Read Build, Dogs, Build: A Tall Tail (2013)

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Author

James Horvath

Genre

Middle Grade & Children's

Rating

3.82 of 5 Votes: 2

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ISBN

0062189670 (ISBN13: 9780062189677)

Language

English

Publisher

HarperCollins

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Build, Dogs, Build: A Tall Tail (2013) - Plot & Excerpts

Love this author. The illustrations are delightful with a sense of humor and add more to the story. Our toddler loves anything to do with construction and building and Dig Dogs Dig is one of his favorite books and so he was delighted when he saw his friends in another story. I think he still likes the Dig Dogs Dig book best, but he chooses this one nealy as often. We are looking forward to his third book. Why aren't there more girls in construction books? And why is the only 1 girl dog in this one pink? Okay, I'll admit, I'm a girly girl. I like sparkles and glitter and all that. But I also like construction sites and using a lathe (yeah, a lathe, I know how to use one) and welding. Immediately, with our picture books, we're already showing girls that this isn't the place for them. And that makes me sad. I love the rhyming in this book, frankly, I couldn't rhyme my way out of a paper bag. And I really want to give it more stars, but I just can't because I'm disturbed by the whole girl thing. And that really detracted from the entire book.