Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Stories With Surprises

A Dog is a Dog
by Stephen Shaskan
Chronicle Books, 2011
review copy provided by the publisher

"A dog is a dog, unless it's a...CAT!" And that cat is a cat unless it's a...SQUID! And so on, until...

...Nah, I'm not going to tell you! You have to read it to find out! Suffice it to say that this is a book with a surprise every couple of pages. (That squid came at me from out of the blue!) It's a book about the essential nature of well-known animals, about disguises, and about surprises. I can imagine this book making Franki's Million Times list, or Bill's Picks From the Pit.

3 comments:

  1. Cute! I'll have to look for it for my toddler.

    Do you ever review indie authors on this blog or only published ones?

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  2. Siobhan,
    We occasionally review books by indie authors, but we never make any promises to review books we receive or request. (We're pretty picky about what we review -- we've got to LOVE it and plan to add it to our school/classroom libraries.)

    We mostly review books for readers in K-5.

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