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Dog Loves Books
by
Louise Yates
A picture-book treat for the youngest dog lovers.
Dog loves books SO much he opens his very own bookstore. At first he’s short of customers. But that’s all right, because when Dog is surrounded by books, he is never short of friends—or fun. And when customers begin arriving, he knows just which books to recommend.
Louise Yates’s expressive little white dog—and his many expre...more
Dog loves books SO much he opens his very own bookstore. At first he’s short of customers. But that’s all right, because when Dog is surrounded by books, he is never short of friends—or fun. And when customers begin arriving, he knows just which books to recommend.
Louise Yates’s expressive little white dog—and his many expre...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
July 27th 2010
by Knopf Books for Young Readers
(first published March 1st 2010)
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Dog loves books, but he hates waiting. When he open a bookstore, waiting for customers to visit isn't for him. Instead, he loses himself in the store's books. When Dog reads, he isn't alone. He has dinosaurs, kangaroos, and aliens for company. Finally, Dog's bookstore has a customer. He knows just the books to offer.
What I thought: I like dogs and books. A dog who enjoys books is a great idea for a book. Dog (as drawn) is an endearing character. He doesn't seem to be any particular breed, but a...more
What I thought: I like dogs and books. A dog who enjoys books is a great idea for a book. Dog (as drawn) is an endearing character. He doesn't seem to be any particular breed, but a...more
This is a wonderful beginning book for new readers. We follow a friendly dog who loves books so much, he decided to open his own bookstore. While waiting for customers (who actually want to buy books), he reads. And reads, and reads, and reads. Until that beautiful day that a young girl comes into the store, and with all of Dog's knowledge on books, know the perfect one to recommend. This short story shows kids what reading can do for them, and that it can take them to far away lands with aliens...more
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This cute books delves into the story of a little dog and his love of books. Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates tells the story of a dog who opens up his very own bookstore. After waiting, waiting, waiting for customers, he decides to start reading. He becomes lost in the land of aliens, dinosaurs, and various other characters. Eventually the customers show up, and he knows just what books to recommend.
This book is mainly intended for pre-school to second grade. It is an adorable book about books.
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This book is mainly intended for pre-school to second grade. It is an adorable book about books.
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This is a great book for all teachers to have in their classroom to show students how great reading is. This story is about a dog who loves to read so he decides to open up his own book store. However, the dog becomes sad at first because no one is coming into his store. Due to this, he begins reading the books in his store and becomes immersed in the adventures of each book. The dog's love for reading continues to grow, and at the end of the story a customer finally comes in, and the dog is del...more
How could anyone not want to read this book after looking at the cover picture of a cartoon dog cheerfully carrying a stack of books? The story tells of the pleasures of reading. Dog likes books so much that he decides to open a bookstore. When no customers show up, he begins to take books from the shelf and read them - and get lost in them. When the customers do come, he knows just what books to recommend. The illustrations are imaginative and expressive. Softly colored, they convey the emotion...more
Not perhaps the most business-savvy of canines, the dog in Dog Loves Books opens a bookstore... and winds up depressed at the lack of customers, but pleased with the ability to read books and loose himself in them. I'm not sure what this says about using books as a means of distraction from less than ideal situations, but at least we get the message that it's good to share good books with others, right? Still, it's cute and kids that like books and dogs will very likely enjoy this one. My advice...more
Dog loves books. He is so passionate about books, Dog decides to open a bookshop. He prepares carefully, fills his shelves lovingly, and nobody comes. Dog is sad. But then he realizes he is sitting amongst wonderful books and he will read them. While he is reading, he is transported, and he forgets he is waiting for customers. And low and behold, while he is busy reading and going on exciting adventures through books, his bookstore fills with customers.
Once his bookstore is full, Dog gets to do...more
Once his bookstore is full, Dog gets to do...more
Loved this book! What a wonderful story to promote reading to children! A dog who loves to read and wants to share his enthusiasm for reading with others. And the illustrations are great too!
