The Great Gracie Chase: Stop That Dog!: Stop That Dog! - Hardcover

Rylant, Cynthia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0590100416 ISBN 13: 9780590100410

Verlag: SCHOLASTIC, 2001

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Book by Rylant Cynthia

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Gracie Rose is a very good dog. She's also a very quiet dog-until noisy house painters invade her home. She barks (very politely) to tell them to go away, but in a complete miscarriage of justice, she's put outside. She's so angry she decides to break the rules and take a walk by herself. When she's discovered missing, a madcap chase involving half the neighborhood begins, ending when Gracie walks back home-all by herself. The illustrations have a round, comfortable, slightly off-kilter feel, and Gracie's facial expressions are humorous and telling. Children will like the idea of presenting the story from the dog's point of view, and older ones, as well as adults, will appreciate the more absurd aspects of the tale: when the fish that lives at Gracie's house seems lonely, Gracie sings to it. -Marta Segal
--Booklist, January 1, 2001
Gracie Rose, a charming brown-and-white puppy, loves a quiet house. She loves the kitty sleeping quietly on the windowsill. She sings to the fish when it's lonely. She helps the bigger dog watch the house. For Gracie, the best home is a quiet one. But one day, the painters who come to paint her kitchen destroy the quiet. Not only are they noisy, but they put her out of the house when she barks at them. Gracie, who has always been a good dog runs through an open gate and takes off. The whole town runs after her, gathering much as do the folks in " The Gingerbread Boy." Only when everyone, including the painters, drops from exhaustion can Gracie retrn to her home and find peace and quiet. Unfortunately for Gracie Rose, the reader knows that the dreaded painters will come again. Rylant's story seems deceptively simple, but its prose is beautifully phrased, conversational in tone, and easy to read. Teague outdoes himself here, his oversized drawings are equal partners to Rylant's words. The create narrative, movement, and fun on every page, Gracie often seems ready to leap from the page, as she becomes bigger than life. The small to

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Gracie has always been a good dog, but when some noisy painters arrive, she barks at them for raising a racket and is put outside. When Gracie decides to go for a walk, the painters, the neighbors, and the garbage man all run after her. She can't figure out why, so she keeps running, causing the whole town to join in the chase. Full-color illustrations.

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• Verlag: SCHOLASTIC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0590100416
• ISBN 13: 9780590100410
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 40
• Zeichner: Teague Mark