If You Give a Dog a Donut

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If You Give a Dog a Donut Pub. Date: 10/4/2011 Publisher: Balzer + Bray

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If you give a dog a donut, he’ll ask for some apple juice to go with it.

When you give him the juice, he’ll drink it all up.

Then, before you can say “Woof” . . . Dog is off on a backyard adventure!

The exuberant dog who first appeared in if you give a pig a party is now the star of his very own book. Written in the irresistible “If You Give” tradition, if you give a dog a donut is another home run from the beloved team of Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond.

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Giving an exuberant dog a donut is only the first trigger in a magical sequence of events that keeps a canine owner busy and picture book readers surprised and amused.

— Lisa Dugan

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The familiar cause and effect pattern so successful in the "If You Give..." series still packs a punch in this latest installment. When his boy gives a frisky pup a donut he needs apple juice to wash it down. Then he wants more and because there isn't any left he scampers off to pick apples with his boy in close pursuit. Along the way they play a little baseball and the pup does an exuberant happy dance after hitting a home run. There is a water fight, a pretend pirate game, a treasure hunt, and time for kite flying. The kite becomes entangled in an apple tree that makes the pup think of apple juice and if he asks for apple juice "he'll want a donut to go with it." The energetic circular story will appeal to preschoolers and emerging readers who never seem to tire of these books. Bond's illustrations are clean and crisp with little in the background to distract readers from the antics of the boy and his dog. There always seems to be room for more of these on library shelves. Reviewer: Beverley Fahey

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These veteran collaborators don’t stray from the tried-and-true recipe for their If You Give... series in this addition, a buoyant, circular story in which a canine’s spiraling free association leads to a day’s worth of outdoor activities. As usual, Bond’s clean, action-filled pictures, set against white backdrops, imbue the title character with abundant personality as he skips and dances his way through the pages. After his young host gives him a donut, the dog requests apple juice—and then seconds. Since there isn’t any left, he skateboards outside to pick apples to make juice. Tossing an apple to the boy “make him think of baseball,” so the two dabble in that sport, play pirates, have a water fight, and fly a kite, before the dog is again reminded of apple juice—and donuts. There’s a definite boy slant to this story, which is a nice complement to the more girl-oriented installments in the series. Even readers whose dogs are less demanding than this one are likely to recognize his boundless energy in their own pets. Ages 3–7. (Oct.)

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780060266837
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Publication date: 10/4/2011
Pages: 32
Sales rank: 2,653
Age range: 3 - 7 Years
Lexile: AD430L (what's this?)
Series: If You Give... Series
Product dimensions: 9.36 (w) x 8.36 (h) x 0.37 (d)

Meet the Author

Laura Numeroff

Laura Numeroff is the author of many books for young readers in addition to the If You Give . . . series, including The Chicken Sisters and Laura Numeroff's 10-Step Guide To Living With Your Monster. She loves to play tennis and travel and lives in Los Angeles, California. A portion of her royalties will be donated to First Book, a national nonprofit organization that promotes children’s literacy.

Laura Numeroff, autora de numerosos libros para niÑos, entre los que se incluye la conocida serie Si le das . . . , The Chicken Sister y Laura Numeroff's 10-Step Guide to Living with Your Monster. Vive en Los Angeles, California, donde le encanta montar a caballo, leer biografÍas y jugar con sus mascotas. Parte de las regalÍas obtenidas por este libro serÁn donadas a First Book, una organizaciÓn nacional sin Ánimo de lucro que promueve el amor por la lectura.

Biography

If you give a series-prone author an inch, she'll take a mile -- and fortunately for fans of Laura Numeroff's books, she took her concept and is still running with it. Her aphoristic animal stories show what happens when you give a little something ... and get a big list of follow-up requests.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and its companion titles have become favorites not only of parents, but of teachers who like the books' visual elements and domino-effect storylines. Numeroff's other popular titles, What Mommies Do Best/What Daddies Do Best and What Grandpas Do Best/What Grandmas Do Best, are loving paeans to activities shared with adults.

A would-be fashion designer who grew up in Brooklyn and now lives in California with a mini-menagerie of pets, Numeroff's stock in trade is her "silly imagination" and her love of animals. Her versatility as a storyteller has been enhanced by the fact that she works with different illustrators, though it also means that all Numeroff titles may not suit the same reader. Her anthropomorphic stories often capitalize on fantasy, but she also has a knack for rhyme, evident in particular in her books Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers and Chimps Don't Wear Glasses.

Numeroff doesn't seem to run out of ideas for ridiculous situations to put people and animals in, nor does she stop celebrating what's special about family relationships. This is what will keep readers coming back to her titles, series-oriented or not.

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Numeroff says her parents instilled a love of science and stamp collecting in her as a child, and she has grown into a collector as an adult. Among her collections: stuffed animals, old photographs, autographed children's books, and Halloween masks.

As a teenager, Numeroff was inspired by her sister to become a fashion designer, leading to her attendance at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn for college. "Unfortunately," she says, "I hated everything about the fashion department and I couldn't sew to save my life!" Instead, she took a class on writing and illustrating books for children. Her first effort, about the tallest girl in the third grade, was sold before Numeroff graduated. (Amy for Short is now out of print.)

1. Also Known As:
  
  Laura Joffe Numeroff
2. Hometown:
  
  Brentwood, California
1. Date of Birth:
  
  July 14, 1953
2. Place of Birth:
  
  Brooklyn, New York
1. Education:
  
  B.F.A. with honors, Pratt Institute, 1975; attended Parsons College, 1975
2. Website:
  
  http://www.lauranumeroff.com

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rbryan22

Posted December 19, 2011

Another AWESOME book

Our entire family loves this series and this one does not disappoint. My daughter bought it to give to her grandma because she is a huge fan also.
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