Watson, Tom Stick Dog Dreams of Ice Cream 215 pgs.
Harper, 2015. $12.99 Content: Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G
Violence: G
Stick dog and his dog friends are not enjoying a heat wave, even
the water from the creek is warm. Stick Dog hatches a plan to find cold clear
water and the entire group travels through the forest to find it. After causes
havoc with some sprinklers, the dogs discover ice cream and create a new plan
to try to get more than just drippy puddles of it. Features lined pages with
interspaced text and lots of simple illustrations.
I think this could book could have easily been much shorter, the
plot is quite drawn out with long pauses and circular mini-plots. If it were
shorter it would be more accessible to those younger grade readers who would
enjoy the simple characters and their junk food obsession. Older readers who
this format and size would appeal to, even lower level readers, would be bored
by the plotline. I thoroughly did not enjoy reading this book.
EL(K-3), EL –OPTIONAL Reviewer: Stephanie Elementary School Librarian &
Author.
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