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trueByrne, Richard, 1963-

Author

trueByrne, Richard, 1963-

Illustrator

trueByrne, Richard, 1963-

Summary: "When her dog disappears into the gutter of the book, Bella calls for help. But when the helpers disappear too, Bella realizes it will take more than a tug on the leash to put things right"--

Language: eng

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Publication

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2014

Edition: First American edition.

Extent: 1 volume (unpaged)

Note: "First published in hardcover in 2014 by Oxford University Press"--Copyright page

Isbn: 9781627790710

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Label: This book just ate my dog!

Title: This book just ate my dog!

Statement of responsibility: Richard Byrne

Creator

trueByrne, Richard, 1963-

Author

trueByrne, Richard, 1963-

Illustrator

trueByrne, Richard, 1963-

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Language: eng

Summary: "When her dog disappears into the gutter of the book, Bella calls for help. But when the helpers disappear too, Bella realizes it will take more than a tug on the leash to put things right"--

Member of

trueBella and Ben

Tone

trueFunny

Illustration

trueColorful

Award: Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Primary, 2018.

Review

Preschool-Grade 2 Here’s a piece of metafiction ideal for those who have recently mastered physical books. A little girl named Bella is “taking her dog for a stroll across the page” when the gutter of the actual book—that seam where the two pages meet—sucks up half of the dog, and then the whole darn thing. While Bella stands agog with her leash, her pal Ben shows up to help, but he ends up disappearing into the gutter, too. After the dog-rescue van, fire engine, and police car all vanish the same way, Bella stomps into the void herself. Then, a note flies out of the gutter instructing the reader to lift the book and shake it until all of the characters fall out. And, in two funny vertical spreads, they do. What begins as an existential absurdity ends as an excuse to throttle a book, but it’s all good fun. Byrne’s use of two-page spreads as a stretch of sidewalk is clever, and the surprise of his melon-headed characters will be reproduced in his readers. -- Kraus, Daniel (Reviewed 10-01-2014) (Booklist, vol 111, number 3, p92)
PreS-Gr 2 — This book gives new meaning to pictures being lost in the gutter. Bella takes her dog for a walk across the spread. She makes it to the next page, but her pet doesn't—he begins to disappear into the middle of the book. Bella tells her friend Ben what happened, and he tries to investigate but gets lost himself. A dog rescue car, a fire truck, and a police car all come to help but vanish into the middle as well, so the child finally goes in to check it out herself. A note then appears from Bella, telling readers to turn and shake the book. Everything and everyone come out, and all is set right again—almost. Byrne's comical play on the book's gutter will entertain kids and adults. The subtle background is done in a muted palette so the focus remains on the action and the vivid characters in the foreground. This book will make for a good one-on-one reading, giving children an opportunity to save the day. Pair it with Hervé Tullet's Press Here (Chronicle, 2011) to afford children the chance to participate actively with the story.—Emily E. Lazio, The Smithtown Special Library District, NY --Emily E. Lazio (Reviewed August 1, 2014) (School Library Journal, vol 60, issue 8, p66)
Byrne's (The Really, Really, Really Big Dinosaur) comedy gets its mileage from a single joke, but his pacing is skillful and his humor sweet-tempered. Bella wears a knit cap and a sensible dress as she takes her gigantic spotted dog for a "stroll across the page." As the dog approaches the center of the spread, where the two pages meet, "something very odd happened." Bella looks back to see that the dog's front half has disappeared into the book's gutter, followed quickly by the rest of it; Bella is left yanking a leash that disappears between facing pages. It's an effective visual trick, and it continues to draw grins as people and vehicles follow Bella's dog into two-dimensional oblivion. Bella's friend Ben disappears ("Ben decided to investigate"), followed by the dog rescue van, the police and fire brigade ("Things were getting ridiculous"), and, finally, by Bella herself. A note asks the reader to shake the book sideways, which restores order—almost. It's quick, fizzy entertainment, good as a waiting-room read or an addition to the bedtime pile. Ages 3–6. (Sept.) --Staff (Reviewed September 29, 2014) (Publishers Weekly, vol 261, issue 39, p)
A carnivorous book invites readers to participate. The book opens with an unseen little girl named Bella calling from within the book to her dog, asleep on the copyright page. Presumably, Bella passed the gutter of the book without event, but this proves confusing given what happens to her dog. As the tragically obedient dog crosses the gutter, it disappears. While Bella is aware that she's in a book, the background illustration could easily be interpreted as the sidewalk of a nondescript street (a less confusing choice may have been a text or white-space background, Ã la David Wiesner's The Three Pigs). Once her dog disappears completely, various other characters come to help but are also consumed by the book. Eventually, so is Bella, but she sends a note to readers from...beyond...requesting that readers turn the book 90 degrees and shake it. Lo and behold, all the characters fall out, and all ends well. This happy ending presents another mystery: If all those characters were "eaten" by the book, how could they simply fall out? The metafictive picture book has ceased to be a novelty and become its own, increasingly substantial genre, which poses an existential crisis of sorts for it. If metafiction becomes ho-hum ordinary, is it still doing its job? Misses the mark. (Picture book. 4-7)(Kirkus Reviews, September 15, 2014)

Assigning source: Provided by publisher

Awards note: 2017 Monarch Award Nominee

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI: 10359640

Cataloging source: DLC

http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate: 1963-

http://library.link/vocab/creatorName: Byrne, Richard

Dewey number: [E]

Illustrations: illustrations

Index: no index present

Interest level: LG

LC call number: PZ7.B9962

LC item number: Thi 2014

Literary form: fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

-1
2

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http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred: True

Series statement: Bella and Ben

Series volume: 0001

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Accelerated Reader AR

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Books and reading
Dogs
Picture books for children
Books and reading
Humorous stories
Books and reading
Dogs
Picture books for children

Target audience: preschool

Label: This book just ate my dog!, Richard Byrne

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Publication

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2014

Note: "First published in hardcover in 2014 by Oxford University Press"--Copyright page

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Control code: ocn881386424

Dimensions: 26 cm

Edition: First American edition.

