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Summary: Go Dog Go, Perfect for Humans
Review: I have a child just beginning to read and this is what she has to say about this marvelous book...
Go Dog Go is book. I wike books and macaroni. Doggie has hat and went circkous. Wots of dogs. brown blu red blak dogs. Lots of hats tall short blak brown. End doggie comes home to big guurl. go dogg goo is geenious! Pease wike Daizy.
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Summary: DOGS!!!
Review: I love this book! The hats that the girl dog always wears are absolutely wonderful! I especially like the one she wears when she is skiing! It is taller than she is! The boy dog is rude! The dog party is wonderful! I wish I could go to a party in a big tree!
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Summary: Household favorite
Review: I LOVED this book as a child, especially the scene where the dogs are all sleeping. It was fun seeing all the different sleeping positions and laughing at them and I begged to have it read over and over again. It is no different with my little one and tonight, it went to bed with him. You know you've done a great job when a child takes the book to bed. There's no better point than that! This is such a darling book, full of surprises, dogs driving fast in sports cars to get to a party, and a girl trying to get a boy ("do you like my hat? No, I don't like that hat.") The surprise in the end with all the different color dogs in the tree having a party is a particular favorite as well. This one is a must for your library - it is just tons of fun!
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Summary: A children's masterpiece as simple, and complex, as a haiku
Review: I was well into my 30s before I realized that this was not aDr. Seuss books. Given that it's issued in the same size and binding,I'd always assumed it was written by Seuss. My realization that it was written and illustrated by P.D. Eastman cleared one of my largest childhood confusions: I *loved* Go Dog Do, and merely *liked* The Cat in the Hat.Years later I realize that Eastman's art is funny, while Seuss's is fantastic, and I prefer the former to the latter. As another reviewer mentioned, you can stare at these dogs for a long, long time. There's an incredible depth to their expressions and postures - especially surprising given the seemingly simple illustrations. (And yes, the insomniac dog who sleeps through the next morning's revile is one of my favorites, too. But so are the dogs having a party on a boat!) The repetitive narration is similarly hypnotic, and you'll quickly find some of the expressions creeping into your every day dialog. All in all, my very favorite childhood book, and one of the few that I still re-read a few times a year. END
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Summary: Boffo Dogs Are On the Move!
Review: If I can still remember my mother reading this book to me--especially the dog party in the tree at the end--after nearly 40 years, this has to be a fairly memorable literary work. Of course, now that I have a little daughter of my own, I can recite the entire book by heart, having read it at least 2,000 times a day for the past year. Granted, I have an excellent memory and (as fans of my other reviews already know) a firm grasp of what makes a book a true classic in children's literature. As they say here in Tennessee, "This one's a breeder!"
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Summary: My favorite children's book
Review: My all time favorite children's book. Big Dog. Little Dog. My son's first word was "dog". I loved this book when my teens were little and my little one (currently 6 ½ months) will sit through most of this book (sometimes all) when I read it to her now. It is a great "first reader" as the words are common and the pictures offer help in that when one reads "One big dog going in." and "Two little dogs going out." the picture shows just that. There are red, yellow and green trees, dogs "over the water", dogs "under the house" and lots more word pictures that are fun to read and easy to learn by. The three dogs having a party on a boat at night is just about my favorite line but I still get the most fun when it is night and the dogs are supposed to be asleep and one little one is laying in bed with his eyes wide open. Simply put every child should have this book in their library and reading it to a child should start at a very young age. My highest possible recommendation.
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Summary: Sure Sign of Quality
Review: My father winces whenever the subject of Go, Dog. Go! is brought up. This book wasn't just my favorite, I was obsessed with it. So, of course, Dad read it to me...ABOUT FIFTY THOUSAND TIMES! I think the poor man still has Go, Dog. Go! dreams. For me, Eastman will always live in a place with Seuss and Sendak. Superior children's lit.
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Summary: My kids *love* this book..
Review: My first child (who is 5 1/2 now) loved this book. He would have me read the whole thing to him and then he would study the 'dog party' pages for, what seemed like, hours. Fast forward a few years later, my second boy happen to find GDG in a large stack of books and he loves GCG in the exact same way.
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Summary: Brilliant Revelation on Interpersonal Relationships
Review: Once in generation comes a book that can delight the youngest of readers yet captivate adults with its uncanny insights on human nature and companionship. P. D. Eastman's literary opus achieves this with his deceptively simple story about canines in transit.
Sure, kids love the zaniness and the joyous world of the big dog party. But Eastman's genius is his observations on human nature simmering beneath the surface of his story. His brilliance shows in the oft-repeated scene in which a male dog provides negative feedback on a female dog's choice of headwear. These scenes are nothing more than Eastman's take on pursuit, rejection and ultimate redemption (when the male dog finally approves of her hat), which form the very heart of human relationships. The penultimate "dog party" is Eastman's commentary on community and friendship, and the various colors of the dogs in the story (blue, red, green, etc.) reflect the moods that envelop us as we go about our lives.
A kid's story? Sure. But we adults can learn a lot about each other as we read this story to our little ones.
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Summary: Childrens' FUN easy to read classic
Review: This book is an oldie but goodie. It brings back fond memories from my own childhood. Unlike other so-called "classics" that show their age with flaws (such as "Pat the Bunny"-- which exemplifies the typical stomach-turning smarmy 40's or 50's household and bland illustrations), this one is fun and shows its age with STYLE and humor ( with 60's-style cars and poodles). But best of all, this is a great book because CHILDREN love it, and it's a beginner book that they'll start to memorize and read! Despite all of the books we've collected to read to our toddler, she requests this one again and again. The words are simple and easy to learn, and children are drawn to the lovable dogs. As an adult, dogs are so amazingly appropriate as the main characters. I mean, what other animals "GO" like dogs? Dogs always seem to want to go somewhere or be busy, or join a "dog party!" and they are all different and unique, just like the ones in this book!
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