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Title: Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion, Margaret Bloy Graham ISBN: 0-06-026865-4 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 31 October, 1956 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A DOG'S GOT TO KNOW HIS LIMITATIONS
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Harry the Dirty Dog is a timeless classic for children (and their parents). Such a simple story: - a white dog with black spots becomes a black dog with white spots after a day's romp, followed by a temporary identity crisis.
Harry is one of those children's books where the story and the pictures mesh perfectly. The home-life and street scenes that Harry experiences are straight form the wholesome 1950's. Springtime daffodils are everywhere. In fact the green and golden colors are the only two colors that were on the illustrators palette. The pictures by Margaret Bloy Graham are at least half the charm of the book.
The drawings of Harry's family, their house and neighbourhood couldn't be simpler. The magic of this drawing style shines through when you see how she has captured the smiles and gasps on their faces.
All dog lovers know how dogs can smile. After Harry's homecoming, his bath (and hard scrub), and dinner we see Harry with the biggest doggy smile, you have ever seen.
This book will sure to be around and enjoyed by children for another 50 years.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sweet dog, sweet family, sweet story
Comment: I love the Harry the Dirty Dog series! A great story for kids and adults who like to read a good children's book.
Harry is an adorable white dog with black spots (as is repeated throughout all of the Harry books)... and he's always getting dirty. His entire family loves him and he loves them right back. Even when he's dirty, Harry is still family... which makes a great parable for parents explaining to their children that while they may not be happy when their kids mess up, they are still loved nonetheless.
The illustrations of this happy dog frolicking around are absolutely precious. The story is endearing and I have my copy sitting on my coffee table.
Rating: 4
Summary: In the bawth, in the bawth
Comment: A trip back in time to 1956. Let it never be said that fantastic female illustrators are a new phenomenon. Margaret Bloy Graham's attention to detail and delightful characters back in the day resulted in this lovely tale of a filthy dog. Perusing the pages of 'Harry the Dirty Dog', the reader is drawn into a delightful story that encompasses all times and all places. It is a story that has stood up well over the years.
Harry is a white dog with black spots who is NOT fond of baths. After hiding his scrub brush and hi-tailing it away from his home, Harry becomes so terribly dirty that he resembles a black dog with white spots. When his own family doesn't recognize him, Harry must take drastic measures to make his way back into the family's heart.
Harry's an adorable little mutt. The book isn't making any intentional social commentary, but I did love the variety of places Harry got into. Look, he's playing near the construction workers! Look, he's down at the railroad! Look, he's sliding down a coal shoot! It's nice to see jobs in a kids book that aren't all posh upper middle class desk occupations. Admittedly, sometimes the book's published date is obvious. Where, after all, are all the black people? Any minority at all? This is a world full of white white whites. Still, how much do you hold a book accountable for such things when it is thoroughly lacking in any other problems?
Harry's family members look like nothing so much as early prototypes of Harry Bliss (the New Yorker cartoonist), by the way. Those big black Orphan Annie eyes. Altogether, this is a good book for any adult that wants to remember a time tinged in nostalgia. Kids will feel for Harry, just as they are relieved that he makes back home okay in the end. Any child that loves doggies will adore this book. It may even serve those adults that want a story that applauds the virtues of keeping clean. A fine piece of work.
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Title: Harry by the Sea by Gene Zion, Margaret Bloy Graham ISBN: 0064430103 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 06 October, 1976 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: No Roses for Harry! by Gene Zion, Margaret Bloy Graham ISBN: 0064430111 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 06 October, 1976 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Harry and the Lady Next Door by Gene Zion, Margaret Bloy Graham ISBN: 0064440087 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 19 April, 1978 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business by Esphyr Slobodkina ISBN: 0064431436 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 31 October, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition by Crockett Johnson ISBN: 0064430227 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 20 May, 1981 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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