I read Dog Loves Books and I thought it was very good. I thought it was good because the dog loved books so much and he was determined to make something out of it. On the day that his bookstore opened, he got up early, took a shower, dried his fur, and put out some balloons. And when he threw open the door, no one was there. I thought it was really cool how even when nobody came to the bookstore, the dog kept working and hoping that someone would come in. And then he found the books. He found a...more
I think this is a very sweet book and I will get all my fellow booksellers to read it too!
Dogs Loves Books is written and illustrated by Louise Yates. This is a cute story about a dog that loves books so much that he opens a bookstore. The audience this book would be good for is young children. I think this book would appeal to children (and adult readers) who really like books. The pictures add a nice quiet prettiness to this book. I only gave this book 3 stars because I feel like the story is pretty shallow. I feel that it may be a good conversation starter though. I might use this...more
A playful book about a dog who is most passionate about books, and who longs to share his love of books with anyone and everyone. The differing page spreads and the facial expressions of the dog keep you enticed throughout because you just can't help but empathize with him and the great effort he puts into constructing his own bookstore despite his baffled customers. To buy some time, he immerses himself in books and becomes completely engulfed by the adventures that he reads until he finally ge...more
This is a cute book about a bookloving dog and it would pair nicely with How Rocket Learned to Read. Dog wants to share his love of books so badly and you feel so sad for him when no one is visiting his bookstore. But when he starts to read and take off on adventures in the books, you see why he loved reading so much.
Dog Loves Books is a nice, easy introduction to books and reading. The illustrations are simple but fun and the author/artist brings dog to life. And really, how can you not like a...more
Dog Loves Books is a nice, easy introduction to books and reading. The illustrations are simple but fun and the author/artist brings dog to life. And really, how can you not like a...more
Title: Dog Loves Books By Louise Yates
Summary: Dog only loves one thing more than books, sharing them.
Rating: Yes
Ages: 4-6 years
Pros:
While not the most interesting story the book progresses logically and ends neatly.
The story celebrates books and where they can take you when you use your imagination.
The pastel illustrations are expressive and charming.
Cons:
The illustrations are pale, which makes the book difficult to use for large story times.
Usage: One-on-one sharing or preschool story tim...more
Summary: Dog only loves one thing more than books, sharing them.
Rating: Yes
Ages: 4-6 years
Pros:
While not the most interesting story the book progresses logically and ends neatly.
The story celebrates books and where they can take you when you use your imagination.
The pastel illustrations are expressive and charming.
Cons:
The illustrations are pale, which makes the book difficult to use for large story times.
Usage: One-on-one sharing or preschool story tim...more
Dog loves everything about books. He loves their smell, their feel. In fact, he loved them enough to open a bookstore. He worked hard to prepare for the Grand Opening, but when he threw the door open no one was there. Some people do come in, but they aren’t interested in buying books. Dog was all alone with his books. So what’s a Dog to do? Read the books to pass the time! So he doesn’t even notice that he’s alone anymore, but when a real customer is ready to buy a book, he is more than ready.
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Dec 17, 2010
Lisa Vegan
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
readers of all ages who, as I do, love books and dogs
I am such a sap sometimes. This book probably had me at dog and books, but I did really like it.
The illustrations touched my heart. The dog’s many expressions and body language are wonderful, as are the customers at the bookstore and the many imaginative adventures within the books.
The premise of a dog opening a bookstore because he loves books so much (and even the unrealistic part of him giving himself a bath, well, yeah, I know it’s all unrealistic) and of the magic within book and of the peo...more
The illustrations touched my heart. The dog’s many expressions and body language are wonderful, as are the customers at the bookstore and the many imaginative adventures within the books.
The premise of a dog opening a bookstore because he loves books so much (and even the unrealistic part of him giving himself a bath, well, yeah, I know it’s all unrealistic) and of the magic within book and of the peo...more
This book is about a dog who loves to read books so one day he decided to open a bookstore. Once he opens the store he gets sad because he has no customers coming into his bookstore. He gets so lonely that he begins reading the books himself and getting into new adventures with each book. He then gets a customer who he can then share his recommendations with and he shares his books. This book shows the beauty of reading and shows readers why they should want to read without directly telling them...more
Dog loves books is about a dog who loves books so much that he decides to open his own book store. After not having any customers, he begins his own 'adventure' through each book that he reads. It is a great lesson for kids to apply to their own reading process. Its is also a great book to use for inferring and making predictions in the classroom. Inferring about how the dog is feeling throughout the book and making predictions about sequence of events.
