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Welcome to: A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews, a blog site that offers information on new, classic, and favorite children's literature, reviewed by university professors, classroom teachers, librarians, and those studying to become teachers. We hope you will find "just the right book" to share with others. Our goal is to keep the site updated with information about children's authors, book awards, and new releases. Each entry will include the book cover picture, a brief overview, bibliographic information, and suggested uses for families, librarians, and teachers. We will categorize books in several different ways, to facilitate searching.

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11/13/13

Good Dog Carl

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Alexandra Day

PUBLISHER:   Little Simon             
PUBLICATION DATE: 1996
GENRE: Children’s Wordless Picture Book
BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book has fantastic illustrations that allow children to follow delightfully as the book tunes them into pictures. The dog, Carl takes the infant in the book through a fun journey as the infant’s mother leaves the house. The pictures show great meaning of what is happening throughout the journey.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Once the students hear the story, they can go back to their desk and makeup a different story, one similar to Good Dog Carl, with pictures that describes wordless text. They can tell their own story in front of the class.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Tayler M. Graves; VSU
LABELS: Wordless, picture book, children's book
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