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Dixie

by Grace Gilman

It's Emma's turn to make a snack for her class. But when the ingredients get mixed up in her favorite cookie recipe, it falls to Dixie to woof to the rescue! Full color.

Genres: Childrens, Dogs, Picture Books, School

Paperback

First published March 13, 2012

About the author

Grace Gilman is a former children's book editor. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Jasmine from How Useful It Is · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read for my toddler’s bedtime. Dixie the dog first ran in and ruined all of the baking that Emma and her mom prepared. Then they bake the cookies again but later found that the cookies were spicy because the cinnamon got mixed during the crash. Emma’s mom made new cookies to bring to Emma’s class and before her classmates dived in Dixie came in tackling all of the bad cookies and saved the day.

Read from kindle unlimited.

[Edward Sojuwa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Part of Grace Gilman's series about Dixie the dog has lovable Dixie in a Mixie! Mom and daughter Emma are making spice cookies (take note mom uses the computer, which means she's living in our time, and she still tells Emma to wash her hands before making cookies, which puts mom back in the 50s where all morals come from tv shows like Dennis the Menace. Sad.) when Dixie sniffs them cookies GOOD and crashes the kitchen table, making a huge mess the way dogs in 50s sitcoms usually do. The ingredients are all messed up even after the cleaning is done, which means somehow the cookies made with cinnamon are now made with pepper spice instead! And Emma's class is about to snack on spice cookies that are truly spicy!!! .....Unless mom and Dixie come up with a plan real fast to stop every kid's palate from setting off fire alarms! (If you know what I mean) Dixie is a dog straight outa the 50s sitcoms. But then I kinda like 50s sitcoms sooo.....
Three stars
Leave it to Dixie!

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Emma is excited to be chosen to take something special for treat day at school. She and her mom home make cookies but her puppy Dixie get into some that she left at home. When she spits them out Mom realizes there is something wrong. Mom saves the day with a new batch of cookies for the class all because of Dixie letting her know something was wrong.

[Kelsie Drake · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Dixie books they are always super sweet. This time, they were making cookies as a family and Emma put in what she thought was cinnamon. However, it was not cinnamon, it was spicy peppers and she almost gave the whole class spicy cookies. Dixie tried a cookie and figured it out and she saved the class from eating the spicy cookies right before.

[Lynda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute story of Emma and her dog, Dixie and the adventures they share while making cookies for Emma's class.

[Zozo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spicy?

[Manu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Leila: 8 stars: that she ate the spicy cookies. )What happened at the end?) Her mom made her dog a treat.

[Maddypictures · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dixie the dog gets into one mishap after another. Emma and her mom are making cookies to share for snack at school, when uh-oh! An over-rambunctious Dixie knocks over the table, ruining everything. They whip up a fresh batch, unsuspectingly adding cayenne pepper instead of cinnamon. Wah-wah-wah-waaaaaah! Cue the sad trombone - but Dixie (and Emma's mom) save the day when they arrive at school and Dixie manages to knock over another table of cookies, saving the students from a spicy snack. Emma's super-mom presents the kids with a third batch of cookies (cooked the right way this time, of course.) Colorful watercolors give a great sense of motion as Dixie wiggles and waggles across every page.

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Synopsis: "Emma gets to make a special treat for her class, so she decides to make her favorite, oatmeal spice cookies!

But when there’s a kitchen mix-up, sweet turns to spicy, and Emma goes to school with some bad treats. Luckily, Dixie sniffs out the problem and Emma’s mom figures out the solution—but will the pair make it to school before it’s too late?"

My Review: This is a good level 1 early reader book. The now familiar characters, Dixie and Emma have a simple but fun adventure. Most of the words and sentences are short and easily read, any new words could be sounded out. The story is also one that is funny and relatable.

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

When Emma and her mom make cookies for her school class, she makes a mistake and puts hot pepper into them instead of cinnamon. Of course, her dog Dixie saves the day. When Dixie steals a cookie, she discovers the error before any of the children bite into a hot pepper cookie.

Now that most schools require factory-packaged treats and ban homemade ones, this story line becomes less relevant. But Dixie is cute in all her books. This I Can Read book will be popular for fans of Dixie and for beginning readers, aged 4-7.

[Tam · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a "Beginning 1" with simple sentences for eager new readers for ages 4 to 8.

Excerpt from the book:
"Emma came home from school.
Dixie wagged her tail.
Dixie was happy to see Emma.
'I have a big project to do,' Emma told Dixie.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dixie saves Emma's class from super hot cookies.

[Brooke Birchler · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really cute book for beginning readers who are trying to get into chapter books.