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First Dog by Jan Brett (1988, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

ISBN-100152276505

ISBN-139780152276508

eBay Product ID (ePID)69370

Product Key Features

Book TitleFirst Dog

Number of Pages40 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAnimals / Dogs, Historical / Prehistory, General

Publication Year1988

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorJan Brett

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight14.1 Oz

Item Length11.3 in

Item Width9.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN88-002224

ReviewsBrett, author/illustrator of such favorites as Annie and the Wild Animals , has turned to prehistoric territory for her newest book. Kip the cave boy is on his way home with only a bag of Woollystet upper case, in book Rhino bones and his wits to protect him from the dangerous beasts of Ice Age Europe. At his first rest-stop a Paleowolf appears, to beg for food. Kip gives the wolf nothing and teases him, but each time Kip stops to eat, one of the wolf's keen senseshearing, smell, eyesightsaves him from an approaching animal, including the much-feared Saber-Toothed Cat. When both are safe but hungry, Kip makes a promise to Wolf: he will supply food, if Wolf will supply protectionand Wolf wags his tail to become the first dog. With folksy cadences and repetitions, this seems written to be read aloud. The illustrations are bright, with vivid details that richly evoke the possible landscapes of a prehistoric era; this is an appealing story of the way things might have been. Ages 4-8., PreSchool-Grade 1 A simple, imaginative tale of how the first domestication of a wild animal may have occurred. Kip, a cave boy living at the end of the Ice Age, is followed on his journey home by a Paleowolf, who, smelling the boy's roasted Woolly Rhino bones, begs for a treat. Each time the boy stops to rest and eat, the wolf hound senses danger and flees, saving the boy's life, too. After Paleowolf warns him of a fearsome Saber-Toothed Cat, the boy makes a deal with himhe will exchange some of his food for the animal's protective senses. The book's glorious watercolor illustrations will attract young prehistory enthusiasts, for amidst the melting ice floes roam the mighty Mammoth, the Wild Horse, the Woolly Rhino and other denizens of the Pleistocene period. Each scene appears on a ''canvas'' stretched across two pages. Borders show wood and stone carvings, cave paintings, and artifacts. Side panels on several illustrations show the dangers that Kip avoids by heeding Paleowolf's warnings. This is another of Brett's lavish offerings, intricately designed and filled with eye-catching detail. However, it is a fabricated story told with authority, featuring a modern-looking boy amidst authentic-looking animals and scenery. Children familiar with the ever-growing body of factual material on this period may accept it as the truth, despite its accompanying notes. Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, Ohio, "A nice bit of imagining."-The New Yorker "Jan Brett's outstanding art is the best ever....Wonderfully detailed mammoths and cave bears populate Brett's now-famous borders on each lovely page."-L.A. Parent "Unquestionably spectacular...breathtaking."-The Christian Science Monitor, Jan Bretts outstanding art is the best ever....Wonderfully detailed mammoths and cave bears populate Bretts now-famous borders on each lovely page., eoeA nice bit of imagining.ee"The New Yorker eoeJan Brette(tm)s outstanding art is the best ever....Wonderfully detailed mammoths and cave bears populate Brette(tm)s now-famous borders on each lovely page.ee"L.A. Parent eoeUnquestionably spectacular...breathtaking.ee"The Christian Science Monitor

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromPreschool

Dewey Decimal[E]

Grade ToThird Grade

SynopsisKip the Cave Boy offers to share all his woolly rhino ribs if Paleowolf will use his keen nose, fine ears, and sharp eyes to keep Kip from being eaten up. When Paleowolf agrees with a bark and a wag of his tail, Kip names his new friend Dog.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.B7559Fi 1988