Sunday, June 3, 2012

Charlie the Ranch Dog – Ree Drummond

Illustrated by Diane deGroat
Harper, 2011
HC $16.99
40 pages
Rating:  4.5
Endpapers:  red
Title Page:  2 page full painting of part of the ranch – with trees, pond, two cowboys, and both dogs
Illustrations:  Full page, usually double spreads, with no white, edge to edge.  Very cool, really like them.
Extras:  Lasagna recipe on the last page
Dog’s p-o-v, 1st person
Setting:  a contemporary Midwestern ranch
OSS:  Charlie, a bassett hound, details all the “work” he does all day on the ranch.  
Tongue-in-cheek, Charlie considers that his humorous lazy escapades are work.  He and Suzy, another dog in the household, have their run of the ranch.  Great fun book with very clever writing.

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