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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
Our protagonist, Harry, decides he wants to avoid a bath at all costs and hides his scrub brush. After that he goes adventuring and gets himself in a bit of trouble. I love the details in the illustrations and the simple to follow storyline. It’s a great book for your young reader.
I liked this one as a kid, had to coax my daughter into allowing it to be read to her, then she wanted me to re-read it every day for 5 or 6 days in a row.
A fun romp as a naughty dog becomes a dirty dog and finally a clean dog. The pictures are wonderfully evocative of their innocent family-values 1950s setting. A book that is as much of its time as it is timeless.
As a child, this was one of my favorite books. As an adult, I was a little disturbed that the family didn't recognize their own dog because he was dirty. Even so, this is still an adorable story. Harry has such a grand time getting dirty, and then he is so happy to be home with his family, even if it means he had to take that bath.
Whenever I pick up a "classic", I preemptively flinch as I wait for the era-appropriate stumbling blocks (I'm looking at you, Curious George's "good pipe"). Harry the Dirty Dog is simple and a bit pointless, but it's mercifully free of archaic nonsense and makes for a decent addition into the bedtime-story rotation.
Harry was a lovely white dog who sported a few black spots. He loved life to the fullest, but could not handle baths whatsoever. After disposing of his scrubbing brush, Harry set out to explore the world on his own, a very dirty world. Playing in the dirt and rolling in coal soon turned Harry into the blackest dog ever, with only a few white spots. After missing his family, Harry decided to return home, though things were not as easy as he might have hoped! Neo has never had a pet, but he quite enjoyed this piece, noticing how determined Harry was to get out and see the world, but still chose to come home at the end of the day.
Such a fun story about a little dog that has a big adventure and gets filthy. A classic children's book.
Listened to Betty White read the story on YouTube via StorylineOnline.
Listened to Betty White read the story on YouTube via StorylineOnline.
The story makes me think of [b:Where the Wild Things Are|19543|Where the Wild Things Are|Maurice Sendak|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1384434560s/19543.jpg|3020535] because the dog runs off to have an adventure instead of doing what he’s supposed to but doesn’t like, only to return later and decide it’s worth doing after all. I’ve never had a dog that hated baths, but a smart dog that hated baths probably would think to bury the scrub brush. I’d bet that most people would still be able to figure out it was their dog, though, even if he was filthy.
This was one of my favourite books as a kid and reading it again made me feel all warm and fuzzy.
It's about a little dog named Harry who gets so dirty his coat colour changes and his owners don't recognise him. My favourite and perhaps most beloved aspect is the illustration style -- it's super nostalgic and reminds me of old cartoons which probably adds to the nostalgia hit.
This book has all it needs to appeal to children. Dirt, a dog, and disobeying rules. What more do you need?
It's about a little dog named Harry who gets so dirty his coat colour changes and his owners don't recognise him. My favourite and perhaps most beloved aspect is the illustration style -- it's super nostalgic and reminds me of old cartoons which probably adds to the nostalgia hit.
This book has all it needs to appeal to children. Dirt, a dog, and disobeying rules. What more do you need?