The Dog That Stole Football Plays

by Matt Christopher

Book Overview

Newly independent readers will love this classic football story, now illustrated in full color

Mike's telepathic dog Harry is able to tell him what the other football team plans to do on the field, but Mike wonders--is it cheating? Can he win the game without Harry's help?

Passport to Reading Level 3

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316218499
• ISBN13: 9780316218498
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: LB Kids
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

A good story about winning, losing and cheating

I bought this just as my 6 year old son was getting into watching football on tv and pretending he was a football player. Harry the dog can talk to Mike the young boy via telepathy and ends up giving him the plays he overhears the other side planning to help the team win the first game. In the second game, Mike has to decide if he will use Harry's telepathic powers or go without. It's an enjoyable read aloud book with a lesson about how it's not really winning when someone cheats.

Great book for young sprts fan.

A great book for a young reader- our 6 year old sports fanatic, emergent reader, loved it.

Book review

We enjoy all Matt Christohers books at our house. GReat for boys who love sports but are not excited about reading.

1st grade football fanatic could not put the book down

My newly-reading first grader couldn't put the book down. He finished the 47 or so pages in no time. The vocabulary was challenging, the plot interesting and the illustrations "grown up." It would be interesting to boys and girls, football fans and non-fans alike. If your child is not reading at the 1st grade level and able to decipher a few words like "triumphant" and "defenseman", I recommend Leonard Kessler's "Kick, Pass and Run." The difficult words are one's like "receiver" or "touchdown." Would work for a younger early reader. Note that it is easier, but still about 64 pages long.

Football dog!

This book is so good. The dog steals football plays to make his owner's team win. They win a lot of games with his help. One day Mike told his dog not to come with him and he didn't. Guess what happened then? Read this book to figure it out. You'll love it.