Can I Be Your Dog? by Troy Cummings

A heart-tugging dog ratification storey told through letters--deeply sincere and roughly hopeless requests for a forever home--from the dog, himself !

This picture book shares the fib of Arfy, a homeless dog who lives in a box in an alley. Arfy writes to every person on Butternut Street about what a great domesticated he'd do. His letters to prospective proprietors share that he's residence interrupt! He has his own squeaky bone! He can learn to live with cats! But , no one wants him. Won't anyone open their heart--and home--to a lonesome dog? Books will be freely surprised to learn simply who steps up to adopt Arfy.

Troy Cummings's hilarious and stroking tale is a excellent talent for a child wanting a hound, and for domesticated adoption preaches. It too showcases many different modes of character write, stimulating it plea to parents and schoolteachers looking to teach the lost art of written communication.

From School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2--Arfy, a floppy-eared dog on Butternut Street, is on a mission to find his forever dwelling. He writes a letter rostering all of his admirable aspects( "he il be" toilet improved and has his own squeaky plaything) to the people in the yellow-bellied mansion. The mail girl delivers Arfy's letter. Regrettably, the peoples of the territories turn him down. Arfy continues trying, writing more symbols delivered by the mail female. All write him back and fall his offer. Feeling harrowing and dejected, Arfy hollers himself to sleep in his soggy casket. When he wakes he perceives a letter from the mail damsel asking to be Arfy's person. Arfy, full of gaiety, sprints to the mail madam with his reply word. Vibrantly coloured digital sketches, with no white opening, captivate readers from the first sheet. Loosely placed conditions and textures artfully form Butternut Street. The tale is told in illustrated, personalized characters. Arfy's are written in crayon and signed with a paw reproduce. Books will be praise Arfy on and feel aid when he experiences an individual is desire. The last-place sheet directories access readers can help a homeless animal. VERDICT No bones about it; this humorous illustrate journal is gonna be a hit with storytime gatherings and emergent readers.--Mindy Hiatt, Salt Lake County Library Service

Review

" Sure to earn the hearts of dog-lovers, this big, colorful drawing work is fun for reading aloud ." -- Booklist

" A big format and adventurou, exuberant explains are well-matched with Arfy's enthusiastic temperament and can-do sentiment. The note format manufactures this a fine hand-picked for early-elementary students learning to compile letters. Compelling letter by a persistently pleasing pooch ." -- Kirkus Reviews

" No bones about it; this funny situation volume is gonna be a hit with storytime audiences and emergent readers ." -- Mindy Hiatt, Salt Lake County Library Business, School Library Journal

About the Author

TROY CUMMINGS has written and represented a piling of picture journals, including The Eensy Weensy Spider Freaks Out!( Big-Time !), Little Red Gliding Hood( written by Tara Lazar ), and The Notebook of Doom chapter book series. In addition to diaries, Troy's illustrations have appeared on :

* Animated backdrops for the purposes of an opu

* A container of fish attaches

* Jigsaw mystifies

* iPad pop-up books

* A advertisement counselling beings about germs

* A sign forewarning people about a movie fete

* A cookbook for dogs

* A occasion for the humane culture

* A poster recreation about hiking

* Newspapers, magazines and saluting posters