Mister Dog: The Dog Who Belonged to Himself (Little Golden Book)
by Margaret Wise Brown, Garth Williams
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published
May 13th 2003
by Golden books
binding
Hardcover, 24 pages
isbn
0307103366
(isbn13: 9780307103369)
description
Once upon a time there was a funny dog named Crispin’s Crispian. He was named Crispin’s Crispian because he belonged to himself.So begins the story of...more
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Read in January, 1970
Mister Dog belongs to himself, he takes himself where he wants to go, and at night, he dreams his own dreams. But there is room in his life and his two story dog house for the boy who belonged to himself. I loved this book as a child and as a teenager. When I read it to my two-year old, we pretend to go inside Mister Dog's house with the boy who belonged to himself. More gentle nonsense from Margaret Wise Brown, this time with a liberating pulse.
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Read in January, 1960
Probably the first book I remember - Mom read it to my sister and I when we were little- it's more than a story about a A dog , it's a philosophy
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Just have your child ignore the various animals smoking cigars/pipes throughout the book.
I don't think many modern readers will pick up the Little Golden Books because of their great plots, since they don't have any. The story's OK and nothing really happens. The artwork is top notch, though, and that's the real reason to give these a look. I was also overcome with the urge to say "That's MISTER Dog to you!" when looking at the cover.
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Meet Crispans Crispian. He is a dog who belongs to himself. He meets a boy who belongs to himself and they live together in the dog's cozy little house...this is such a cute story and it is read almost daily in our house! "And what did he do with his food? He chewed it up and put it into his fat little stomach..."
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"Crispin's Crispian was a conservative." So Margaret Wise Brown describes the main character, a dog who belongs to himself.
This is my favorite childhood book of all time. I am hoarding the copies I can find at flea markets and used book sales so that I am never without a copy.
This is my favorite childhood book of all time. I am hoarding the copies I can find at flea markets and used book sales so that I am never without a copy.
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i really only want to give this book 2.5 stars. because i don't know if i loved it cause it was so weird or hated it cause it was so weird. usually i love the weird books. you know i do. but this one left me with a bad taste in my mouth. i am still flabbergasted and i read it weeks ago.
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Read in June, 1989
recommends it for:
anybody who likes a nice stew
this was one of my all-time favorite books as a wee child, mostly because of the art and the hilarity of a "dog that belonged to himself".
became one of my favorite books as a wee adult, mostly because of the following line: "crispin's crispian was a conservative."
became one of my favorite books as a wee adult, mostly because of the following line: "crispin's crispian was a conservative."
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Crispin's Crispian is the "dog who belonged to himself". He's based on Margaret Wise Brown's own dog of the same name and also smokes a pipe.
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read to small children.
This was one of my absolute favorite books growing up. I still enjoy it. It's a very simple book about friendship and belonging.
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This book always reminded my of one of the most influential men in my life growing up, our adoptive grandfather, B.A.!
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Read in January, 1990
Garth Williams! His illustrations are exquisite and the stories are just a wonderful. A classic of classics!
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I hate this book. It makes no sense. I try to hide it on my son's bookshelf so I don't have to read it.
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Fre-he-heakishly good. The illustrations, the story, the memory of it. Oh, marvelous!
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Read in January, 1951
One of my favorite childhood books! My first feelings of nesting.
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