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Flawed Dogs: The Shocking Raid on Westminster

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Pulitzer Prize-winning Berkeley Breathed's first illustrated novel! Sam the Lion is actually a priceless dachshund, bred to be a show dog. More important, he is Heidy?s best friend?and she needs one like never before. Living with her reclusive uncle is hard, but Sam has a way of making her feel soft and whole. Until the day Sam is framed by the jealous poodle Cassius, and...more

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Published September 17th 2009 by Philomel (first published November 15th 2008)

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Jan 17, 2010 Abby Johnson rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is the story of Sam, a pedigreed dachshund with a rare Duuglitz tuft. Meant to be a show dog, he soon escapes the clutches of the overbearing Mrs. Nutbush and elects to follow an orphan named Heidy who is going to live with her uncle. But when Sam steals the attention away from the champion standard poodle Cassius, Cassius will get his revenge. What ensues is a wild and wacky adventure as the flawed dogs decide to claim what is rightfully theirs.

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Jul 26, 2012 Allyson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction

I'm glad my friends recommended this book to me. I almost always avoid animal stories, especially those about dogs, because it seems that they always involve tragedy, death, abuse, etc. and I just can't deal with that. My friends assured me that everything would "be OK" in this story, and they were right! Yes, the story made reference to a few horrible situations, but I thought Breathed did a great job of getting us out of those situations almost as immediately as they were brought up. That way,...more

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Apr 24, 2011 NebraskaIcebergs rated it 1 of 5 stars

If it weren’t for the writing, I might have enjoyed Flawed Dogs The Novel by Berkeley Breathed. Its message, like that of Breathed’s picture book, is one everyone should read. But where the picture book conveys this message through cute illustrations and whimsical verse, the novel warps this message through bitter heroes, violent storyline, and a writing style that is sometimes painful to read.

Parts of the plot work. Sam the Lion, a dachshund featured in the picture book, escapes from a show dog...more If it weren’t for the writing, I might have enjoyed Flawed Dogs The Novel by Berkeley Breathed. Its message, like that of Breathed’s picture book, is one everyone should read. But where the picture book conveys this message through cute illustrations and whimsical verse, the novel warps this message through bitter heroes, violent storyline, and a writing style that is sometimes painful to read.

Parts of the plot work. Sam the Lion, a dachshund featured in the picture book, escapes from a show dog owner. He jumps into the car of Heidy, a young girl also featured in the picture book. In the full-length novel, she’s headed to live with her uncle because she has recently lost her parents in a hot air balloon accident while they searched for a champion Tibetan yak nibbler hound. Now Heidy hates dogs. At least, she hated them until she meets Sam, who dares to bestow on her a doggy kiss. The two bond, but their happiness is interrupted by her uncle’s poodle, Cassius, who resents not being center of attention. When it turns out Sam is also valuable due to a unique “duuglitz tuft,” Cassius plots Sam’s downfall. At this point, the plot works less well, because how Sam eventually exacts revenge is rather preposterous.

I can forgive an outlandish plot, if there is enough suspense in it to make me still want to know the outcome. Yes, I might develop that bad after taste one feels after eating artificial icing, but the treat itself will still be pleasant. However, I cannot so easily overlook a book’s style. At times, I felt as if reading the work of a student who has discovered adjectives: “… pulses of hot mist shot into the frigid air from a gaping pink throat.” Other times, I felt as if caught in a frenzied madcap movie that doesn’t believe in quiet moments: “Beachball explosions of fuzzy air.” It’s unfortunate that the style is so off-putting because Breathed’s heart in the right place. As in his picture book, he has an incredible message to share: Dogs need love.

Unfortunately, the negative portrayal of the supporting characters hurts this theme. In his picture book, we see only the rejected dogs and the bad owners are those who through ignorance reject their dogs for trivial reasons. In his novel, almost every character besides Sam and Heidy, are awful. Dog show people are portrayed as wealthy, fur-wearing, and heartless; it is inconceivable that they can love their pets. Or so Breathed would have us believe. Actually, the humans in general come off as unpleasant. Even the dogs receive a raw deal from the author unless they come from a pound. According to Breathed, it’s impossible that dogs can be both beautified and nice.

