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kailawil's review
2.0
weird message...the dogs that run wild in your brain and disrupt your daily life will protect you if you run away and isolate when you're upset?
suzannekm's review
4.0
Warning: contains a lot of ideas that may be scary or produce anxiety in some kids. Read it first before sharing!
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Beautiful and affecting story about a child who becomes obsessed with drawing dogs to the point where it interferes with her life and schoolwork and concerns her family and teachers. When confronted about it she runs away and hides. She becomes frightened and draws more dogs to self-comfort. She hides overnight and is found the next morning. Some magical realism at the end.
I think this has the potential to be a good book to introduce some difficult psychological concepts and ideas to older children. But I don't think it's a good book for small or anxious children. After reading it I decided not to share it with my girls.
[spoilers]
Beautiful and affecting story about a child who becomes obsessed with drawing dogs to the point where it interferes with her life and schoolwork and concerns her family and teachers. When confronted about it she runs away and hides. She becomes frightened and draws more dogs to self-comfort. She hides overnight and is found the next morning. Some magical realism at the end.
I think this has the potential to be a good book to introduce some difficult psychological concepts and ideas to older children. But I don't think it's a good book for small or anxious children. After reading it I decided not to share it with my girls.
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