard Hercules Morse (as big as a horse) gets stuck.You can see where this is going as Hairy continues his journey home.
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Bones    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Dogs    6. Fiction    7. General    8. Humorous Stories    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Stories in rhyme   

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A great Halloween holiday book
This book helps with early learning about the holiday Halloween.It is colorful and cartoon-like.Spot does not know what he wants to be for Halloween.Helen dresses as a fairy, Tom dresses as a Pirate, Steve dresses as a clown.Spot has some choices of what he wants to be, but finally decides on being a Wizard.Then off they go to trick-or-treat.This book is fun and exciting for a young child getting ready for Halloween and is appropriate for children ages 0-3, ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    3. Children: Preschool    4. Hill, Eric    5. Holidays & Celebrations - Halloween    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Social Issues - Friendship    8. Juvenile Fiction / Holidays & Festivals / Halloween   

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We love Mudge!
In this book Henry and his big dog, Mudge, enjoy the escapades of fall. They shake together as Henry's mom tells scary Halloween stories and together they endure the Thanksgiving visit from Aunt Sally. These booksare a favorite for my reluctant reader. The love between Henry and his dogMudge is heart-warming. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Animals - Dogs    3. Animals - Pets    4. Autumn    5. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    6. Children: Grades 1-2    7. Dogs    8. Fiction    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Readers - Beginner    11. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Pets   

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Great read for preschoolers and up
I have read this to pre-schoolers and they just love the illustrations. The sites of New York City come alive in this book.You'll fall in love with Maxi when you read this story and be asking for more.

How To Get a Second Grade Boy to Read For Pleasure
Second grade boys are tough critics but I've yet to find one who didn't like "The Adventures of Taxi Dog".The story, told in rhyme, is sensitive and funny. The pictures are colorful and ripe withdetails.Thededication is special and should not be skipped if you are reading this one out loud.

There is a home for every creature
I read this book to my son when he was 5 yrs old as part of the scholastic book order through his school. My son is now going to be graduating from high school and he still has the book. However, it has seen better days since it is in paperback! The first time I read this book to him, believe it or not, I got choked up. The illustrations and the story itself are outstanding. He treasures this book as a very happy childhood memory. I've decided as part of his graduation present that I would get the brand new hard cover so that he may always cherish it and read it to his own kids some day. :o) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Animals - Dogs    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Preschool    5. City and town life    6. Dogs    7. Fiction    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Lifestyles - City & Town Life    10. Social Issues - Homelessness & Poverty    11. Taxicabs    12. Transportation - General    13. Early learning / early learning concepts    14. Fiction dealing with social issues    15. Juvenile Fiction / Transportation    16. Transport technologies   

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Doggie Lovers Will Love Good Dog
I bought this book for my brother for his birthday specifically because he has West Highland Terriers like the dog on the cover. He also appreciates good artwork. When I got the book I showed it to my parents, who are also dog lovers, and we all giggled out loud at the wonderfully hilarious poems and the sweet, funny illustrations. The pictures are suitable for framing. The book is marvelous and it put a big smile on our faces, just like the smile on the dog on the last page! Oh yeah, my brother loved the book too, and couldn't wait to read the poems to his Westies.
Good Dog
Absolutely as charming and original in text--which is perfectly matched in illustration-- as any children's book I have seen in too long.Gottfried's text soars in imaginative flight to capture canine essences, and should elicit the same enthusiasm from any child and adult. I was truly impressed.

Great for dog lovers
A nice combination of fine art and prose poetry for the younger reader and especially for dog lovers! The paintings are simple and the dogs are very expressive. The accompanying poetry interprets the mood and attitude of these canines with humor and will inspire young readers to create thier own personalites for these pups. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children's poetry, American    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Dogs    6. Dogs in art    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Juvenile poetry    10. Poetry - General    11. Poetry - Humorous    12. Preschool Nursery Rhymes / Poetry    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / Humorous   

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Silver is a great dog racing adventure with a happy ending
In this book, there is a girl named Rachel who is very happy because she tried to get a sled dog, and gets a puppy.She names it Silver because it looks silver, and has one eye brown and one eye blue.She trains him so well that he becomes a racing dog.Silver was lost and she went to go look for him, and found wolf tracks that led to a hole where a baby wolf was trapped and dead.Silver was behind the dead wolf and he was safe, but he scared the big wolf that was about to hurt Rachel.The dad said that the big wolf wanted Silver to replace the dead wolf.In the end, her dad wins a race and Silver grows up to be a good, strong racing dog.
Silver
Silver is a book that takes place in Alaska. 10 year old Rachle is the daugher of a musher. All that Rachle wants is a huskey. One of the dogs gave birth to a puppy named Silver. One day she left the gate open. Then she gose looking for himfinds him by a tree. Then get caught in a blizzard.
It was very fun to read
This book is about a girl whose dad is in the Iditarod race in Alaska. But he can't race with his lead dog because she is going to have puppies... so he gets the second lead dog. The musher's daughter wants a dog and on her birthday the first lead dog has puppies and because it's her birthday, she gets to keep one of the puppies. She names it Silver. Read more

