Dogs

by Pascale de Bourgoing (Contributor)

The next wave of titles in the re-launch of the highly popular First Discovery series. Big, colorful illustrations and simple, direct text show kids the wonders of their favorite furry friends.

Scholastic First Dogs, with its fresh cover design, kid-friendly paperback format, and larger trim size, offers young readers an easy-to-use, easy-to-understand introduction to canines. Full-color, highlighted illustrations are accompanied by brief, simple text full of fun facts. Four transparent acetate pages in this title add a fun visual kick.

Genres: Dogs

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Grace Huey · Rating 5 out of 5]

No help needed: muzzle, depends, excellent, retrievers, dreaming, guarding, often, understand, scared, angry, protect, whistle, animal, following, scent, owner, tongue, humans, mountains, border, gather, heavy, hyena

Help needed: moist, breed, million, terriers, straight, litter, carnivores, closely, actions, muscular, sturdy, slightest, blind, guides, collie, related

[Lisa Overberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book includes valuable information about the dog species for children. It includes the body parts of a dog, various sizes of dogs, the different types of fur, their basic needs, procreation, a dog's behaviors, skills that dogs are good at, and other animals that are closely related to dogs. This book would be beneficial as part of a science unit on animals.

Grade Level: Pk-1

[Justin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. The dogs in it are really cute.

[Myriam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ce livre est une réussite. Les chiens sont tellement mignons.

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Children will enjoy the illustrations, some of which are printed on lucite paper, however, don't go looking to this book for accuracy. A St. Bernard is shown carrying a barrel on his collar for rescue work(actually, St. Bernards never did this), and the hyena is identified as a canine--when current research shows this unusual animal is actually more closely realated to the cat family.

[Paul Svg · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book as a little kid, and my mom sent it to me from France. It brought back good memories. The book itself is great.