Tuesday, December 12, 2017

The Very Very Very Long Dog by Julia Patton- OPTIONAL


Patton, Julia. Oh, Bartelby!, PICTURE BOOK. Sourcebooks, 2017. $17.99.

 Bartelby is a very long sausage dog. He lives at a bookstore and has some very good friends that he spends time with each day. The problem is that when they go for their walk around town every morning, Bartelby’s behind causes all sorts of problems. It’s so long, he is never aware of it and it is always getting into trouble. Cars crash and construction sites crumble. Luckily, his very good friends are always there to clean up after him and make things better. When one incident is too awful to apologize their way out of however, Bartelby is devastated to find out he creates so much destruction. His friends work together to make his rump much more obvious and no one will get hurt by it anymore.

 I really like the premise of this book. It’s really original and the illustrations are unique, but it feels like something is missing. Nothing really pops out and grabs me about the book. Kids will like all the bum references though.


 PRE-K, EL (K-3)- OPTIONAL. Reviewed by Shay, School Librarian

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