I’m not even sure how much I like the book’s heroes. Heidy essentially steals Sam from his rightful owner, because the owner seems to care more about his looks than his heart. Sam is no longer the unloved but adorable dog of the picture book, but a revenge-seeking dachshund. I felt betrayed, the way children do when they realize that their perfect parents are flawed. There’s that word: “flawed”. In the picture book, the dogs’ flaws come across as cute annoyances. In the novel, Sam’s character flaws overshadow his physical flaws. For example, Sam not only seeks revenge on Cassius but also on dogs who have done nothing except to be part of a show. The novel leaves me cynical, defensive, and resentful. Surely, this is not what Breathed intended.

Ever since the release of Flawed Dogs The Novel hit the headlines, I have watched for it to become available locally. For this reason, I was disappointed with how much I dislike it. I had hoped to love it, buy it, and recommend it to all of you. Alas, I will have to content myself with rereading Berkeley Breathed’s picture book about shelter dogs. I suggest you do too.(less)

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Feb 27, 2011 Miss Pippi the Librarian added it · review of another edition

Shelves: adolescent-audio-adventures

The idea of Flawed Dogs is very catchy. Who doesn't want to see an underdog succeed? The adorable dachshund on the cover with a ladle for a leg peaked my curiosity. I am sad to say that the story didn't meet my expectations. The storyline jumped between scenes quickly. Many times I hit rewind to repeat sections of the novel. Johnny Heller read very well. Sadly, Berkeley Breathed wrote a choppy novel that has a time setting of three years (view spoiler)...more

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Dec 27, 2010 Emily Northcutt rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s-lit, fantasy-fiction, ya

Allow me to set a scene for you, review reader. Picture a comfy couch covered in snuggly blankets where a reader is perched with two miniature dachshunds ready to read a book featuring another wiener dog. Picture the reader clutching the two dogs close as she reads the opening scene. Sam (the book's main character) has laid his long, broken, little body on the floor of a dog fighting ring. That, my friends, is how I read this book. I had to hope that Sam was going to make it and we were all goin...more

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Sep 24, 2009 William Bentrim rated it 4 of 5 stars

Flawed Dogs by Berkeley Breathed

A fairy tale illustrating that everyone or every dog should have it’s day. That regardless of size, shape or breed overweening ambition can corrupt and unconditional love can console. A perfect dachshund becomes flawed, despondent, abandoned and maligned. He conquers all and returns in triumph. It is a story of acceptance and redemption.

You may not recall Opus the penguin or Billy and the Boingers but Berkeley Breathed has been around for quite awhile. I admit to...more

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Sep 24, 2010 Cornmaven rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: high-school, middle-school, ms-hs

I loved this book. Having said that, it must be pointed out that at times it's pretty dark and violent. So I shelved it with middle school and high school. I also think the themes would be better understood by that age group rather than younger kids, even though reviews peg it younger. I just don't agree with them. I agree with other reviewers that the language level is higher than the reviewers' views.

The notion of imperfection being a desired quantity is a well known theme in many novels. Brea...more

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Mar 03, 2012 Natalie Cheetham rated it 2 of 5 stars

Sam once had it all. He was a perfect purebred with an elusive tuft of hair that entranced show judges. But more importantly, he had the love of his owner, Heidy. But Sam's winning ways and his bond with young Heidy drive Cassius, the pompous poodle of the housekeeper, to plan his demise. Sam lives, but he's now flawed...and even worse, separated from Heidy. He undergoes unspeakable horrors for three years, meeting an interesting band of misfit dogs along the way. With these "underdogs," Sam set...more

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Jun 07, 2011 Melissa Conway rated it 5 of 5 stars

Flawed Dogs is by far the best new book I’ve read all year.

