Dear Mrs. La Rue: Letters From Obedience School
A beguiling dog laments his fate at obedience school through a series of hilarious letters home--by the best-selling illustrator of HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOOD NIGHT?When Ike Larue is "imprisoned" at the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy, he tries everything to get sent home--weepy letters to his...
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A beguiling dog laments his fate at obedience school through a series of hilarious letters home--by the best-selling illustrator of HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOOD NIGHT?When Ike Larue is "imprisoned" at the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy, he tries everything to get sent home--weepy letters to his owner, even illness. In reality, Brotweiler is more like camp than prison, but still, Ike's not cut out for life w/o Mrs. Larue & his creature comforts. Finally, he runs away only to find himself back in Snort City--just in time to save Mrs. Larue's life.Teague is at the top of his fetching form in this madcap comedy where the real world of Brotweiler & the one Ike imagines are brilliantly depicted thru split-screen visuals, the former in color & the latter in b&w.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780439206631 (0439206634)
ASIN: 0439206634
Publish date: 2003-09-01
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Humor,
Writing,
Funny,
Academic,
School,
Language,
Picture Books,
Animals,
Dogs,
Fiction
The PandaBat really liked this because of the dogs and because of the difference between the reality and the letters.