A Dog's Day by Rebecca Rissman

A Dog's Day Reviews

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  Jenna Mills

  Fun. I actually made a book with this idea with my class at school one year.
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  Rani

  Introducing young readers to point of view is difficult. In this lovely, upside-down book, the readers read the story from the perspective of Rusty the dog and Rosie the girl, who walks and plays with him every day. Rusty, without his leash and owner, decides to walk into the stores and jumps into the fountain in the town square. He is surprised and sad when nobody welcomes him. Sometime later, Rusty realizes that he is hungry and lost when he hears a familiar voice calling his name. At this point in the story, Rosy and Rusty meet and the reader must flip over the book to read Rosie’s part of the story.
  
  The book is a great way to introduce characters and POV. The storyline is really simple and even the youngest readers can actually ‘see’ where the characters meet and the two strands ‘twine.’ This is a great book for the youngest readers.
  
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  Barbara

  Dog lovers will find this book delightful because it tells two different versions of the same story. In one version, Rosie wakes up to find that her dog Rusty is missing. She heads outside and looks for him, following the trail of mischief he has left behind. In the other version of the story, readers hear Rusty's side of the story. As he races through the neighborhood, many unhappy individuals are inconvenienced by his fun. After all, it's all in the perspective, right? But what matters in the end is that Rusty and Rosie love each other and are glad to be reunited. This is probably the best day Rusty has ever had. The bright colors in the illustrations will enable readers to see the mess that one dog can make as he passes through a shoe store and bathes in a fountain.
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  Dione Basseri

  I just...really did not like this book, and certainly less than its sibling book, "A Cat's Day." The author splits the book in half, one side telling the story from the point of view of the dog off on an adventure when he escapes his house, and the other from the point of view of his owner, whom is trying to find her dog, but is continually just a few steps behind. Splitting the book made each story too short, and they don't interact all that much, as compared to "A Cat's Day." It's really just a lot of repetition as she catches up.
  
  There are a lot of wonderful books out there about dogs, and you could spend your money on lots of better picks. Try this from the library, if available, but don't feel bad if they didn't buy it. You probably won't, either.