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Go Away, Dog
Dog be gone!
The big old dog wants to play. Can the little boy make him go away?
The big old dog wants to play. Can the little boy make him go away?
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
March 19th 1999
by HarperCollins
(first published January 28th 1963)
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The boy didn't like the dog in the beginning and he said "Go Away you bad old dog". The dog brought a stick to the boy and he said "I don't want that stick, don't give it to me!" And then he did give it to him and the boy said "Alright, if I throw this stick will you go away?" And so the boy got the stick and throw it and the dog went and got it. After the second time the dog brought it back he said "go away" and he said "you don't have a home? Well that's too bad." He walked half way home and t...more
A sweet, simple story about a boy and a dog he wants to, well, go away.
This book includes so many different lessons: conquering fear, understanding, compassion, friendship, love, and perhaps even more. A great book for a young child experiencing a fear of dogs. Also a great book to help a family preparing to welcome a puppy into their home.
A story well done.
This book includes so many different lessons: conquering fear, understanding, compassion, friendship, love, and perhaps even more. A great book for a young child experiencing a fear of dogs. Also a great book to help a family preparing to welcome a puppy into their home.
A story well done.
It was very fun. Dog was coming to the little boy. Then he had to go home. And then he said don't jump on me, don't lick my hand. And the little boy said, "Let's run!" When they were running a bunny was running. And then the dog was rolling. And then the boy threw the stick and the dog caught it. - by Alex
This is a book Spencer and I read together on one of our first dates. We sat in Barnes and Noble and laughed about the boy who tried to get the dog to go away by throwing sticks...We still to this day quote "if I throw this stick will you go away?" at each other all the time.
2 1/2 stars. The story is fairly cute, but the writing feels dumbed down. Think, "See Jane run. Run, Jane, run!" Maybe it would have seemed better if my child were trying to read it.
My name is Felicity and I was 3 years old when I finished this book. This book was about dogs. In the beginning the boy didn't like the dog. In the end he liked him.
I read this book in front of my Children’s Literature students. It was such a nice experience.
Good book for young children just learning to read. Simple words and large text.
Picture Book
A dog find a boy that doesn't like dogs at all. The boy keeps telling the dog to go away, but ends up liking the dog and taking him home with him.
A dog find a boy that doesn't like dogs at all. The boy keeps telling the dog to go away, but ends up liking the dog and taking him home with him.
* Fiction
* About a boy who doesn’t like dogs
* Kids liked it because the little boy was mean to the dog
* Might be good in a classroom library
* About a boy who doesn’t like dogs
* Kids liked it because the little boy was mean to the dog
* Might be good in a classroom library
I did a lot of editing while reading aloud this "My first shared reading" title. Mainly because I was reading it to a 3 year old and I try to avoid negative words and wanted to add "please" and "thank you" whenenver it was appropriate to keep up with the manners we've been trying to teach him. If he were reading it I think it's pretty good as the text is simple and repetitive.
Jun 18, 2008
Books Ring Mah Bell
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1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
3 year old dog lovers
Shelves:
kidsbooks
Only one star because if I have to read this again to my son I am taking a hostage. (I hid it up on the closet shelf)
Sam gives it 5 stars because "dat's cool. the boy takes the doggie home and now dey are friens."
No spoiler alert. get over it.
Sam gives it 5 stars because "dat's cool. the boy takes the doggie home and now dey are friens."
No spoiler alert. get over it.
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I loved it. It was super awesome and great. I liked when the dog loved him. It was happy, happy because it was like the Skip movie. It was almost like this book. The end.
My mom and I both loved this book when I was little. But not the one pictured here, the edition illustrated by Crosby Bonsall. It was... perfect.
Jan 25, 2010
Kanani
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