Playground Bully

Barkley's School for Dogs #1

by Marcia Thornton Jones, Debbie Dadey, Amy Wummer (Illustrations)

When Jack's human, Maggie, drops him off at his new dog school, Jack is introduced to the dogs of Barkley's. It isn't easy being the new pup at school, especially when jack chooses one of the bully's toys to chew on and befriends a cat. Though Jack fancies himself to be a Wonder Dog, he comes to realize that the truest special power is friendship.

Author Biography: Marcia Thornton Jones and Debbie Dadey are the authors of the series The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, The Bailey City Monsters and Triplet Trouble. Now they lend their talent to the adorable antics of the canine characters of Barkley's School for Dogs.

Genres: Fiction, Childrens

80 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2001

About the author

Marcia Thornton Jones has published 131 books for children with sales totaling more than 43 million copies world-wide. Her works include CHAMP (mid-grade novel), RATFINK (mid-grade novel), GODZILLA ATE MY HOMEWORK (chapter book), THE TALE OF JACK FROST (picture book) and LEPRECHAUN ON THE LOOSE (picture book). She is the co-author of seven popular series including The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, Keyholders, Ghostville Elementary, The Bailey School Kids Jr. Chapter Books, Triplet Trouble, Bailey City Monsters, and The Barkley School for Dogs.

Marcia has been listed as a top 100 author by the Educational Paperback Association and selected for the Children’s Top 100 Books list by the National Education Association, International Reading Associations Children’s Choice Award. Marcia's books have received many honors and have appeared on on the Publisher's Weekly Bestsellers lists,

Marcia, a full time writer living in Lexington, Kentucky enjoys presenting at schools and conferences. As a veteran teacher with more than 20 years of experience, she easily relates the importance of writing to students of all ages.

Reviews

[Stefanie Gonzalez · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is 10 chapters long with a few black and white pictures in between. I think this book is acceptable for third grade and above to read. The story is about a dog named Jack that gets sent to a training school. He tries to make friends and notices a big Doberman dog, which he tries not to go near. Children who are new at a school can make connections to it because when you are new you try to make friends and not overstep but things don't always go that way

[Kimmy Cavagna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love thiss book!!!!