My Dog's a Scaredy Cat

by Duncan Ball

Stanley is a dog, but he's also a scaredy-cat ...Stanley is scared of everything - big dogs, little dogs, cars, water, butterflies, even cats! His owner wishes Stanley was just a little bit braver - as brave as a lion, or a rhinoceros or an elephant.But Stanley is Stanley and it doesn't matter if he's a scaredy-cat.Ages 3+

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 22, 1988

About the author

Duncan Ball is an American-born Australian author who has written the children's series Selby (about a talking dog named Selby who tries to keep his secret away from his owners) and Emily Eyefinger (about a girl who has an eye on her finger). He also writes under the name of John St Claire. Duncan currently lives in Glebe‚ NSW with his wife‚ Jill.

Reviews

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I looked at this book from a landscape point-of-view. As I'm currently studying what illustrations - in children's literature and picture books - can convey about social and cultural ideologies.