Dog Wants to Play

Illustrated by Jeff Mack
Dog wants to play. When? Today!

But no one will play with Dog. Not the chick or the lamb, the calf or the pig. Poor Dog! Isn?t there one playmate who will play with Dog all day long? With its structure of rhyme and repetition, this is the perfect book to prepare children for reading, and Jeff Mack?s exuberant and funny pictures will keep them turning the pages to enjoy the fun.

Christine McDonnell, a children’s librarian and the author of many books for children, lives in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. View titles by Christine McDonnell

JEFF MACK has written and illustrated a wide range of children’s books, including If My Love Were a Fire TruckHush Little Polar BearGood News Bad News, Duck in the Fridge, Frog and Fly, Hippo and Rabbit and the Mr. Monkey series, earning him three Texas 2x2 awards, a Colorado Bell Award, a Pennsylvania Family Literacy Award, a New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Award, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year award, and an Illinois Monarch Award nomination. Visit him online at jeffmack.com.

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"Subtle and sweet."—Kirkus

"[A] charming and simply told story . . . a good addition to farm-themed storytimes."—School Library Journal

"One look at the appealing cover will entice the reader to join the perky, brown and white puppy"—Booklist

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Dog wants to play. When? Today!

But no one will play with Dog. Not the chick or the lamb, the calf or the pig. Poor Dog! Isn?t there one playmate who will play with Dog all day long? With its structure of rhyme and repetition, this is the perfect book to prepare children for reading, and Jeff Mack?s exuberant and funny pictures will keep them turning the pages to enjoy the fun.

Author

Christine McDonnell, a children’s librarian and the author of many books for children, lives in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. View titles by Christine McDonnell

JEFF MACK has written and illustrated a wide range of children’s books, including If My Love Were a Fire TruckHush Little Polar BearGood News Bad News, Duck in the Fridge, Frog and Fly, Hippo and Rabbit and the Mr. Monkey series, earning him three Texas 2x2 awards, a Colorado Bell Award, a Pennsylvania Family Literacy Award, a New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Award, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year award, and an Illinois Monarch Award nomination. Visit him online at jeffmack.com.

View titles by Jeff Mack

Praise

"Subtle and sweet."—Kirkus

"[A] charming and simply told story . . . a good addition to farm-themed storytimes."—School Library Journal

"One look at the appealing cover will entice the reader to join the perky, brown and white puppy"—Booklist

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