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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780064430098
ISBN number: 006443009X
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: November 30, 1976
Publishing house: HarperCollins
Age index: Ages 4-8
Release Date: October 06, 1976
Sale Popularity Level: 23150
Studio: HarperCollins
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Harry is a white dog with grey spots who loves everything . . . except baths. So one day before bath time, Harry runs away. He plays outside all day long, digging and sliding in everything from garden soil to pavement tar. By the time he returns home, Harry is so dirty he looks like a grey dog with white spots. His family doesn't even recognize him!
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'Harry was a white dog with grey spots who liked everything, except getting a bath.' Taking matters into his own paws, he buries his family's scrubbing brush in the backyard and runs away from home before they can wrangle him into the tub. Harry gets dirty playing in the street, dirtier at the railroad, and dirtier still playing tag with the other dogs. When sliding down the coal chute, he actually changes from a white dog with grey spots to a grey dog with white spots! Of course, by the time he gets home he is completely unrecognizable to his family--even when he does all his clever flip-flopping tricks. In a stroke of doggy genius, he unearths the bath brush, begs for a bath, and the rest is history. Youngsters will completely relate to the urge to rebel, the thrill of getting dirty, and, finally, the reassurance of family. Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham's Harry the Dirty Dog, very first published in 1956 and now rereleased with splashes of colour added by the artist herself, is one of those picture books that children never forget. (Ages 3 to 8) --Karin Snelson
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This is the very first of the Harry series, of which we have three. All of those books are consistently good quality, rather similar (Harry gets into trouble, there are misunderstandings, everybody gets along fine in the end). This one is very appealing and our boy asked for it many many times, until finally (after a few dozen readings over a period of many months, ages 1-2) he got a little bored with it. Highly recommended, one of our favorites.
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We came across the Harry books at our library and my daughter (2) loved them so much that I purchased them for her. They are so much fun to read.
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I loved this book as a child and now my 2 year old loves it too. This book tells the story of Harry, who hates baths. He hates them so much that he buries his brush and (temporarily) runs away from home. He plays and gets so dirty that his family thinks he is a different dog entirely. The story is sweet and simple enough for my 2 year old to enjoy, but not so simple that it's boring or babyish.
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This book was my Daughter's favorite when she was a toddler, I must have read it a thousand times! She just had a Daughter of her own and I thought she might like it to read to her little girl.
Ben
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I absolutely adored this book when I was little, so of course I was pleased when one of my very first graders picked it up at the school library and beged me to read it for our class read-aloud this afternoon. Since we have recently discussed thinking about characters' emotions as we read, this was a perfect exercise--the text never actually says just what the cute little dog Harry is feeling during his adventure of getting dirty. And if you think about it, his tale is quite poignant. Anway, comprehension lessons aside, my kids were glued to the story and we had a great discusion afterwards. The writing is brisk and fun and subtle, leaving plenty to the readers' assumptions. The grey and white pictures are adorable, detailed, and full of expression. Really, not many people write like this anymore.
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