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The No-Bark Dog
A beginning to read book, a charming story about a dog and the children in his life.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1962
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May 11, 2019
A little boy gets a puppy and takes him out with his friends. They walk in the snow and play and meet other dogs. Beautiful illustrations of children and dogs and a lovely beginner reader story.
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January 11, 2025
Top the (presumably) West Highland White Terrier or Miniature Schnauzer puppy doesn't bark. Everyone thinks that this is a problem.
Man, what a different world now than when this was originally published in 1962. A Westie or mini Schnauzer that doesn't bark would be worth his weight in gold today.
I bet everyone was really unhappy after Top began barking.
Yeah, I get that this is really a story teaching that everybody learns at their own speed, but still ...
I gave this an extra star for the wonderful full-color illustrations. There are many different types of dogs shown. There are also different kinds of people. Our Protagonist's name is Timothy Trotter and, although I immediately thought of Del Boy from Only Fools and Horses, the Trotters are Black. There are also thin people, fat people, young and old.
The gang goes into a pet store at one point, where (of course) there is a genius parrot who can repeat anything said to him just once, with aquariums full of long-finned fish. I had a hard time trying to figure out what kind of fish they were supposed to be. Got a feeling the artist did, too.
At the end of the story, there's a list of 179 vocabulary words, including names, regular possessives, contractions, regular plurals and regular verb forms. I was an English major, but cannot for the life of me remember what half of those terms mean. Shows you how much you'll use them in real life, kids.
You can find this book (sometimes) at the Internet Archive.
Man, what a different world now than when this was originally published in 1962. A Westie or mini Schnauzer that doesn't bark would be worth his weight in gold today.
I bet everyone was really unhappy after Top began barking.
Yeah, I get that this is really a story teaching that everybody learns at their own speed, but still ...
I gave this an extra star for the wonderful full-color illustrations. There are many different types of dogs shown. There are also different kinds of people. Our Protagonist's name is Timothy Trotter and, although I immediately thought of Del Boy from Only Fools and Horses, the Trotters are Black. There are also thin people, fat people, young and old.
The gang goes into a pet store at one point, where (of course) there is a genius parrot who can repeat anything said to him just once, with aquariums full of long-finned fish. I had a hard time trying to figure out what kind of fish they were supposed to be. Got a feeling the artist did, too.
At the end of the story, there's a list of 179 vocabulary words, including names, regular possessives, contractions, regular plurals and regular verb forms. I was an English major, but cannot for the life of me remember what half of those terms mean. Shows you how much you'll use them in real life, kids.
You can find this book (sometimes) at the Internet Archive.
February 20, 2015
Timothy Trotter gets an adorable dog but he does bark...then he does.
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