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For fans of Sandra Boynton’s Doggies and Karent Katz's Counting Kisses, this adorable rhyming and counting book tallies up all the dogs at the shelter, and then counts backward as the pups are adopted—a perfect fit for every preschooler’s library.

Babies and toddlers will delight in counting up each wriggly, wraggly rescue pup and then counting back down as each doggie is adopted. A bright, bouncy rhyme, jubilant art, and scads of adorable dogs will have wee ones giggling for more.

These patient pound dogs.
Now they’re family!
Found dogs.

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ISBN-13:	9780735229686
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	07/18/2017
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	19 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Erica Sirotich’s artwork has graced kids' publications, toy packaging, greeting cards, websites, and apps. In her previous creative life, she owned and operated Cuddlefish Press, where she created prints for children’s rooms and nurseries. Erica is now a full-time author/illustrator and lives in Florida with her own found dog, Russell Redfur.

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Celebrating Shelter Dogs: A Guest Post From Found Dogs Author Erica Sirotich

I adopted Russell Redfur a year after graduating from college. A wiry Muppet of a dog, Russ found me the way many things do these days—through a post on the internet. He was on Petfinder, a site that catalogs animals in shelters and rescues, making them easier to be found by prospective adopters. At the […]

06/12/2017
Dogs of all varieties arrive at a shelter, beginning with one “long and low” dachshund and increasing by the page: “5 dogs, wimpery, whiney./ 6 dogs, spotty, shiny./ 7 dogs, quick and slick./ 8 dogs, teeny-tiny.” Sirotich (J.P. and the Stinky Monster) assures readers—and the dogs—that all will find homes: “Wait, dogs, a little longer.../ Soon, dogs, you’ll be found!” The accompanying cartoons are as cheery as the verse, and as prospective owners meet and adopt dogs, Sirotich counts back down from 10. Beyond the numerical fun, it’s an upbeat reminder of all the perfect matches that are just waiting to be made at the local animal shelter. Ages 2–5. Agent: Jennifer Laughran, Andrea Brown Literary. (July)

Publishers Weekly

Tail-waggingly fun . . . Bound to delight.” —School Library Journal

“Friendly . . . cheerful . . . [A] counting book that goes beyond the basics, providing opportunities to reread and recount in different ways.” —Kirkus

"The accompanying cartoons are as cheery as the verse . . . An upbeat reminder of all the perfect matches that are just waiting to be made at the local animal shelter." —Publishers Weekly

"An attractive participatory read with wide audience appeal that should captivate little ones upto early readers." —Booklist

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05/01/2017
PreS-Gr 1—In this tail-waggingly fun concept book, Sirotich counts 10 canines in an animal shelter, from "1 dog, long and low" to "10 dogs, slobbering hounds." The narrator reassures the animals that forever homes are right around the corner: "Soon, dogs, you'll be found!" The following spread depicts a cheerful group of people waiting in line to adopt the animals. Next, the author counts down as she presents the dogs with their new owners, starting with the "slobbering hounds," who greet 10 waving humans ("10 dogs, saying hello") and ending with the "long and low" dachshund, who cuddles in the lap of a little girl who uses a wheelchair ("1 dog, on her way"). Every pup has managed to find just the right owner; the "spotty, shiny" dalmatians are eventually paired with firefighters, while the huskies, "dressed for snow," are adopted by a quartet of youngsters clad in boots and hats. Created in ink, using brushes and pen, and composed and colored digitally, the cartoon art is energetic and funny, full of exaggerated details—from the puddles of drool all around the grinning hounds to the droopy expressions on a quintet of pouting pooches—that are bound to delight children. The text is simple yet features plenty of rhyme and alliteration, which adds a dash of verve. VERDICT Share this offering one-on-one or with a group; it's guaranteed to jazz up counting collections and will hopefully send pet seekers off to the pound.—Mahnaz Dar, School Library Journal

School Library Journal

2017-04-17
Friendly dogs from an animal shelter are the smiling stars of this counting book, progressing from one dog to 10 and then counting back down from 10 to one.The patterned, rhyming text includes the consecutive numeral for each group of dogs along with a short, descriptive phrase. The groups of canines include many varieties, including "8…teeny-tiny" lap dogs and "10…slobbering hounds," all waiting to be found by new owners. After the 10 groups are introduced, the counting structure is reversed, and the same canine cohorts reappear in order as they meet their new owners. The human characters are of different ethnicities, occupations, and ages, including a white girl who uses a wheelchair. The rhyme scheme uses an unusual aaba pattern, which works for the text when considered as a whole but is somewhat awkward at first reading when separated into phrases across page turns. Pleasant illustrations with thick, black outlines create cheerful personalities for both human and canine characters, except for the group of five dogs, who are "wimpery, whiny" before adoption but "smiling sweet" after finding five children to take them home. A cleverly constructed final spread shows all the dogs and their owners in their homes, peeking out of house, apartment, and fire station windows, with the relevant numerals for each group now serving as house or apartment numbers. An unusual counting book that goes beyond the basics, providing opportunities to reread and recount in different ways. (Picture book. 2-5)

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