Rowan

by Robin McKinley

Book Overview

A child and her new puppy work through the difficult initial adjustments and soon belong to each other. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068810682X
• ISBN13: 9780688106829
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.2" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

WONDERFUL book to prepare kids for owning a dog!

We read Rowan when we were thinking about having a dog---it was our "dreaming of dog ownership" book. We adopted a Racing Greyhound, and so the issues covered in Rowan are very similar to the initial "fish out of water" feeling that retired Grey's have. The story shows the little girl empathizing with the pup when it's removed from everything it knows. It's also honest about her expectations and how disappointed she may be feeling at first when her puppy is afraid instead of playful. At the end there's no "too-sweet" resolution, but there is a nice beginning... and the little girl is satisfied with that--a start, a promise of the dog Rowan will become in the hint of a wag from the puppy's tail.

A sweet children's story

I read this book while desperately scouring my library for anything by Robin McKinley, and was mildly surprised to find that it was a child's picture book. Still, it was as well-written as anything by McKinley, and I would recommend it to anyone to read to their children.