Pilkey, Dav Dog Man
Unleashed, 220 pgs. GRAPHIC NOVEL Graphix, 2017 (Scholastic). $9.99
Content: G.
Dog Man has the body
of a man and the head of a dog which causes him problems when he can’t control
his animal instincts. When the villain,
a cat named Petey, is impersonated in town Dog Man is sent to investigate. The story line gets a bit complicated as the
Police Chief’s evil fish, Flippy, takes some smart food and tries to steal from
everyone. Petey is upset that someone is
pretending to be him and gets involved.
At one point there is also a paper version of Petey the cat. Needless to say the villains all get their
due, Dog Man saves the day.
Heaven help
me. I realize as an adult I’m not the
intended audience, but I cringed at the many misspelled words and strange
sentence structures. My eight year old
son thinks this series is hilarious and I do think the story line is
creative. Rating it for libraries I
think your kids will pick this up and love it, the English teacher in me is
dying that this is considered reading material.
My biases aside, it will be a big hit especially among reluctant readers.
EL (K-3) – ADVISABLE. Reviewer,
C. Peterson.
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