Dogzilla

by Dav Pilkey

Book Overview

Dogzilla is a funny picture book from the genius mind of Dav Pilkey--creator of laugh-out-loud kid favorites including Captain Underpants and Dog Man.

It's time for Mousopolis's First Annual Barbecue Cook-Off. But just when the fun is about to begin, the irresistible aroma of barbecue sauce awakens the most frightening creature known to mousekind: the dreaded Dogzilla!

As her horrible doggy breath fills the streets,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152239456
• ISBN13: 9780152239459
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Extremely Goofy? Oh yeah!

The peaceful city of Mousopolis has its world shaken when an ancient monster erupts from a local volcano-Dogzilla! The mice need a terrible weapon to defeat Dogzilla, and their leader, the Big Cheese, thinks that he has just such a weapon. Can the mice defeat Dogzilla? And, if they do, can they really consider themselves safe forever more?This kooky book is self-rated as EG - Extremely Goofy, and I think that this is a rating well deserved! The residents of Mousopolis are photos of mice, Dogzilla is a very cute dog, and the backgrounds are very cute cartoon-ish drawings. Somewhat light on text, it is nonetheless a hilarious book. My eight-year-old son and I highly recommend this book!

Funny and clever

I first saw a copy of Dogzilla at a dog show in San Diego. It features a Cardigan Welsh Corgi on the cover. Show visitors snapped up the books in a hurry. I bought a copy and have been a Dav Pilkey fan ever since. Children LOVE this book as well as adults. Pilkey's idea of placing cut-out photos of real animal "actors" imposed on colorful, cartoonish paintings of Mousopolis really make the book appealing to little ones. His jokes are "wink-winks" above kid's heads aimed at the adult readers. Dogzilla is funny and spellbinding for little ones who want to read it again and again. If you love smart and imaginative picture books, this one is a "must have" for your collection.

Hilarious and Clever

This is one of the cutest juvenile books I have seen. The illustrations are hilarious. The prose is clever and melodramatic. I was laughing out loud when I read it. Highly recommended. It deserves a sequel.

Funny for dog lovers, mice lovers, and just plain silliness

I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I saw this book in the "staff recommendation" section of my local bookstore. I pulled it off the shelf and read through the whole thing. People passed by me wondering why I was chuckling, then I showed them the pictures and they laughed with me. Who would have thought that little doggie antics would wreak havoc on the poor clever innocent little mice. And all he wanted was the barbeque he was sniffing. I loved the ending too. Because of the one thing the mice didn't count on after they'd driven the devastating doggie away....get this book to find out! You'll laugh as much as I did!

Enjoyable for children and the adults who read to them.

Both Dogzilla and Kat Kong are extremely child-friendly and funny books. Every child I have ever given this book to has immediately asked to have it read to him or her. I myself stood in the aisle of the store and laughed out loud the first time I came across these books. The puns are everywhere, both visual and verbal, and the brave mice and adorable photos of dogzilla are hard to resist.