Synopses & Reviews
Please Take Me for a Walk is a celebration of dogs and kids and community.
The book stars a very persuasive pup pleading with his best friend—the reader!—to take him for a walk. He recounts all the fun things they can see and do: chase squirrels in the yard, greet neighbors on their block, visit the shopkeepers downtown, swing by the schoolyard, and then run and play in the park. The dog run at the park is filled with all kinds of amazing purebreds and mutts, and our puppy wants them all to see "my best friend and me."
Susan Gal uses this story of a dog's best walk ever to catalog all the favorite places in a child's world. She starts in the house and the yard, then widens her scope to the block, the neighborhood, downtown, and the park. And she captures the magical way the people of a community can be brought together through their pets.
The dog's enthusiastic voice and eagerness to go out walking will resonate with any dog owner. And Susan Gal's artwork is so enticing and adorable it will have even confirmed cat lovers heading for the pound!
Happy walking, everyone!
Review
"Young children will enjoy following Little Elephantand#8217;s fantasies....Along with the imaginative silliness, the nurturing parent-child tenderness is the core of the story."and#8212;Booklist and#160; "The pairing of Buntingand#8217;s traditional text, powered by an elegant repeating structure, with Ruzzierand#8217;s offbeat art is unexpectedly fabulous."and#8212;Horn Book Magazine, starred review
Synopsis
In this celebration of dogs and kids and community, a very persuasive pup pleads with his best friend--the reader--to take him for a walk. Gal uses this story of a dog's best walk ever to catalog all the favorite places in a child's world. Full color.
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Little Elephant and Mama Elephant are going for a walk. and#8220;Hold on to my tail,and#8221; says Mama. and#8220;If you want to ask me a question, tweak twice.and#8221;
Tweak, tweak! and#8220;Mama, what is that?and#8221; Little Elephant is curious about the frog, the monkey, the songbird, the butterfly, and the crocodileand#8212;and especially about what a little elephant can do. Mama knows just how to answer, to help her cherished Little Elephant grow.and#160;
Eve Buntingand#8217;s tender text and Sergio Ruzzierand#8217;s whimsical illustrations make this walk with Mama an excursion any little elephant would enjoy.
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About the Author
Little Elephant and Mama Elephant are going for a walk. and#8220;Hold on to my tail,and#8221; says Mama. and#8220;If you want to ask me a question, tweak twice.and#8221;
Tweak, tweak!and#8220;Mama, what is that?and#8221; Little Elephant is curious about the frog, the monkey, the songbird, the butterfly, and the crocodileand#8212;and especially about what a little elephant can do. Mama knows just how to answer, to help her cherished Little Elephant grow.and#160;
Eve Buntingand#8217;s tender text and Sergio Ruzzierand#8217;s whimsical illustrations make this walk with Mama an excursion any little elephant would enjoy."Young children will enjoy following Little Elephantand#8217;s fantasies....Along with the imaginative silliness, the nurturing parent-child tenderness is the core of the story."and#8212;BooklistEve Bunting has written more than 200 books for children, many of which can be found in libraries around the world. Her other Clarion titles for very young readers include My Big Boy Bed, which was also illustrated by Maggie Smith, and Little Bearand#8217;s Little Boat, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. She lives in Pasadena, California.