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Me & Dog (2014)

by Gene Weingarten(Favorite Author)

3.47 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1442494131 (ISBN13: 9781442494138)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

review 1: Age: Kindergarten-2nd gradeA nice addition to pet dog books that tries to figure out why dogs are so obedient--especially to such ordinary kids like Sid. To Murphy the dog, Sid is Supreme Almighty Ruler and King of Absolutely Everything. But what if Murphy didn't think this? How would he behave? Sid doesn't want to risk it and asks his readers to keep it a secret.Although I didn't catch it the first time around, Sid does question the existence of an almighty being, stating "I sometimes think there is no boss that most things happen just...because." So, I can see the presence of atheism but I can also see that it works well with the topic, the illustrations are well done, and the story carries itself well throughout the book. It's crazy, I know, but I can read books like "G... moreod Found Us You" and appreciate it even though I don't align myself with a religion. It's as if I'm not a bigot and I can recognize that all audiences deserve to have a presence in children's literature.
review 2: Sid is an ordinary kid. Murphy is his dog, who thinks Sid is "Supreme Almighty Ruler, Super-duper, boss, and king of absolutely everything... Murphy thinks when thing go bad, he must have somehow made me mad. Happy things get understood as his reward for being good." However, Sid claims, "It isn't true!...I'm not in charge!" "That most things happen just...because." However, Sid isn't sure Murphy would be as good, if Murphy understood... less

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