On a recent trip from one U.S. coast to the other, I spent all six take-offs and all six landings with my nose buried in the pages of one book or another, trying to concentrate on the words instead of the terror. Thanks to inclement weather that caused me to miss my last connecting flight, I had to stay over in Denver. On standby the next day, I found Flawed Dogs in the airport bookstore. It was the only one of the books I read during th...more Flawed Dogs is by far the best new book I’ve read all year.

On a recent trip from one U.S. coast to the other, I spent all six take-offs and all six landings with my nose buried in the pages of one book or another, trying to concentrate on the words instead of the terror. Thanks to inclement weather that caused me to miss my last connecting flight, I had to stay over in Denver. On standby the next day, I found Flawed Dogs in the airport bookstore. It was the only one of the books I read during that trip to successfully distract me from my fear of flying.

I grew up reading Bloom County. Berkeley Breathed’s books sat side-by-side with Bill Watterson’s in the many family bookcases. Billy and the Boingers Bootleg, Babylon, Tales Too Tall to Tell—all were loved to the battered and splattered-upon stage. Somewhere in the back of my mind I knew Breathed had written some stuff for the younger crowd, but I’d never checked it out.

My loss.

This book is written for middle-grade readers and illustrated in the author’s unique comic style, with both black and white pictures and full-page color inserts. But even though the illustrations give us insight into Breathed’s vision for his characters, I have to say the story is so well-written it could have stood on its own.

Sam doesn’t know it, but he’s a Dachshund so purely bred he’s got the ‘holy grail of Dachshundom,’ on his head, the Duuglitz Tuft. He belongs to the large, hairy (in chinchilla) Mrs. Nutbush, but through a series of hilarious hijinks, changes his own destiny. Fourteen-year-old Heidy is his true love, and after she leaves boarding school to come live with her emotionally distant uncle, she needs Sam as much as he needs her. Life settles down into peaceful, happy routine in Uncle Hamish’s big house with his assistant, Mrs. Beaglehole, and her fancy poodle Cassius. But Cassius is a jealous, vicious dog who sets Sam up for an unthinkable crime. Uncle Hamish is forced to put him down, but can’t finish the job. Instead, he calls some men to come pick Sam up, but before they show, Cassius tricks Sam into stepping on a spring-loaded animal trap. Sam loses a leg and spends the next three years at a research facility enduring unspeakable horrors. He escapes, and is rescued by the Rough-Handed Man, who straps a soup ladle onto Sam as a substitute leg. Unfortunately, the Rough-Handed Man’s kindness is short-lived. He’s got money trouble and needs Sam to bail him out—in the dog-fighting ring. While waiting to die in the ring, Sam sees a poster advertising the Westminster Dog Show, and the pampered pooch featured on the poster is none other than the traitorous Cassius. This gives Sam a new purpose: Sabotage the show! And he sets out to do just that with the help of a group of oddball dogs (and one disguised cat) from the National Last-Ditch Dog Depository. There’s Wee Willy, so small he has no problem indulging his favorite past-time, nose diving; Pooft, with the inflammatory rear end; Fabio the two-legged dog, ‘Ol Blue, who’s actually blue; Tusk, often mistaken for a ‘furry rhinoceros,’ Bug, ‘with a face overwhelmed with wrinkles, piano-wire hair, and bulging eyeballs;’ and Madam, the Great Dane who’s really a cat with remarkable sewing skills.

I cried by page eight and laughed like a loon only a few pages later. That’s the way it went. I was packed in like a sardine on an airplane, probably annoying the hey out of my seatmates by snorting, chuckling and outright guffawing, followed closely by sniffles and surreptitious eye swipes. Several times I had to close the book and blink up at the ceiling to stop the tears.

Really, truly good read.

