My Dog Is Best

Hardcover
$15.99 US
9"W x 9"H
On sale Oct 22, 2024 | 32 Pages | 9780823445073
Preschool - 3
An easy-to-read book about funny dogs and the kids who love them. Perfect for kindergarten and first grade readers. By the creator of a New York Times Best Illustrated Book.

My dog is the best.
She is brave.
My dog is the best.
He gives kisses.

The dogs in this story are small, tall, fast, and funny. They can hide, hug, sing, and surprise. Which dog is best? The one that belongs to YOU! 

The pictures will make you laugh out loud!

With simple text, kindergarteners and 1st graders can read this story on their own.

Leveled by educational experts. Includes phonics features. Perfect for phonics practice of consonant blends.

The books in the award-winning I Like to Read® series build vocabulary and promote fluency, which are essential for reading success.  Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors—create original, high-quality books that are fun for kids to read again and again with their parents, teachers or on their own!
David Catrow has illustrated many bestselling books including When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner, I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont, and Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz. He received a New York Times Best Illustrated Award for She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head by Kathryn Lasky and a Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award for The Fly Flew In, an I Like to Read Book both written and illustrated by David Catrow and published by Holiday House. Other books for Holiday House are I Want an Apple (written by David L. Harrison), and Fun In the Sun. Mr. Catrow also worked on the visual development for the animated feature Horton Hears a Who! He lives in Ohio. Learn more at catrow.com.
"Many of the children and dogs are appealingly and hilariously caricaturelike, while others are simply sweet, and the wonky background illustrations of toys and other accouterments of childhood will help keep the interest of young ones working their way through the letters."—Kirkus Reviews

About

An easy-to-read book about funny dogs and the kids who love them. Perfect for kindergarten and first grade readers. By the creator of a New York Times Best Illustrated Book.

My dog is the best.
She is brave.
My dog is the best.
He gives kisses.

The dogs in this story are small, tall, fast, and funny. They can hide, hug, sing, and surprise. Which dog is best? The one that belongs to YOU! 

The pictures will make you laugh out loud!

With simple text, kindergarteners and 1st graders can read this story on their own.

Leveled by educational experts. Includes phonics features. Perfect for phonics practice of consonant blends.

The books in the award-winning I Like to Read® series build vocabulary and promote fluency, which are essential for reading success.  Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors—create original, high-quality books that are fun for kids to read again and again with their parents, teachers or on their own!

Author

David Catrow has illustrated many bestselling books including When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner, I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont, and Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz. He received a New York Times Best Illustrated Award for She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head by Kathryn Lasky and a Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award for The Fly Flew In, an I Like to Read Book both written and illustrated by David Catrow and published by Holiday House. Other books for Holiday House are I Want an Apple (written by David L. Harrison), and Fun In the Sun. Mr. Catrow also worked on the visual development for the animated feature Horton Hears a Who! He lives in Ohio. Learn more at catrow.com.

Praise

"Many of the children and dogs are appealingly and hilariously caricaturelike, while others are simply sweet, and the wonky background illustrations of toys and other accouterments of childhood will help keep the interest of young ones working their way through the letters."—Kirkus Reviews

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