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Boy, Bird, and Dog Review by Courtney Larson
David McPhailHoliday House, Inc.
425 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
http://www.holidayhouse.com/
Boy, Bird, and Dog is a picture book for beginning readers. Boy and Bird are up in the tree house, and Dog wants to join them, but he can't climb the ladder. Boy figures out a way to haul Dog up, and all three friends enjoy the view. Boy is then able to use his system to haul up cookies from Mom, and all three enjoy the treat.
The illustrations in Boy, Bird, and Dog are very sweet, as is the plot. However, the sentences are extremely short and choppy, even for a beginning reader, and the grammar is troubling at times. For instance, when Boy, Bird, and Dog are in the tree house looking out at the yard, the sentence used to describe this is "They saw and saw." This is not what I want my beginning reader to view as an acceptable sentence (and it is repeated). I think there are better options available for beginning readers, so I would recommend skipping Boy, Bird, and Dog.
Product Review by Courtney Larson, The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine, LLC, March, 2012