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Nov 01, 2010 Shelby rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. this book flawed dogs is a weaird book but finds a place in you that makes it awsome. flawed dogs takes place in piddleton vermont, home of the most beautiful dogs. the main charitors is heidy a fourteen year old girl who's parents died from beaing eatn by dogs, is headed over to her unkils house not knowing what will happen or whats instore for her. haidys uncle who acks as thoe he hideing some thin and is rich to the gills he owens the piddleton dog show and has forever and has a selfish pet p...more

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Nov 03, 2012 Lexie rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: younger children

Shelves: reviews-written, read-a-long-time-ago

I read Flawed Dogs a couple years ago. I bought it, in fact, at a book fair because everyone was saying how amazing it looked. But, in fact, I hated it.

SUMMARY A group of dogs with flaws (hence the title) set out to show the world that they're better than pedigreed dogs.

COVER Okay, the cover is what gives it its one star. It's the best thing about this book. And I'm not even a huge fan of it.

PLOT The plot was a bit dull, and I remember that I put down the book to even go do my HOMEWORK.

CHARACT...more

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Oct 10, 2009 Lisa Lewis rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

You’ve heard the saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover”...well that certainly applies to this book. Why? The cover gives the prospective reader the impression that the “read” will be a delightful romp with man’s best friend, but Flawed Dogs is anything but that.

Being a huge animal lover myself, I bought this book hoping to be entertained, and I was not. The first chapter has Sam, the main dog (character) and dachshund, being placed in the ring to fight a pit bull. When he realizes why he has...more

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Dec 03, 2010 Jennifer Weibel rated it 5 of 5 stars

I'm not the kind of mom who troubles herself too deeply about the contents of books or movies. My kids aren't watching the Saw series, but if they enjoy the Nightmare Before Christmas or find Futurama funny, so be it. We began reading Flawed Dogs to our five-year-old, and after the first few disturbing chapters I had to read ahead to make sure that this was a book we could finish reading to him.

This book broke my heart several times. I knew this was going to be a problem when the book opened in...more I'm not the kind of mom who troubles herself too deeply about the contents of books or movies. My kids aren't watching the Saw series, but if they enjoy the Nightmare Before Christmas or find Futurama funny, so be it. We began reading Flawed Dogs to our five-year-old, and after the first few disturbing chapters I had to read ahead to make sure that this was a book we could finish reading to him.

This book broke my heart several times. I knew this was going to be a problem when the book opened in a dog fighting ring. I am, after all, a woman who gave up meat for six months after seeing feathers flying out of a chicken transport truck. This here is one dark story. For the first time in my parenting career I thought pretty hard about restricting access to something my kid enjoys -- I was afraid he is simply too young for it. Then I started thinking about many of the classic kid books, such as James and the Giant Peach, Willa Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, even the Harry Potter series. Dark, dark, dark. Childhood is not the goodship lollipop. So, onwards, MacDuff, and we'll answer the hard questions as they may come.

I have loved anything that Berkeley Breathed has cared to put out there. I'm dissappointed in his recent turn towards children's literature, but only because I'm selfish and I want his work to be monolithic; War and Peace epic even. I ached for Sam the Lion. When you are dreading turning a page because you are afraid of what is going to happen next, you are in the midst of reading a good book.

Don't get me wrong. This book is also hysterical. I've recently been re-reading some of the Bloom County cartoons, and realized that much of my sense of humor came from my early exposure to Berkely Breathed. His characters are vivid, his voice is unique, his humor unparalleled, and I am an unabashed Breathed devoted fanatic. A book that has you crying and laughing at the same time is a great story, even if its cover does feature a dachshund with a ladle for a leg. (less)

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Feb 22, 2011 Jacki rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Sam the Lion, a unique daschund, finds himself in the arms and heart of Heidy, quickly adopted into her family and loved. Loved, by everyone that is, but Cassius the prize-winning poodle who sets out to destroy Sam and remove him from the household.

The story that follows is sad and does not always show the best of human nature. As a children's book, a parent will have decide how honestly they wish to show the possible life of a stray dog to their children. Having rescued all of our mammalian pet...more

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Sep 18, 2012 Jay rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, read-aloud

I guess I was taking too long to read this one aloud: my son read 6 chapters (24 - 30) one night and, after I read one more, he finished it himself. We had gotten to the "really hard to put down" point and it seems that affects him much more than it does me.

