Go, Dog. Go! (Beginner Books)
by P.D. Eastman
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Book Reviews of Go, Dog. Go! (Beginner Books)
Book Review: My favorite children's book
Summary: 5 Stars
My all time favorite children's book. Big Dog. Little Dog. My son's first word was "dog". I loved this book when my teens were little and my little one (currently 6 ½ months) will sit through most of this book (sometimes all) when I read it to her now. It is a great "first reader" as the words are common and the pictures offer help in that when one reads "One big dog going in." and "Two little dogs going out." the picture shows just that. There are red, yellow and green trees, dogs "over the water", dogs "under the house" and lots more word pictures that are fun to read and easy to learn by. The three dogs having a party on a boat at night is just about my favorite line but I still get the most fun when it is night and the dogs are supposed to be asleep and one little one is laying in bed with his eyes wide open. Simply put every child should have this book in their library and reading it to a child should start at a very young age. My highest possible recommendation.Book Review: I cringe when my toddler comes at me waving this one!
Summary: 2 Stars
A Dr. Seuss knock-off! It's always nice to enjoy the book you're reading to your child (who doesn't look fwd to reading Green Eggs and Ham, or Goodnight Moon, or any Boynton book?). Go Dog Go ain't cuttin' it for me!First, it is toooooo Also, there is no predictable rhythm. It is just not fun to read. It comes across as something you would use to teach English as a second language, with all the "red dog on a blue house, dog under the water, dog under the water" jazz. And I can't stand the running dialogue between the dog who wears a hat and the dog who doesn't like it!
That being said, my 17-month-old LOVES this book! And I suppose that's the important thing. Luckily for picky me, she loves lots of books, and I do get to read her books which I enjoy as well. But when she comes at me with this one.....ugh. I want to run in the other direction! The bottom line is, of course, she loves it. And I love spending the time with her to read something she enjoys, so I guess it can't be all that bad!
Book Review: I remember reading this one as a child :)
Summary: 4 Stars
So of course it thrills my heart that my two nieces (2.5 and 5) like it too.
This book is really an early reader, it's not *intended* for children under that age, though of course it can function as a read-aloud for little-little ones. (Not always - my younger niece won't always sit through this one, it's a bit long!)
There are two running plots in the book, one about hats, and one about where the dogs are all ultimately going; these two plots meet marvelously at the end of the book. (For *months*, I couldn't go a day without having to re-enact "Do you like my hat? I do, I like that hat, what a party hat!" with the older niece!)
Most of the book, however, is caught up with just basic vocabulary words, mostly about dogs - "One dog going in, three dogs going out" or "The sun is up, the sun is yellow, the yellow sun is over the house".
This can be a little tedious, but I the kids don't seem to think so - even at their fidgiest, they want me to say every word.
Book Review: Go Dog Go
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is a book for younger children who are just learning to read. It is a good book to learn with because it has very easy words to read but it is long so the child can feel that they did a very good job reading a good book. This book is about dogs and how they drive cars and hang out and swim and fish and things like that. This book has very good pictures in it. This book tells where the dogs in the book are and what they're doing. It also says what color the things are that they're wearing and the colors of the things there in or by. It is a good book to learn to read because it has very good action words and descriptive words. It has colors and cars and objects and things like that. I would rate this book a 3. It is good for very young children to read but it doesn't really have a point to it. I enjoyed it but I just don't think that the book is good for older children. I would suggest this book for people who are just learning to read or for people who like Dr. Suess books.
Book Review: A children's masterpiece as simple and complex as a haiku
Summary: 5 Stars
I was well into my 30s before I realized that this was not a Dr. Seuss book. Given that it's issued in the same size and binding, I'd always assumed it was written by Seuss. My realization that it was written and illustrated by P.D. Eastman cleared one of my largest childhood confusions: I *loved* "Go Dog Do," and merely *liked* "The Cat in the Hat." Years later I realize that Eastman's art is funny, while Seuss's is fantastic, and I prefer the former to the latter. As another reviewer mentioned, you can stare at these dogs for a long time -- there's incredible depth to the expressions and postures of these seemingly simple illustrations. The insomniac dog who sleeps through the next morning's reveille is a favorite! The repetitive narration is similarly hypnotic, and you'll quickly find some of the expressions creeping into your every day dialog. All in all, my very favorite childhood book, and one of the few that I still re-read a few times a year. [©2000 hyperbolium dot com]