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The Guard Dog by: Dick King-Smith City Travel Guides Price: £4.99 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780552554336 ISBN: 0552554332 Label: Young Corgi Manufacturer: Young Corgi Number Of Pages: 64 Publication Date: February 02, 2006 Publisher: Young Corgi Studio: Young Corgi Sales Rank: 72654 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Book Description: A hilarious book about a delightful puppy from the ever-popular Dick King-Smith Synopsis: There are six puppies in the pet shop window; five posh pedigree puppies, and a scruffy little mongrel with a grand ambition - to be a guard dog. The other pups laugh at him. How can such a small, scruffy dog possibly expect to be bought to guard a home? His bark is the most horrible, earsplitting racket they have ever heard! Will the poor little guard dog be doomed to a lonely life in the Dogs' Home - or worse? From the Back Cover: 'Out of his hairy little mouth came the most awful noise you can possibly imagine…' There are six puppies in the pet shop window; five posh pedigree puppies, and a scruffy little mongrel with a grand ambition - to be a guard dog. The other pups laugh at him. How can such a small, scruffy dog possibly expect to be bought to guard a home? Especially when his bark is the most horrible, earsplitting racket they have ever heard! Will the poor little guard dog be doomed to a lonely life in the Dogs' Home - or worse…? About the Author: Unknown Person: Lindsey Gardiner completed her degree in Printed Textiles at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee University in Dundee, Scotland, and went on to do an MA at Winchester school of Art. She wrote her first book Here come Poppy and Max (Orchard, 2000) whilst still at college and has never looked back. Her other titles include: When Poppy Grows Up (Orchard, 2001); Pinky and Blue (2001). She works as a part-time lecturer in Printed Textiles at Dundee University. This is her first book for Random House. Dick King-Smith: DICK KING-SMITH was a Gloucestershire farmer until the age of 45, when he gave up farming to become a primary school teacher. Now a bestselling full-time author, his work has received many awards including a Bronze Medal for the Smarties Prize of l997 for All Because of Jackson and the Children's Book Award in l995 for Harriet's Hare. In l992, he was also voted Children's Author of the Year. In l995, his top-selling title The Sheep-Pig was developed into a box-office movie, BABE, introducing hundreds of thousands of youngsters to his work. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Terrific TailThe Guard Dog is written by famous award winning Dick King Smith. He wrote Babe, the Gallant Pig which won an award and was turned into a famous film which is really good. It is about a little dog without a home and with a squeaky, whiney, very annoying sound; when he does get one, he is sent to a Dogs Home, because of his horrible voice, where he can only stay for fourteen days; he does live happily ever after. I would rate this book 7/10 and I would recommend it to 6 - 8 year olds who like animals and happy endings for pets. Rating:  - The Guard DogWe read this in our school Book Club. We are a group of Year 4 children. Words that we would use to describe this book include, "exciting, brilliant, action-packed, sad, fantastic, descriptive." The words jumped out of the book at us. We would really recommend this book to children who are from 7 to 10 years old and who care about dogs. |
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