I really like how this story played out. I liked that we start in the middle of the story and then are rewound to the very beginning. I like the strange characters -- humans and canines -- that lurk in this book. It does have some dark parts...more

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Oct 21, 2011 Vicki rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: animal, grade-4-6, j-animal

Actually a 3.5. I was expecting more from this little book as I love all of Berke Breathed's creations. I think what was lacking was character development in this fairly predictable story of dogs-done-wrong seeking revenge and finding themselves on the way. I didn't care about the characters as much as I should have in a kid's book. Still, it had it's wonderful moments of genius, such as the mad escape from the life of a show dog that Sam makes using an electric airport cart as his getaway vehic...more

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Jun 29, 2011 Sherrie rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is the first of the 15 Sunshine State Young Reader Award (SSYRA) books that I've read for this year, and it's a great one. This is the story of a very rare variation purebred dachshund who is doublecrossed by a vengeful poodle intent of winning all dog shows. This sends him from his happy home to a nightmarish three years in a research lab. Upon escaping the lab, badly scarred and missing a leg, he seeks other "flawed" dogs to join him in taking over the Westminster Dog Show and gaining his...more

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Mar 08, 2010 Mary rated it 5 of 5 stars

Recommended to Mary by: NYRA 2011 nominee

I liked this book but the vocabulary is a little high for 3-5 grades.
Pulitzer Prize-winning Berkeley Breathed's first illustrated novel!
Sam the Lion is actually a priceless dachshund, bred to be a show dog. More important, he is Heidy's best friend—and she needs one like never before. Living with her reclusive uncle is hard, but Sam has a way of making her feel soft and whole. Until the day Sam is framed by the jealous poodle Cassius, and is cast out by Heidy's uncle, alone on the wild streets,...more

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Oct 10, 2009 Shanshad Whelan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: childrens, fantasy

Oh my. Well, anyone familiar with Berkeley Breathed would likely already know his skills as a storyteller. Flawed Dogs just reinforces this knowledge. Anyone with a love of dogs, an animal story, or a just a good story with a wicked sense of humor and a huge sense of heart will enjoy this brief but worthwhile book. Highly cinematic in its telling, I fully expect to see a movie crafted from it in the future, but I will be content with the book and its marvelous pictures.

My only caveat in this cas...more

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Jul 28, 2011 Robert Starner added it

What a delightfully fun entertaining read. Only wished all illustrations were in color. Breathed is much better in color. Though there are dark overtones within the story, Breathed skirts some of the very scary stuff with implied courtesy and acknowledgement and admission of just how scary the subject matter can be. Enjoy tremendously the terrific sense of humor expressed by Sam the Beagle in his communications and throughout the book's illustrations as well. A great and valuable lesson in taugh...more

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Aug 06, 2010 Whitney Mckim rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle

I agree with another reviewer that this book can't be judged by it's cover. In fact, after reading it I can say that it hardly belongs on the shelves among other pre-teen books. With topics as gruesome as dog fighting, maiming & mutilation, and the mention of selling dogs to laboratories where the horrors they experience should only be left to the nightmares of children, it is certainly not an appropriate read for impressionable minds.

Dog-lovers and animal-lovers in general will find it dif...more

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Oct 06, 2009 Jacqie rated it 2 of 5 stars

I really love Bloom County. This book just sat wrong with me for some reason. I heard Berk Breathed speak, and he said that he believes that kids' books should take one into the valley of hard emotions so that one can climb out again. I agree that kids don't need to be coddled or shielded from negative emotions. But this book started off with a dachshund being flung into a fighting dog pit and lying down to die in despair. I've got a soft spot for animals, and I had a hard time with that one. I...more

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Jun 07, 2011 Tom Franklin rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was a book I very much wanted to like. I've been a Berkeley Breathed fan since Bloom County's first days and a book written (and illustrated!) by him should have such potential.