Subjects:  1. Alaska    2. Animals - Dogs    3. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 2-3    6. Children: Grades 3-4    7. Dogs    8. Fiction    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Readers - Beginner    11. Sled dog racing    12. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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Great job, Kasza!
My two-year-old daughter and I love Keiko Kasza's books. When I found out about this book, I made a trip to the library and checked it out right away. This story is really cute and very funny. The illustration is a bit different from Kasza's other books. The pictures look more like a cartoon than those in her other books. It became my daughter's favorite book right away. We have to read it everyday, at least 3 times a day. We once made a record of 7 times in one day. It turns out that she can read the whole book herself. She can memorize every single word. She particularly loves to howl "Haoooooooooo..." just like the dog, Moka, and the wolves. It's such an outstanding book: excellent story and wonderful illustration. Great job, Kasza! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Animals - Wolves    3. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Kindergarten    6. Dogs    7. Fiction    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Nature & the Natural World - General    10. Preschool Picture Story Books    11. Wolves    12. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dogs   

Editorial Review

We would follow Stephen Huneck's black Labrador, Sally, anywhere--to thebeach, to the mountains, and certainly to thefarm. The Sally books are wonderfully witty glimpses into the simple psyche of adog, where exciting new smells and tastes reign supreme. Sally first meets thegolden Lab Molly, and after a comical round of introductory sniffing, her newfriend proceeds to introduce her to Bessie the cow, who squirts them with milk.The doggy duo then eats like pigs, horses around, plows a field, and narrowlyescapes a goosing. Each oversized illustration explodes with generous, boldlycolored woodcut prints, as Huneck artfully captures the gorgeous stripedgeometry of farmland and fences--along with amusing canine antics. Simplesentences in a large clear font (designed by the artist himself) ensure smoothsailing and happy endings for early readers, but adults will enjoy the dry humorof these books just as much as kids will. (Ages 2 to 6) Read more

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Very simple,Very clever, Very funny
This book is for dog lovers and kids. Its great pictures and simple phrases exactly describes what our black lab does (right down to the 'worried' look on her face!), and therefore we found this book very funny. However we have shown this book to non dog lovers. They just give polite smiles/puzzled looks and change the subject!! So I guess if you know what catagory your in you'll know whether or not this book is for you!

The Best Book Yet in Huneck's Series!
Delightful! Colorful! Enchanting! Stephen Huneck knows exactly what dogs think and what they love to do! Sally has certainly been on some wonderful adventures, to the beach and to the mountains, but going to the farm is just the most humorous and delightful story yet. The artist's charm and wit is magical. Everyone will love this book! And the woodcut prints that illustrate the books are absolutley fabulous! Anyone with a love for dogs, colorful art, or humor should buy this book (...) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Preschool    4. Dogs    5. Domestic animals    6. Farm life    7. Fiction    8. General    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Labrador retriever    11. Animal stories    12. Juvenile Fiction / General    13. Picture books   

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A Fantastic Bed Time Book
My daughters are fans of Todd Parr's series, Todd World, so they begged me to buy this book.This plucky dog with an active imagination who doesn't feel like going to bed isn't Benny, the dog from the TV show, but he's very similar.Though even if you aren't familiar with the Todd World characters, how could you fall in love with Otto?It's a great story of bed time routines and how thinking about all the things one likes to do can lead to pleasant bedtimes and even better dreams.The illustrations are bold, colorful and happy.My preschoolers love everything about this book and so do I, quite frankly.I can't tell you how many times I've read it at bedtime and still, every time this book gets picked out (and it happens a lot) it is always a joy to read.

Great fun!
Todd Parr really gets it right.We love his illustrations and straightforward text.I like this book even better than the "Do's and Don't's" books that we've come to know well.This one is cute enough that the kids get it and the adults can grin as well.Easy, sweet, silly, fun to look at.My four-year-old adores it -- an instant favorite.Our most-loved page is when Otto brushes his teeth with "chicken flavored toothpaste." ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Bedtime    3. Bedtime & Dreams    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Preschool    6. Dogs    7. Dreams    8. Fiction    9. Humorous Stories    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. Preschool Picture Story Books    12. Social Issues - General    13. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories   

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An Old Favorite
I love this one! Poor Harry doesn't like the roses on his new sweater from Grandma. He keeps trying (and failing) to "lose" it, and becomes depressed. His mood is saved by a bird that swoops in to unravel the sweater for a nest - and Grandma sends Harry a new, better sweater in the end, so everyone winds up happy. Great muted colors and "retro"-style illustrations, too.

Engaging reading
My 4 year old daughter loves reading this book by herself; she just can not get enough.It is a lovely companion book to Harry and the Lady Next door.

Great experience
The order came within a week's time and was brand new and in great condition. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Animals - Pets    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Dogs    6. Fiction    7. Stories    8. Sweaters    9. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dogs    10. Juvenile fiction