Will You Help Doug Find His Dog?

by Jane Caston, Carmen Saldana (Illustrator)

Overview

Das Russisch-Deutsche Worterbuch (RDW) prasentiert den Allgemeinwortschatz der russischen Gegenwartssprache des 20. Jahrhunderts erstmalig in derart umfassender Weise. Einbezogen wurden unter anderem Neologismen der letzten zwei Jahrzehnte des 20. Jahrhunderts, in Auswahl Lexeme aus Soziolekten und aus der nichtstandardsprachlichen stadtischen Umgangssprache, dem sog. Prostorecie, sowie in grossem Umfang Fachworter und Mehrworttermini aus Bereichen, die auch fur die gemeinsprachliche Kommunikation relevant sind. Vorrangig fur den deutschsprachigen Benutzer als passives Worterbuch konzipiert, bezieht das RDW daruber hinaus auch heute veraltete Lexik ein, deren Kenntnis fur die originalsprachige Rezeption der russischen Literatur und Publizistik des 19. Jahrhunderts von Nutzen ist. Insgesamt ist das Worterbuch auf ca. 250000 Lemmata ausgelegt, davon sind in den Banden 1-4 (75000) Lemmata enthalten. Die weiteren 10-11 Lieferungen sollen in jahrlichen Abstanden folgen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782853206
Publisher:	Barefoot Books
Publication date:	04/01/2017
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.87(w) x 7.87(h) x (d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

Editorial Reviews

Poor Doug! His dog is lost at the park and there are a lot of canines at the park. With the narrator’s encouragement and prompts, the reader helps Doug find his dog among the variety of pooches. The search begins with a description of the dog and sorting of the dogs based on Doug’s information. Doug’s responses are placed in speech bubbles. He provides additional features to help to identify his dog by process of elimination. The narrator invites the reader to participate in finding the dog by calling its name or patting the spotted dogs. The text and the pictures work well together to move the story forward. There are a few, amusing surprises along the way. Some children may notice the foreshadowing in the illustrations. The format of the story invites reader participation in the search for Doug’s dog by using the clues. The ending is amusing, delightful, and satisfying. Reviewer: Carrie Hane Hung; Ages 3 to 7.

Children's Literature - Carrie Hane Hung

04/01/2017
PreS—Doug is at the dog park, but he's sad because he's lost his pet. It's up to readers to help find his dog among all of the canines in the story. By following clues about the dog's appearance (scruffy, spotted, small) and his love of kisses, children narrow down their choices by examining the details on the engaging mixed-media spreads. All of the pups seem eager to be picked, and many of them have the traits Doug is looking for, but until the book is shaken, the identity of Doug's dog remains a secret, which will keep the audience intrigued. VERDICT This will be a popular choice for toddler and preschooler storytimes because it incorporates reader interaction right up until the last page.—Tanya Boudreau, Cold Lake Public Library, Alta.

School Library Journal

2017-01-17
A small boy loses his dog—and readers help him find it.Doug, a black-haired Asian child, sits forlornly on a park bench, an empty leash hanging limply from his hands. A few dogs frolic nearby; one wallows in mud. The narrator sympathizes, then invites readers to help Doug out and poses the first of several questions, in boldfaced type: "What does your dog look like, Doug?" This evokes the answer "scruffy," rendered in fuzzy, dark type. On subsequent pages, questions to Doug, his responses, and successive instructions to readers are all boldfaced. All these highlight new vocabulary and act as identifiers so children may distinguish from an array of depicted dogs, as in the directive to "Call ‘Here Scruff!' to all the scruffy dogs." Will children take this bait? Of course, and on the following spread, the scruffy dogs come running. And so it proceeds. The narrator asks questions, and Doug responds—but only in speech balloons, offstage. After the opening spreads, the story isn't so much about Doug as about children's following irresistible instructions—patting, tickling, kissing dogs!—while exercising visual acuity and honing vocabulary and sentence-meaning skills. A final instruction delivers a surprise, a joyous reunion, and the narrator's gratitude. An empathic, easy-to-understand situation and sturdy pages make this a good choice for the very young, and the rollicking watercolor, pencil, and digital-media illustrations will provide plenty of entertainment at sharing time. Lively interactive fun. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews