The Dangers of Dog Walking

by John Sazaklis, Lee Robinson (Illustrator)

Overview

After Billy gets sent home for fighting with the bus bully, Randy, he's got extra time to do some community service. Inspired by a speech about bullies and mistreated animals from his grandmother, Billy decides to spend some time with the dogs down at the local pound. But he soon learns that walking dogs is no picnic. Can Billy survive the heat and exercise? Can he keep the dogs on leash and out of the butcher shop? Can Billy be a good citizen to all, even the bus bully?!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496526847
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2016
Series:	Billy Burger, Model Citizen Series
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	620L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

John Sazaklis spent part of life working in a family coffee shop, the House of Donuts. The other part, he spent drawing and writing stories. He has illustrated Spider-Man books and written Batman books for HarperCollins. He has also created toys used in MAD Magazine.

Lee Robinson grew up in the small town of Hexham in northeastern England. After studying animation at college, he went on to create all-age comic books. Lee also runs workshops to help teach kids about literacy, art and creativity through comics. To date, he's worked with over 3,000 young people all over the United Kingdom.

Table of Contents

Out of this world — Space race — Edible arrangement — Solar-system smackdown — Grounded — In the doghouse — Friends fur-ever! — Unleashed! — Search party — Bill Burger : model citizen.

Interviews

action-packed text makes for a great classroom read-aloud; explores character development; African-American protagonist; humorous text and likeable protagonist draws in reluctant readers