Go, Dog. Go!
A teacher’s look at why this book belongs in the Read-to-Me, Read-by-Me stage.
Why it fits Read-to-Me, Read-by-Me (for the kindergarten-ready set, between being read to and reading alone)
Dogs drive, party, and debate hats in gloriously simple sentences. The repetition builds sight-word fluency at highway speed. The tree-top dog party remains a masterpiece of absurdism.
What makes it special
Eastman built an entire absurdist universe from about seventy-five words — dogs in cars, dogs in trees, the eternal hat debate. The candy-colored cartoon chaos gives repetitive sight words genuine narrative momentum. The final tree-top dog party remains one of literature's great unearned, perfect endings.
From the publisher
** WorldCat: Zany fun about all kinds of dogs and their doings, ending with a party at the top of a tree. ** Barnes and Noble: Reading goes to the dogs in this timeless Beginner Book edited by Dr. Seuss. From big dogs…
About P.D. Eastman
P.D. Eastman (1909–1986) trained at Disney and Warner Bros., wrote for Private Snafu cartoons alongside Ted Geisel during the war, and then became the Beginner Books workhorse — Go, Dog. Go! and Are You My Mother? have taught tens of millions to read.
Also by this author: Are You My Mother? · Sam and the Firefly · The Best Nest
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