SEADOGS: AN EPIC OCEAN OPERETTA
illustrated by Mark Siegel, S&S/A Richard Jackson Book/Atheneum
*2006 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner!
*Chosen as a 6th Annual Disney Adventures Magazine Book Awards Nominee!
*New York Public Library's Children's Books 2004: 100 Titles For Reading And Sharing!
American Library Association Middle Grade Reader list!
Beware!
When Old Seadog decides on "one last sail," he invites his good friends Brave Beagle and Dear Dachshund along for the ride.
But the sea is filled with danger -- storms rage and pirates abound!
Will the three friends end up as dog meat?
Come set sail and sing along with this boisterous canine crew.
Who knows what surprises lay in wait?
Buy the Book!
Old Seadog's Puppy Chow Recipe! by Hope Vestergaard
Print Out this Seadog's Blank Comic sheet for your students!
Great activities to do with Seadogs at Kids' Wings
REVIEWS
*Starred Review*
"H.M.S. Pinafore meets Treasure
Island when Siegel puts his all-canine cast on stage for a rousing musical tale
played out in cartoon panels. Wheeler supplies the lyrics: "Late one night they
came aboard / They snuck aboard at sea, / The filthy, roving Mongrel Horde / Of
Captain Jacques Fifi- / The Terrier of the Sea, oh! The Terrier of the Sea." A
brush with that mangy crew leaves a grizzled veteran sea dog and two younger
pooches in possession of a treasure map, and the chase is on. Though a climactic
dustup leaves the Mongrel Horde with the treasure chest, the old sea dog finds
truer treasure in a stowaway puppy, and retires at last to shore; his mates
clinch, and then the entire cast comes out to take its bow-wows from an
enthusiastic audience. Chock full of visual jokes and wonderfully clever turns
of phrase, this is a genuine howl from first scene to last. (Picture book. 7-10)
©Kirkus 2004
"A delightful book to share with pre-readers,
who can return to the pictures on their
own and relive the tandem stories of a grownup night and an
epic voyage.
©Booklist 2004
