Dog by Matthew Van Fleet (2007-10-01)

by Matthew Van Fleet

Book Overview

From the #1 New York Times bestselling children's book creator Matthew Van Fleet. Doggone fun for little ones In Matthew Van Fleet's captivating multiconcept book, twenty breeds of capering canines... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B01K91LZXU
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Not just for toddlers....

My husband bought this book for our 4 year old (who is famous among everyone we know for being both a book lover and a dog lover), and it is, not surprisingly, one of her favorites. She took it to her pre-K class today, and when I picked her up, her teachers were raving about it! They said that they read it at least three times to the class, and that it was the hit of the day! The fun starts before the book is even opened. The tails of the three dogs on the cover are touch and feel furry, or wag with the pull of a tab. It just gets better from there. This book is packed with a wide variety of clever and creative interactive tricks that are well integrated with the entertaining verbiage. The book is, in fact, clever enough to engage my husband and myself, and our older children; even my college aged daughter is currently petting, pulling and generally getting a kick out of this book as I write this review. I am online now to order another copy as a gift to my daughter's preschool in her name. Otherwise, she will want to bring this book to school every day for the rest of the year! We highly recommend this book!

One of the best interactive books I have bought

I bought this for my 1 yr old daughter and she just love it - in fact both myself and my husband thought this is one of the best interactive book we have bought out of our hundreds of books! Very sturdy , and very informative ( as it gives you all the names of breed of dogs that have appeared). I have no regret in buying this book at all !

Doggone Fun!!

I love dogs, so when I saw this book in the store, I had to buy it for my two granddaughters, ages 1 and 3. They loved pulling the tabs to make the tails wag and especially to make the dog pee on the tree! The best part is that this book is very well constructed and can take lots of pulling and petting. Cute pictures and clever, too!

Excellent book

I recently bought this book for my 14 month old and it has quickly become one of his favorites. Pictures don't do it justice as it is a rather large, very sturdy, interactive book. There are many pull tabs that do things like make tails wag, and legs move (including a great one at the end where a dog lifts his leg on a tree!). Many dog breeds are covered in the book as well, with a lot of differnet textures for their fur. There is a sticky tongue on a basset hound and floppy ears on a dog. All for just ten bucks--a must for any toddler that loves dogs!

Utterly charming and fun!

Being a dog owner and parent I was naturally predisposed to like this book. Like? No...love, adore...smile and giggle over it with repeated announcements that "this book is adorable!" The rhyming description of dogs and what they do is so engaging, and one can't help but smile at the photographs. The textures and movable parts give the book an added "way cool" dimension (especially that last pull tab!!!) and the "cast list" pictures at the end identifying all the dogs by name and breed makes it all the more useful. This is a winner!