Extent: 1 volume (unpaged)

Isbn: 9781627790710

Lccn: 2014009177

Media category: unmediated

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Other physical details: color illustrations

System control number: (OCoLC)881386424

Label: This book just ate my dog!, Richard Byrne

Publication

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2014

Note: "First published in hardcover in 2014 by Oxford University Press"--Copyright page

Carrier category: volume

Carrier category code

Carrier MARC source: rdacarrier

Content category

text
still image

Content type code

Content type MARC source

rdacontent
rdacontent

Control code: ocn881386424

Dimensions: 26 cm

Edition: First American edition.

Extent: 1 volume (unpaged)

Isbn: 9781627790710

Lccn: 2014009177

Media category: unmediated

Media MARC source: rdamedia

Media type code

Other physical details: color illustrations

System control number: (OCoLC)881386424

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Review

Preschool-Grade 2 Here’s a piece of metafiction ideal for those who have recently mastered physical books. A little girl named Bella is “taking her dog for a stroll across the page” when the gutter of the actual book—that seam where the two pages meet—sucks up half of the dog, and then the whole darn thing. While Bella stands agog with her leash, her pal Ben shows up to help, but he ends up disappearing into the gutter, too. After the dog-rescue van, fire engine, and police car all vanish the same way, Bella stomps into the void herself. Then, a note flies out of the gutter instructing the reader to lift the book and shake it until all of the characters fall out. And, in two funny vertical spreads, they do. What begins as an existential absurdity ends as an excuse to throttle a book, but it’s all good fun. Byrne’s use of two-page spreads as a stretch of sidewalk is clever, and the surprise of his melon-headed characters will be reproduced in his readers. -- Kraus, Daniel (Reviewed 10-01-2014) (Booklist, vol 111, number 3, p92)
PreS-Gr 2 — This book gives new meaning to pictures being lost in the gutter. Bella takes her dog for a walk across the spread. She makes it to the next page, but her pet doesn't—he begins to disappear into the middle of the book. Bella tells her friend Ben what happened, and he tries to investigate but gets lost himself. A dog rescue car, a fire truck, and a police car all come to help but vanish into the middle as well, so the child finally goes in to check it out herself. A note then appears from Bella, telling readers to turn and shake the book. Everything and everyone come out, and all is set right again—almost. Byrne's comical play on the book's gutter will entertain kids and adults. The subtle background is done in a muted palette so the focus remains on the action and the vivid characters in the foreground. This book will make for a good one-on-one reading, giving children an opportunity to save the day. Pair it with Hervé Tullet's Press Here (Chronicle, 2011) to afford children the chance to participate actively with the story.—Emily E. Lazio, The Smithtown Special Library District, NY --Emily E. Lazio (Reviewed August 1, 2014) (School Library Journal, vol 60, issue 8, p66)
Byrne's (The Really, Really, Really Big Dinosaur) comedy gets its mileage from a single joke, but his pacing is skillful and his humor sweet-tempered. Bella wears a knit cap and a sensible dress as she takes her gigantic spotted dog for a "stroll across the page." As the dog approaches the center of the spread, where the two pages meet, "something very odd happened." Bella looks back to see that the dog's front half has disappeared into the book's gutter, followed quickly by the rest of it; Bella is left yanking a leash that disappears between facing pages. It's an effective visual trick, and it continues to draw grins as people and vehicles follow Bella's dog into two-dimensional oblivion. Bella's friend Ben disappears ("Ben decided to investigate"), followed by the dog rescue van, the police and fire brigade ("Things were getting ridiculous"), and, finally, by Bella herself. A note asks the reader to shake the book sideways, which restores order—almost. It's quick, fizzy entertainment, good as a waiting-room read or an addition to the bedtime pile. Ages 3–6. (Sept.) --Staff (Reviewed September 29, 2014) (Publishers Weekly, vol 261, issue 39, p)
A carnivorous book invites readers to participate. The book opens with an unseen little girl named Bella calling from within the book to her dog, asleep on the copyright page. Presumably, Bella passed the gutter of the book without event, but this proves confusing given what happens to her dog. As the tragically obedient dog crosses the gutter, it disappears. While Bella is aware that she's in a book, the background illustration could easily be interpreted as the sidewalk of a nondescript street (a less confusing choice may have been a text or white-space background, Ã la David Wiesner's The Three Pigs). Once her dog disappears completely, various other characters come to help but are also consumed by the book. Eventually, so is Bella, but she sends a note to readers from...beyond...requesting that readers turn the book 90 degrees and shake it. Lo and behold, all the characters fall out, and all ends well. This happy ending presents another mystery: If all those characters were "eaten" by the book, how could they simply fall out? The metafictive picture book has ceased to be a novelty and become its own, increasingly substantial genre, which poses an existential crisis of sorts for it. If metafiction becomes ho-hum ordinary, is it still doing its job? Misses the mark. (Picture book. 4-7)(Kirkus Reviews, September 15, 2014)

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