一位溫柔善良有錢的太太和她的一百隻狗

by Chinlun Lee, 李瑾倫

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內容簡介

　　在這篇故事中，「溫柔善良的太太」是作者以她國內一位收養流浪狗的好心人為靈感，所創造出來的角色。李瑾倫在本書中，用簡潔的文字來述說這個甜蜜溫馨的故事。故事雖短，但從威風的愛爾蘭獵狼犬「國王」到總是在隊伍最後面拖啊拖的慢狗「賓果」，這一百隻狗的安排設計，作者可一點都不馬虎。每隻狗都依照牠們個別的(或一組一組能夠歸類的)特色加以命名並介紹，這樣的內容橫跨了一頁又一頁的篇幅。這是一本畫得非常精緻、用心的床邊故事，它會讓孩子們愛不釋手，以至許多父母必須不厭其煩地為孩子講上好幾百遍。書中這位高雅的女士，專心致力的照顧她心愛的一百隻狗：陪牠們玩耍、把牠們餵飽、料理牠們生活上的一切瑣事……，就連晚上睡覺的時候，都貼心的幫每一隻狗準備了專屬的毛毯和枕頭。故事的後半段，當善良的太太一口氣喊出一百個名字叫喚她的狗兒時，固執的小孩想必會在每次父母唸故事的時候，要求爸爸媽媽把這些名字都唸出來吧?作者用水彩、色鉛筆和油墨等顏料，配合自己幽默、童真的風格，描繪出一幅幅生動的插圖，讓畫中每隻歡樂的狗兒都鮮活了起來(不知讀者是否發現，裡頭還有一隻後腳必須倚賴小車輪才能行動的狗──恰恰，牠也快樂的奔跑著呢)。腦筋動得快的老師可以在課堂上，用這本書教低年級的小朋友學算術，這本書和Wanda Gag的《100萬隻貓》有異曲同工之妙。

Genres: Picture Books, Dogs, Childrens

Hardcover

First published May 8, 2001

About the author

Chinlun Lee is the author-illustrator of the picture books The Very Kind Rich Lady and Her One Hundred Dogsand Good Dog, Paw! and the illustrator of Totally Wonderful Miss Plumberry by Michael Rosen. Chinlun Lee lives in Taiwan.

Reviews

[Caroline Crago · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite childhood book and also so wholesome. (This you addison?)

[Jillian Cryder · Rating 5 out of 5]

I aspire to be like that very kind rich lady one day, I want one hundred dogs and I want to be able to brush them, feed them and talk to them each day. I love that the author of The Very Kind Rich Lady and Her One Hundred Dogs didn't just say that she had one hundred dogs, the author showed them and drew them. I love dogs so this was definitely a good book for me to read. I like that the kind rich lady was able to name all of her dogs as well and call them by name to come play. I wish I had one hundred dogs now. The illustrations were really cute too and I think it would be fun to read this with a class because we can talk about the dogs and have a couple students recognize if their dog looked liked one of the dogs or tell us which is their favorite. This would be an amazing and silly read aloud book!

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book would be really good for teachers and students learning to count to one hundred. Cute story, students would be able to count all one hundred dogs together.

[Lupe Ramos · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book depicts the story of a very rich lady who happens to have one hundred dogs. She feeds them every day, she also brushes them and finds at least one tick for each, she calls them to go play by calling them each by their name. After they are done, they go back inside where they sleep, she always has room and love for each of her dogs. This adorable dog book will capture the heart of all dog lovers or just any readers in general. With amazing illustrations all introducing the dogs it will be easy to understand for any reader, there is more illustrations than words so it will be great for students reading along and they will be able to make their own stories as they read. A good teaching idea would be to help with counting, as I was going through this book through every page towards the middle there were more and more dogs being introduced, this would be a fun way to learn counting.

[Sirah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Once there was a kind rich lady who adopted 100 dogs. She names the dogs, calls each one by name, plays with them, and feeds them. Isn't that nice?

This is the sort of thing gets by because it's for children, so reading it as an adult gives me weird feelings. I suppose it's nice that these dogs have been adopted and aren't on the streets, but I don't see how one woman could give each one the love it deserves, and I can't imagine how smelly her house is. And the fleas! I think this book is a good idea, but merely listing the dogs and the daily activities doesn't do justice to this charming concept and does nothing to allay my concerns. I would say this is a fun readaloud, but who wants to repeat 100 dogs' names twice during one readthrough while nothing happens?

[Elsa · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMAZING. 12/10

[Melanie Gaum · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute story. I liked seeing al the different kinds of dogs, but this would be a tiring read-aloud story.

[Simon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Could not ask for any improvements. Sister read this to me and I was hooked for the entire four minutes

[Beth]

What I aspire to be at 50.

[Bonnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading all one hundred dogs names and their answers to the question about whether they all had a lovely time together, gave Lil Dude a case of the giggles.

[Alyssa Pierce · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book serves as a good counting book. Each page that goes by adds more and more dogs to the story, and the total keeps growing. I like that this is a counting book with dogs because it is something that is fun and relatable. Another reason this book is very interesting is that it gives each dog a different name and even makes every single one look different from another. Another fun part of this book is that it includes more than just counting. At on point, it says that the Very Kind Rich Lady strokes each dog 10 times. So that adds a little multiplication into the mix. The pictures also add to the overall appeal of this book. They are able to help put into perspective just how much one hundred dogs is. Overall, this book is simple and provides a story along with lots of opportunities for the reader to count.

[Jo ☾ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this! Maybe because it's always been a dream of mine to win the lottery and retire to a huge piece of land where I could rescue an abundance of dogs to live happily ever after with me. :)

This story is based on a woman in Taiwan who took in a large number of stray dogs. I love this woman!

This delightful story features a woman who lives in a tall house on a hill with all 100 stray dogs that she's adopted. There really are 100 dogs in the story too and they all have a name so be prepared to read all 100 names. ;) Children learning to count will probably get a kick out of counting all 100 dogs. My favourite little dog is Bingo, who is always late. So cute!

[Eve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny and delightful. It would take someone with a lot of money to care for a hundred dogs, but this lady obviously adores each canine in her family. Each has a name and the illustrations depict every breed, mutt, and personality you can imagine.

Note: My parents rescued dogs for many years. My mother was obsessed with rescuing them. Each had a name like "Jefferson", "Nellie", "Tootsie", "Alice", "Danny", "Charlie", "Lucy", etc. When my father passed away in 2002 my library honored his memory by purchasing this title for the children's division. It was the perfect choice.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun story about a lady and her 100 dogs. Ususally a news story about a woman such as this would involve the ASPCA and/or the Humane Society taking away the poor animals from the hoarding "cat" or "dog" lady.

But they explain that she is rich and thus allowed her eccentricities, since she takes good care of her pets.

The counting is fun, the names are cute and the pictures, while a bit fuzzy, are very cute. Our girls really enjoyed looking at each of the dogs.

[Jessi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can see myself in this crazy old lady.

[Lucy · Rating 3 out of 5]

great for 100 day at school
william took it in for his teacher to read!

[Misha · Rating 5 out of 5]

AWESOME read-aloud. 100 dog names! Hilarious! We keep omiting the word "rich" because there's really no point for it. Other than that she can cleanly house and play all day with 100 dogs, I guess.

[Erroll Treslan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The kids absolutely love this one.