Hot Diggity Dogs

Ready, Set, Dogs! #3

by Stephanie Calmenson, Joanna Cole, Heather Ross (Illustrator)

Dog-lovers Kate and Lucie are back with more four-legged adventures! A new hot dog stand opens in town and the girls rush to try it out. The food is delicious, and the company is hard to beat―Molly and Wally have two hot-dog dogs of their Ketchup and Mustard. Almost as soon as the stand opens, though, Ketchup and Mustard have gone missing. It's up to Kate and Lucie to save the day, all the while dodging goofy boys and participating in the Bark-in-the-Park dog competition. These girls mean business!

Genres: Animals, Humor, Childrens, 1st Grade, Dogs

112 pages, Hardcover

First published June 9, 2015

About the author

Stephanie Calmenson's many popular titles include concept books, funny school stories, poetry collections, books about dogs and, with Magic School Bus author Joanna Cole, anthologies and beginning reader chapter books.

Stephanie's books have been called "marvelous" (PW), "lyrical" (SLJ), "hilarious" (SLJ), "sweet, funny, and right on the mark" (Booklist).

Before turning to writing, Stephanie was a teacher, a children's book editor, and Editorial Director of Parents Magazine's Read-Aloud Book Club.

Website: my link text

Reviews

[Elizabeth Tyree · Rating 3 out of 5]

my daughter absolutely loves this series. we read a chapter or two a night and the books are just perfectly laid out for that. While the story didn't grasp me as well as it could, I can definitely see it being beloved by kids. very enjoyable installment in a cute (girl powered) series

[Stephanie Tournas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kate and Lucie are best friends who love dogs. They can't own dogs ... but they can turn into dogs! By virtue of a magical dog bone charm necklace, the friends turn into dogs by giving each other a high five, and with a "woofa-woof" they become dogs. The friends help the owners of a new hot dog shop search for their lost dachshunds Ketchup and Mustard, and have various other adventures that require turning back and forth from girls to dogs. A lighthearted early chapter book with cute black and white illustrations. Being safe with dogs is incorporated into the story, and "bonus materials" at the end include jokes, facts and stories about dachshunds. It's not necessary to have read other books in the series to appreciate the story.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Continuing their doggone adventures as dog-loving girls with the ability to become dogs, Kate and Lucie help two new hot dog vendors find their missing dachshunds, Ketchup and Mustard, when they disappear. They also help two somewhat-annoying neighbor boys, DJ and Danny, have some fun at the town's competition to see which dogs are best behaved. I was worried for a little while that the girls might be stuck living out their lives as dogs when the boys first put leashes on them, but things get sorted out nicely. This is a funny, sweet series for readers just starting to read chapter books. The different personalities of the girls are really noticeable here.

[Emilee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a part of the Ready, Set Dogs! Series. My niece is a huge lover of dogs. The entire time I was reading this book I put myself in her shoes. Oh My!!!! How any dog lover would eat up this bookThese 2 darling girls Kate and Lucy love dogs. They found matching pink dog necklaces. When they put them together they themselves become dogs. There adventures include a Bark in the Park event and helping out a hot dog stand owner with a crisis. This quick read is perfect for the emerging reader just moving into chapter books. Incredibly cute and “dogilicious.”

[Kyra Fowler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book for students learning to read chapter books.

[Kirsten · Rating 5 out of 5]

My puppy loving 1st grader was immediately entranced and nearly giddy reading this series!! What an incredible expansion of the imagination. Super fun :)

[Marzieh · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was about two people who had a hot-dog stand in their yard, and the two girls got hot dogs, and the people had their pet dogs, so it's kind of like a trick: HOT. DOGS. and, their dogs were hot.

[Jill CD · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute and funny! Younger students will enjoy this one.