Mr. Doodle Had a Poodle

Magic Castle Readers

by Jane Belk Moncure, Linda Hohag (Illustrator)

Even though he has not quite mastered the skill of barking, Mr. Doodle's poodle performs many tricks. Includes a vocabulary list.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

31 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Jane Belk Moncure (born December 1926) is an American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She has also written under the names Bruce Wannamaker and Jennie Davis.

Moncure has lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. She lives in Elon College, North Carolina.

Moncure is a creative and prolific author: there are millions of her books in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Distribution has been primarily through The ChildsWorld, ChildrensPress and Scholastic. Her creations and works include My First Steps to Reading, My First Steps to Math, My First Steps to Science, Word Bird, The Soundbox Books, and The Magic Castle Series. Her works have been translated into British English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Malay. Belk Library, Elon University holds a collection of all published books by Moncure.

Jane Belk Moncure is a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. --from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

I get that it's a beginner book, but the structure is seriously weird. They were all excited about introducing the idea of a book as a "word window", which was covered fine in the introduction, that they had it start with Jeff opening a word window about Mr Doodle's poodle and then the story about it. Never returning to Jeff makes it seem half finished. The story about the poodle is cute, but the rhyming cadence is off a little which makes it not as fun a read aloud as it could be.

[ConnieLettow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute book about a poodle that won't bark.

[Tara · Rating 3 out of 5]

French version

[Sadia Mansoor · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Library - A Magic Castle

Come to the magic castle
When you are growing tall,
Rows upon rows of Word Windows
Line every single wall.
They reach up high,
As high as the sky,
And you want to open them all.
For ever time you open one,
A new adventure has begun.

A short poem like message on the first page of this book, which sums up by bookish world ^_^
(This poem has nothing to do with the actual story of the book. Its just an intro by the writer.)

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was the very first book I learned how to read and I'm so happy that I'm able to say that I still own it. it's adorable and very age-appropriate<3

[Saralyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty funny how many things a poodle can do and not bark on command. :)

[Evan D]

One of the funnier ones by this author.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

early reading source for children, to learn about rhyming