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Poor Puppy (Bad Kitty)
by
Nick Bruel
PUPPY GETS HIS OWN BOOK. Kitty's best friend stars in this zany companion to the best selling BAD KITTY.Poor, poor Puppy: Kitty isn't interested in playing, so all puppy's left with are: 1 Airplane, 2 Balls, 3 Cars, 4 Dolls... and 22 other toys. When he's done, Puppy's so tired, he takes a nap--and dreams of playing apple bobbing in Antarctica, Baseball in Brazil, Checkers...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
July 24th 2007
by Roaring Brook Press
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Feb 10, 2012
Greta is Erikasbuddy
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Team Kitty and Team Puppy
Recommended to Greta is Erikasbuddy by:
Sunny
Shelves:
sunny-says,
i-love-my-library
Poor Poor Puppy!
Why doesn't Kitty want to play with you?
Does that make her a bad Kitty? Or does that just mean you need to show her how much fun she's missing?
Puppy wants to play even if Kitty doesn't want to. In this counting/alphabet book we follow Puppy on his journey through the house in search of things to play with. Along the way he finds uber tons of toys under the couch. Nice fuzzy toys with bells and mouse tails on them. This has perked Kitty's interest.
After a full day of play, Puppy n...more
Why doesn't Kitty want to play with you?
Does that make her a bad Kitty? Or does that just mean you need to show her how much fun she's missing?
Puppy wants to play even if Kitty doesn't want to. In this counting/alphabet book we follow Puppy on his journey through the house in search of things to play with. Along the way he finds uber tons of toys under the couch. Nice fuzzy toys with bells and mouse tails on them. This has perked Kitty's interest.
After a full day of play, Puppy n...more
Puppy wants to play with kitty, but kitty doesn't want to play...poor puppy! Puppy goes off and plays by himself. Going through the alphabet, he plays with airplanes, balls, cars, dolls...yo-yos, and zoo animals. Now puppy is tired so then he sleeps and dreams of playing with kitty in many different countries and yes, you guessed it, all the way through the alphabet! Once puppy wakes up, he wants to play and guess who he wants to play with??? KITTY!
Another great book by Nick Bruel. Bruel really...more
Another great book by Nick Bruel. Bruel really...more
This sequel to Bad Kitty is not quite as good as the first book. It's a lot of fun, however, and my daughter who likes puppies loves it. The book goes through numbers and the Alphabet, as well as alphabetically visiting other countries. When you read it, pay close attention to the pictures. There's a visual subplot that my kids find as entertaining as the book (maybe even a little more.) Poor Puppy is sad because Kitty won't play with him, so he finds all sorts of other things to play with until...more
Poor Puppy, written by Nick Bruel, this is a story about a puppy whose best friend is a kitty. Puppy and Kitty do everything together, but one day kitty can’t play. The puppy has to play all by himself. Poor puppy has various toys he can play with which helps him learn to count. The poor puppy gets so sleepy after he plays that he takes a nap and has interesting dreams. His dreams take him all throughout the world and teach him different letters of the alphabet. This book is excellent for childr...more
Poor Puppy offers another great chance to get in some ABC practice along with some 1-2-3 AND, bonus! An introduction to some place names from around the world. Now, if you just read it straight through, and don't talk about it any, it'll still be a fun book, but a missed opportunity. Just as a chance to introduce kids to names of places they may never have heard of is one thing, but this story lends itself easily to beginning lessons on using an Atlas or just finding some of the places on the gl...more
Kind of a disturbing picture book. Puppy wants to play with Kitty, who doesn't return the sentiment. Puppy plays with all the toys he can find (counting up through numbers and letters of the alphabet). Through this journey, he plays with several dozen things that would kill a puppy if left around. Puppy then takes a nap and dreams of playing with Kitty in all different regions of the world. Many places and games are mentioned that kids will not understand. I give the book 1 star since the illust...more
This book made me giggle while reading it. The poor puppy can not catch a break. All he wants to do is play with his best friend, kitty. I loved that the book counted all of poor puppies favorite toys and for each toy it matched a letter. After that they had great word play with how puppy played with his toys. It was cute and would keep any child excited and interesting. He was not a poor puppy at all, he was a playful puppy.
