Andrew Lost #1: On the Dog

by J.C. Greenburg

Book Overview

When Andrew s latest invention, the Atom Sucker, goes haywire, Andrew and Judy are shrunk down to microscopic level Andrew and Judy find themselves lost on their neighbor s dog, where they encounter everything from colossal fleas to crab-like eyelash mites. Now they have to find their way back to the Atom Sucker and get unshrunk before it s too late "

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375812776
• ISBN13: 9780375812774
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

Great Read Aloud for young kids (4+) that teaches real science

Andrew is a child genius inventor. His inventions take his cousin Judy and him on various adventures. Each adventure lasts four books (each book is almost always 75 pages) and it is possible to read adventures out of order. The books are filled with scientific facts: the author is an established biology children's textbook writer. I personally learned a lot of neat science from the books. Don't think these books are dry, Greenburg mixes in interesting facts throughout the adventure. The Andrew Lost series has the potential to really turn a young child into a scientist. If you start reading aloud books like this early, age 4 and 5, you may grow a future scientist.

Really great for science-minded kids

My 6-year old son is hooked on these stories, all of them! He likes them better than Magic Tree House. The science learning comes in fun and funny ways and is not so "obvious." You learn so much (adults included!) by seeing common things at the microscopic level. The one problem I've had is that they mostly need to be read in order. I didn't realize that when we began in the middle with the book that looked most appealing to my child.

My son loves these books

My son (age 6 1/2) loves reading this series. He reads them to himself, he reads them to his siblings, he reads them to his grandparents. He can't get enough of them. One suggestion is to purchase them in sets because although the stories are self-contained, there are aspects of them that are connected. For example the first fours books (1-4) deal with adventures involving a shrinking machine, the second set (5-8) deal with underwater pursuits. Highly recommend!

7 year old LOVED it

My son just adores this series. He reads a whole book in one day. After plowing through the Magic Tree House books, we searched and searched for another series to sustain him. He likes realism mixed in with fantasy. This series seems to be science mixed with fantasy, whereas Magic Tree House series is history mixed with fantasy. Not written for the adult reader, kids 7 and up will enjoy them!

A great series

This book, as well as the others in the "Andrew Lost" series, is wonderful! I stumbled across it as a gift for my nephew, but decided to read it to my 6 & 8 year old sons. They loved it, and we have read the whole series. Andrew's adventures kept the boys interested and there was a whole lot of learning too. Because Andrew is shrunk to a level we don't normally see, we get an "up close" look at things thru his adventures. There is lots of science, like what the color of a bubble means and how an insect sees with its many eyes (and so much more!). The books are sufficiently "gross" to interest boys, but not so gross that I couldn't read them. In fact, I learned at least as much as they did. Really interesting stuff! The chapters are short and easy to read. We finished each book in 2-3 sittings. I highly recommend these books.