Snow dog, go dog

Deborah Heiligman

Book - 2013

Snow doesn't stop the Golden Retriever, Tinka. She runs and plays and sleds with her boy. But when her friend Millie the beagle shows up, off races Tinka. And she gets lost--till her boy finally rescues her.

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Genres
Picture books
Published
Las Vegas, NV : Two Lions [2013]
©2013
Language
English
Main Author
Deborah Heiligman (-)
Other Authors
Tim Bowers (illustrator)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
ISBN
9781477817247
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Review by Booklist Review

This is the third time around for Tinka, the golden retriever that is constantly in motion until he happily collapses at the end of a fun day with his favorite little boy. This takes readers through a snowy outing, from the first flurries to the great heaps of snow in which Tinka and his boy revel. There is a nice narrative arc here, complete with suspense as Tinka dashes off and is temporarily lost. As before, the bouncy rhymes mimic Tinka's playful nature: Tinka is a play dog, / a yay dog, / a loves-to-romp-all-day-dog. / A fun dog, / a run dog, / a flurries-have-begun dog. The bright, textured acrylics form a nice contrast between Tinka's gold coloring and the icy-blue snowscape, while Tinka's comically elongated snout points out the highlight of each scene. A cozy ending rounds off this satisfying adventure.--Fletcher, Connie Copyright 2010 Booklist

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Review by School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 1-A sprightly picture book that has the winning combination of boys, dogs, and snow. Tinka, the playful golden retriever featured in Fun Dog, Sun Dog (2005) and Cool Dog, School Dog (2009, both Marshall Cavendish), is back for a romp in the snow with her human friend. "Tinka is a play dog,/a yay dog/a loves-to-romp-all-day dog." The lively rhyming text follows the pup and the boy as they run around, play hide-and-seek, go sledding, and more, until Tinka runs too far away and gets lost. Dog and boy are both worried and sad but are happily reunited and return to their cozy, warm home. Bowers's playful acrylic illustrations, with their bright, clear colors, are well suited to the rhyme, expanding on the text without overshadowing Heiligman's carefully chosen words that succeed in bringing out the fun as well as the apprehension inherent in this particular snowy day.-Sharon Grover, Hedberg Public Library, Janesville, WI (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Horn Book Review

Tinka the dog is described in a variety of inventive rhymes as the story of her lost-and-found adventure in the snow unfolds. Bowers tempers the cartoonish quality of his illustrations with scratched lines that simulate the texture of old paintings, echoing the rhyming text's combination of modernity and sentiment. (c) Copyright 2014. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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