From: Susan Daugherty <kdaugherty>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 09:26:18 -0600

I have a comment about Kevin Henkes' Circle Dogs. I had the opportunity to read this book over and over again recently to all the children in my school. After 22 times, you know if it's a good book or not. Even though the book seems to be aimed at a preschool crowd, reminding one of the rhythmic style of Margaret Wise Brown, the K-2 kids were delighted with it too. The illustrations and words work well together. I love the Leonard Weisgard feel of the illustrations and the children liked them too. We noticed the way the circles in the pictures went with the circles in the text, likewise the triangles, etc. The book isn't flashy, but it's solid and I think it will last. Especially for dog lovers, which most children are.

Susan Daugherty



At 02:38 PM 3/24/99 00, you wrote: Please continue to share any thoughts you have on these books or John Willy and Freddy McGee. Likewise, it's great to hear people's experiences sharing these marvelous books with children. Highly Commended List: Mama Cat Has Three Kittens, Circle Dogs, Dance, Little Clam, and Elizabeti's Doll. Jones and Susan Kuklin's Dance had on the children with whom she shared the book, noting that "it is one of an elite group of books that invariably evokes, 'read it again' from the group." she shared Dance were mesmerized by the text and photographs. They were absolutely silent as the book was read--a profound and thoughtful silence as the poetry of the text affected them. There is so much to respond to on many different levels in Dance, intellectually, viscerally, and even physically. In another group of children, younger than the first, many of them could not resist moving their bodies as the book was read, echoing the movments of Bill T. Jones in Susan Kuklin's wonderful photographs. Susan Daugherty Librarian Franklin Elementary School Madison, WI 53705
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