Puppy loves Kitty and wants to play with him. Kitty won't play. Puppy takes it on the chin and does his best to have fun without Kitty. Meanwhile, Kitty spies on Puppy and is in for a surprise! Like the book Bad Kitty, it uses the alphabet to list things but it also uses numbers 1-26 to count. This is a great story for children learning to be creative and not depend on others for their feelings.
Dec 05, 2010
Lana Clifton
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This is a comic-book companion for the best-selling Bad Kitty series. Bad Kitty meets Poor Puppy in this picture book perfect for beginning readers. With counting and alliteration, all poor puppy does is dream of playing with bad kitty. Reading this book aloud automatically guarantees a room full of laughter. Perfect for Kindergarten and First grade readers.
Poor Puppy by Nick Bruel is the sequel to Bad Kitty. The puppy has arrived and Bad Kitty doesn't approve.
While the kitty is thinking of ways to torture the puppy, the puppy is working his way through any number of things to play with. But he really wants to play with the kitty and he dreams of an A to Z world tour of places to see and things to do.
As other reviewers have noted, the alphabetical lists aren't as off the wall in Poor Puppy as they are in Bad Kitty but it's still a fun way to lean t...more
While the kitty is thinking of ways to torture the puppy, the puppy is working his way through any number of things to play with. But he really wants to play with the kitty and he dreams of an A to Z world tour of places to see and things to do.
As other reviewers have noted, the alphabetical lists aren't as off the wall in Poor Puppy as they are in Bad Kitty but it's still a fun way to lean t...more
This is a very colorful and busy book. It's been nominated for the 2009 Colorado Children's Book Award. I'm not sure it's the best of the picture books nominated, but I don't get a vote. The students vote. I think children will enjoy the crazy antics that the puppy gets into and it does offer a chance to practice counting and the alphabet.
Puppy really wants to play with his friend Bad Kitty, but Kitty isn't interested in playing today. Puppy then finds all sorts of things to get into in the house and then dreams of things he and Bad Kitty could be doing. This book didn't strike my fancy as the Bad Kitty books have, but students will enjoy it.
Cute follow up to Bad Kitty. This time the focus is on the puppy, and author Nick Bruel focuses on integrating counting and geography with the alphabet part of the book. When accompanied by the hilarious illustrations, this book is a fun read and a worthy (if not quite as good) follow-up to the original.
GR Level: ?
Elementary: E BRU
Another great adventure with Bad Kitty- but this book is mostly about Puppy and what he does when Kitty won't play with him. Yet again, lists of words that begin with each letter of the alphabet and this one even has counting 1-26.
Elementary: E BRU
Another great adventure with Bad Kitty- but this book is mostly about Puppy and what he does when Kitty won't play with him. Yet again, lists of words that begin with each letter of the alphabet and this one even has counting 1-26.
Puppy wants to play with kitty but kitty doesn't want to play. Instead of playing with kitty he plays with things like 1 airplane, 2 balls, etc. He adds one number and the next alphabet each time. When puppy gets tired he takes a nap and dreams about other things in alphabetic order.
I wasn't that impressed with this book. It was okay and had pretty cute illustrations, but I didn't think the narrative was very intriguing or compelling. I think kids with puppies at home (or who want puppies!) would like this book, though, as it details a puppy's many mishaps!
Dec 01, 2010
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
read-cat-books,
read-childrens-books
Well, I'm putting this on my "read-cat-books" shelf, but Bad Kitty is only lurking in this one. The dog is called Poor Puppy, but most of the time he's got a perpetually sappy grin on his face and seems to be having a good time in just about every picture. The narrator of the book feels bad for Poor Puppy because Bad Kitty won't play with him, but Poor Puppy finds plenty to keep him entertained, as we count our way from 1 to 26 and A to Z. Then the story takes an odd turn, with Puppy dreaming ab...more
Poor Puppy is an alphabet book for children. The puppy's best friend is the kitty, but unfortunately the kitty doesn't want to play with the puppy. So, he takes a nap instead and dreams of all the games they will play.
