'Bark, George' is no exception! This is an adorable book about a puppy named George who cannot seem to bark for his mother. I haven't met a book with a dog in it that I haven't liked yet. This book would fit nicely in a curriculum with pets or animals unit in a classroom setting. Most small children would enjoy this book because they can find humor in the different sounds the dog makes before he can actually 'arf.' Most children are aware of the sounds dogs make, and when George is constantly letting out another sound other than a dog bark, children will find it silly or funny. This picture book keeps the illustrations very simple with a solid background on each page, and keeping the mother dog, George, and the doctor placed consistently throughout the book.

I would use this book in a classroom setting where children are starting to associate familiar sounds with what type of animal they come from. This book is about a mother dog who is trying to teach her puppy, George, to make the sound of a dog 'arf.' To her surprise George lets out other sounds of different animals such as a duck, pig, cat, cow, etc. Not a thing now.The picture book Bark George has always been one of my favorites since I was a small child. I’m still not sure why she mentions it at all, but in case you were curious, this is the picture of us, young, that Kate mentions at the top of the show. Listen to the whole show here on Soundcloud or download it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, PlayerFM, or your preferred method of podcast selection. And then I get into a whole thing about how this book isn’t about Death but Rebirth!! Best of all, I get to talk about the art of the page turn, and that, gentle listener, has made all the difference for me. Whether or not George has eaten the vet at the end. Why no one assumes that there isn’t another dog inside of George at the end. The doctor’s disappearing/reappearing latex gloves.

But there are so many other things to talk about here. The question then becomes, what will Kate think? This isn’t her favorite style of art, after all. But it may be because, and I don’t think I’m spoiling anything here, it is one of the world’s greatest readaloud picture books. Maybe it was the fact that earlier in the day, before we recorded, I had read this book to my son’s preschool class. Maybe I wanted a book that was merely 20 years old. I’m not entirely certainly why I selected this as today’s book. “ Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend.

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