For my challenge last year, I read a book my kids recommended. Since that turned out to be such fun, I decided to add it to this year's challenge as well. This year, the girls had a harder time picking out a title, but when my older daughter handed me this book, with a devious grin, I should have known something was up.
By his own admission, Tom Watson is a bad artist. Stick Dog is all squares, rectangles and stick legs. Tom is telling the story of how Stick Dog, along with his trusted friends, plan to steal frankfurters (since calling them 'hot dogs' would add too many 'dogs' to the story). There are numerous plans, all of them pretty outrageous or horrible, and there's a nemesis also trying to steal the tasty-smelling food.
This book doesn't take long to read, the font is large and there are pictures on almost every page. I can see this book appealing to kids who aren't that fond of reading or kids who just want to read a silly story. And this definitely fits the category of silly!
I was glad when I finished this one. The scatter-brained ideas of the dogs had me wondering what I was thinking allowing my kids to pick a book for me. It's a cute book and has a happy ending (except for Peter I suppose). Who is Peter? You'll have to read it to find out.
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