Genre: picture book
Copyright: 2007
Genre: picture book
Copyright: 2007
Book about a puppy whose best friend is a kitty. However, the kitty is not really a friend of the puppy. Goes through the alphabet describing the toys the puppy has to play with and places where he would play games with the kitty all across the world.
We loved Bad Kitty so much that we were sorely disappointed by all the other books we checked out by Nick Bruel. Poor Puppy was especially lame. My three-year-old, who was riveted by "Bad Kitty", lost interest in this book about half way through.
As a parent, I didn't like this book, but my boys (ages 4 & 8) did and I guess that's what counts. I thought it was boring. They liked finding the objects when it was counting time and thought the dreams were funny.
Puppy wants to play with Kitty but Kitty doesn't want to play. So Puppy has to play with other things. It counts objects up to 26 and each number starts with a letter. "1 Airplane, 2 Balls, 3 Cars, 4 Dolls, etc". Once puppy plays with all 26 items he is tired. He lays down and dre...more
Puppy wants to play with Kitty but Kitty doesn't want to play. So Puppy has to play with other things. It counts objects up to 26 and each number starts with a letter. "1 Airplane, 2 Balls, 3 Cars, 4 Dolls, etc". Once puppy plays with all 26 items he is tired. He lays down and dre...more
i checked this out for sky at the library and have since read it 245 times. he loved it because with the repetition of numbers and letters, eventually he was able to read it to me. it is a great learning tool, and a dang cute book to boot.
Mar 14, 2012
Dolly
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
parents reading with their children
Shelves:
2012,
childrens,
pets,
valentine,
aviation,
fitness-sports,
poetry-song-music,
zoo,
south-pole-antarctica,
south-central-america,
canada,
france-french,
greece-greek,
hawaiiana,
india,
japan,
africa,
english,
the-netherlands,
arabic-arabia,
italy,
spain-spanish-hispanic,
turkey,
vietnam,
washington-dc,
china-chinese,
math
We have read many of the books in the Bad Kitty series by Nick Bruel. While the puppy has been introduced before, this is the first story that he's featured in. It's an alphabet, counting, geography book that is fun to read aloud, but isn't nearly as humorous as some of the stories featuring Bad Kitty. The illustrations are colorful and entertaing, and we enjoyed reading this story together, but we are certainly looking forward to reading Bad Kitty Meets the Baby next.
Mar 20, 2009
Jess
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
fans of Bad Kitty
Shelves:
z_09,
picture-books
Poor Puppy. When Kitty won't play with him, he takes a nap where the two have all sorts of fun around the world.
Fans of the first will love it. The kindergartners did. Bruel sneaks all sorts of great stuff into the illustrations.
Alphabet & numbers through 26.
Fans of the first will love it. The kindergartners did. Bruel sneaks all sorts of great stuff into the illustrations.
Alphabet & numbers through 26.
Another great adventure with Bad Kitty- but this book is mostly about Puppy and what he does when Kitty won't play with him. Yet again, lists of words that begin with each letter of the alphabet and this one even has counting 1-26.
THe companion to Bad Kitty, Poor Puppy is a fun book using the same ABC format, but adds numbers. Children would love this book for its creativity in all the places Puppy dreams about and all the things he has to play with!
Without Kitty to play with Puppy has only 26 things to do, which was fun and tiring, but not the same as playing with Kitty. So when he falls asleep and dreams he dreams of all the fun things he can do with kitty.
Cute book for young readers, set up as a counting and ABC book, however uses vocabulary that is not very typical of children's books, such as countries, games and produce. Fun book, great illustrations.
Poor puppy just simply wants to play with "Bad Kitty". This book is a sequel to the book "Bad Kitty" except instead of ABCs it is based on numbers. Very delightful book!
This is kind of a sequel to Bad Kitty, the picture book. I like puppies better, so I liked this book better than Bad Kitty and thought it was funnier.
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Nick Bruel is the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of children's books including Bad Kitty, Bad Kitty Gets a Bath, Bad Kitty Meets the Baby, and Boing!, among others. Nick is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist, and during his down time, he collects PEZ dispensers and grows tomatoes in the backyard. He lives in Tarrytown, NY with his wife Carina and their lovely cat Esmerelda.
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