A wonderful read. Great for showing kids what reading does for you... keep you company, give you adventures, takes you places.
Illustrations are soft pastels and line drawings with plenty of expressive elements. I really loved the dog, he is brilliant.
Dog loves books so he opens a bookstore. When no one come he reads to himself until a customer comes in and then he has such a background in literature he can help anyone find the perfect book.
Illustrations are soft pastels and line drawings with plenty of expressive elements. I really loved the dog, he is brilliant.
Dog loves books so he opens a bookstore. When no one come he reads to himself until a customer comes in and then he has such a background in literature he can help anyone find the perfect book.
Dog loves to read. He loves it so much, he opens a bookstore. He wants to share books, but no one comes to the grand opening. What does a dog do? He reads!
Reading takes away the boredom of waiting and waiting and waiting. Reading can fill the void between customers. Reading can take you on adventures!
Simply delightful book by Yates that shares the joy and love of reading and sharing reading with others.
Reviewed from a library copy.
Reading takes away the boredom of waiting and waiting and waiting. Reading can fill the void between customers. Reading can take you on adventures!
Simply delightful book by Yates that shares the joy and love of reading and sharing reading with others.
Reviewed from a library copy.
I love this little cute picture book that I picked up while shelving the other day. This little white dog, which reminded me of our dog who likes to sniff and lick all the books I borrow from the library, loves books and decides to open his own bookshop. While he is reading, he gets transported to whatever world he is reading about, be it dinosaurs or marsupials or alien civilizations. He helps a young girl find all the books she needs too.
This is an adorable and sparse picture book on the love of a good book and getting willingly lost in so many good stories. Our intrepid book lover Dog decides to happily open a book store, but the problem is, there aren't any customers. So, to whittle away time, Dog delves into one great story after another, and before he knows it, his first customer comes in and he's ready to recommend many excellent titles.
Recommended for ages five and up.
Recommended for ages five and up.
A charming book about a little white dog that, just like the title says, loves books. Since dog loves books so much, he decides to open a book store. The problem is that no one comes to the bookstore. So dog starts reading and gets lost in a world of books.
A short and sweet story for new readers. If used as a read aloud, it needs to be paired with something with a bit more action and plot.
A short and sweet story for new readers. If used as a read aloud, it needs to be paired with something with a bit more action and plot.
I found this story to be a bit strange. Dog is described as a lover of books. He loves the smell and the feel of books, so he decides to open a bookstore. Nowhere in the story does it say he loves to read, which I expected, though he is shown reading and the text mentions that, when he reads, he forgets where he is and gets pulled into the adventures in his books. I expected this to be a story about how important or how much fun reading is, but instead it turned out to be a story about sharing b...more
This is an easy to read aloud book about a dog who just wants to share a passion for books. At first things don't go as planned, but then he pulls a book off the shelf and the illustrations vividly depict dog's joy of reading and all the wonderful things we can imagine when we read. Finally, dog has an opportunity to share all of this in the story - which the kids loved.
There is an image in this book of Dog lounging on an opened book, and I love it. The story itself is just the typical "books can take you to incredible places!" theme, and I was sad that nobody was coming to Dog's book store at first, but it worked out okay. :-) I liked the illustrations, although I think they would be more appealing to an older child.
"Dog loves books, but most of all he loves to share them!" All alone in his bookstore, Dog realizes that he can pass the time by reading books so that when a customer actually does come in, he knows just the book to recommend! I thought this one was cute. It does point out obviously how awesome books are, but it's nice to see in print, just the same.
What better way to promote reading than a story about dog who opens a bookstore, has no customers, then gets lost in the stories he is reading. The text is simple, perfect for kindergarten. The illustrations are pastel with vignettes for the pictures, sometimes 2 or three per page. An adorable introduction to why children should read.
I read this book to a group of struggling readers at a primary school I was volunteering at for my college. We talked about all the things that dog loved about books and then wrote our own stories listing things we liked about books. The kids had fun doing this and hopefully it made an impact on their future reading success.
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