It was good to find that Berkeley Breathed's book-length writing was as good as some of his more prose-heavy Bloom County comic strips. The problem, however, was that Sam's story seemed a bit cobbled together. There were many strong scenes but the transitions seemed to me missing for me. There were stretches of story...more

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Feb 19, 2012 Jessica rated it 5 of 5 stars

So, you won't often see me give 5 stars, especially not to a juvenile novel, but this one deserved it. Berkeley Breathed's "Flawed Dogs: The Novel" was fantastic! Based on his picture book, "Flawed Dogs: The Year-End Leftovers at the Piddleton Last Chance Dog Pound," the book follows Sam the Lion as he becomes a flawed dog and then learns that heart matters more than those flaws. It's a must read for dog lovers, but will bring a smile to your heart, regardless.

"Sam watched his commandos meet th...more

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Oct 15, 2010 Jonah rated it 5 of 5 stars

I am still reading this book but so far it's pretty good. It's a bit jumpy and its not in chronological order most of the time but the story line is good. The author is also author of opus and many other books and cartoons. The book is about a dog named Sam who is a very rare breed of dachshund called the duuglitz tuft dachshund who finds a girl named Heidi and comes with her to her uncles dog ranch where a poodle named Cassius lives. Soon after Sam arriving Cassius gets jealous of him and the a...more

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Jan 22, 2010 MiriLou rated it 3 of 5 stars

The cover art caught my attention and when I realized it was written by Berkeley Breathed, creator of Bloom County, I had to give it a try. It looked like it would be a fun book to read out loud to my 7-yr-old son who likes dogs. Well, not so much. The vocabulary is above his level and the story gets really dark-the dog goes through some pretty horrific experiences. But some of Breathed's typical offbeat humor is still there including the funniest lines I have read in a long time:

"...giving the...more

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Dec 04, 2009 Cindy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: childrens-reads

Sam the Lion is a dachshund that is a show dog, living only to make his owner happy. Heidy is an orphan who is sent to live with her Uncle Hamish. Heidy and Sam are very happy living with one another under Uncle Hamishes care. Then one day the house keepers poodle decides to frame Sam for misbehavior and he is sent away. He is sent to a pound for unadopted dogs and is very unhappy with his situation and decides to break out. Then he finds himself in even a greater predicament. This is a fun and...more

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Oct 01, 2010 Jeff Raymond rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-middle-grade

There are two things you need to keep in mind about me:

1) I'm not really a dog person.

2) I'm not really into Berkeley Breathed.

Neither of these things are especially surprising if you know me, but the reality is that these two issues probably impacted my ability to enjoy this book. It follows a dog and his pretty terrible struggle that brings him from a family to a dogfighting ring and back again, and it really felt uneven and strange and uncomfortable. Kids books are great when they are strange...more

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Nov 24, 2009 Kerri rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: just-plain-fun

One of my favorite pictures books to use with my students is Flawed Dogs by Berkely Breathed. The pictures alone are worthy of a fun writing assignment. Well, he has followed that up with a novel that includes all the funny yet flawed characters from that book. This book is kind of like a prequel to the picture book and explains how they arrived at the last chance dog pound where that book takes place. It is a very sweet, sometimes sad, look at the life of a dachshund named Sam the Lion. Might m...more

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Mar 27, 2012 Tina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: children

I read this to my 3rd grade class and while there were lots of high level words they begged me and reminded me to read every day. The pictures were funny and really added to the story as well. There is a few things such as language and topics that I didn't read or skipped over but they didn't notice. It is appropriate for 4th-5th grade to read independent though. It had just about everything in this story: drama, comedy, and the sad parts too. At the suspense parts the kids would even go da-da-d...more

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Guy Berkeley "Berke" Breathed is an American cartoonist, children's book author/illustrator, director, and screenwriter, best known for Bloom County, a 1980s cartoon-comic strip which dealt with socio-political issues as seen through the eyes of highly exaggerated characters (e.g. Bill the Cat and Opus the Penguin) and humorous analogies.

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