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No Dogs Allowed! (2011)

by Linda Ashman(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1402758375 (ISBN13: 9781402758379)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Sterling Children's Books

review 1: In this beautifully illustrated wordless picture book readers meet a young boy and his dog hoping to have lunch at a restuarant with available outdoor seating. However the owner/manager of the place sees them coming and quickly changes the "welcome" sign to "no dogs allowed." Perturbed the boy and his dog head towards the fountain across from the place to sit. Then comes a young girl with a cat, a woman with a bunny and a fmaily with a kangaroo. The owner keeps changing the sign to reflect whatever creature he sees coming his way and this leads to many humorous panels.In the meantime, a gentleman has been seated and is waiting to be served but the owner is so busy heading off potential furry patrons that the man is never waited on and leaves. By now the owner realizes that... more he may have a problem. Most of the people who he turned away from his restaurant have now received refreshmant from a lemonade stand. But the lemonade stand quickly runs out of stuff.Not to fear! The little boy with the dog has an idea. He speaks with the lemaonade stand woman and the restaurant owner and an agreement is reached. Soon the owner appears with a huge stack of cupcakes and the boy has more lemonade. By the end of the story the restaurant says "All Critters Bistro" and all are welcome.A great story of inclusion and compromise.
review 2: This is nearly a wordless picture book, and what I call a ‘building’ story, where it adds to the same thing, page after page, getting more outrageous as it goes along. It begins at a small sidewalk café with a rather snooty waiter/owner? who first chalks on his menu board “No Dogs allowed!” which is the title. Next added to the list of those not welcome are cats, then bunnies, and on, until finally someone shows up with an elephant. The restaurant is clearly losing business and a local lemonade-ice cream cart is thrilled to have the business, but that happiness doesn’t last long either. The book offers an opportune beginning in helping children “read” facial expressions and background information in order to predict what’s next in a story. And it’s also a good lesson in inclusion and kindness in a variety of ways. This is a book out last year that’s too good too ignore. less

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