Don't Call Me Choochie Pooh! - Hardcover

Taylor, Sean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763681199 ISBN 13: 9780763681197

Publisher: Candlewick, 2016

Synopsis

When you’re a preciously small canine with a big and bold personality, how do you show your doting owners that you want to be treated like an ordinary dog?

The dog in this book doesn't want to be carried in a handbag (how embarrassing!) or eat heart-shaped mini puppy treats (I mean, come on!). And under no circumstances does he ever want to be called “choochie pooh”! If only his owner understood. All this dog wants to do is play with the big dogs in the park—chasing sticks, jumping in muddy puddles, and being a regular part of the pack. From Sean Taylor, the author of Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise, and Kate Hindley, illustrator of Worst in Show, comes a picture-book comedy filled with vibrant art and starring a fed-up pup who learns that when it comes to making new friends, appearances aren’t everything.

About this title

About the Author:

Sean Taylor is an author, storyteller, and teacher who has written more than twenty books for young children, including The World Champion of Staying Awake, illustrated by Jimmy Liao, and Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise, illustrated by Jean Jullien. Sean Taylor lives in Bristol, England.

Kate Hindley has illustrated many books for children, including Worst in Show by William Bee and How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth by Michelle Robinson. Kate Hindley lives in Birmingham, England.

Review:

Quirky, amusing and original. We have read this countless times already * Review Reader, Lovereading 4 Kids * Those I've shared this [book] with delighted in Sean Taylor's narrator and fully endorsed his sentiments over his owner's humiliating behaviour. Kate Hindley gives the whole canine crew real personalities in her hilarious portrayals and I love the way she shows everything from their ground-level perspective. * Red Reading Hub * Easy-on-the-ear writing and amusing situations all show a doggie's point of view with clear understanding and clever humour while wittily stylized illustrations show plenty of girlie patterns in pretty colours contrasted with earthy coloured splashes in the doggy scenes of mayhem. For any child who's ever been embarrassed by an infantilizing, over demonstrative parent, this is the book. * Books for Keeps * the misdemeanors presented in this delightful story will have you laughing out loud and paying much attention from now on to the way in which you treat your pets! A delightful story with vibrant illustration that captures the essence of the words brilliantly and will have children as well as their grown-ups laughing out loud at the silliness of it all. * School Library Association *

About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0763681199
• ISBN 13: 9780763681197
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Hindley Kate