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Bezig met laden... Chuck and Danielle (1996)door Peter Dickinson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Hilarious & charming, even if you don't particularly like dogs. Especially for ages 7-9, but would be a fun read-aloud for the whole family, too. ( ) A fun little story - or series of stories. Chuck is a (female) whippet, on the far end of the spectrum of her naturally nervous breed; Danielle is her owner, the daughter of a single mother. The stories follow Chuck's encounters with various terrible whippet-eating monsters, ranging from motorcycles and Monstercats (the ones that don't run away) to balloons and a cardboard tunnel. In a completely non-anthropomorphized and non-cutesy way, Chuck navigates all these dangers and has some surprising successes along the way - sometimes by overcoming her fear, sometimes by giving in to it. Danielle manages her dog very nicely, helping put the best, most useful face on her actions. And Chuck solves a few problems for her, very nicely. Happy ending, even - not a cliche-y one, but a realistic one. A book I'll read again, though probably not soon. On rereading - I'd forgotten most of it, though some of the climaxes were vaguely familiar. Still fun, but not a lot of depth here.
The author... demonstrates his versatility with this brief, light-as-air tale of a highstrung whippet, nicknamed Chuck, and her fond young keeper, Danielle. To Chuck... the whole world is a place of suspicious noises, menacing paper bags and supermarket carts, lurking "monstercats," and potentially dangerous shoes, smells, and shadows. ... Dickinson creates a cast of deftly delineated characters, human and otherwise, and his dog's-eye view of their seemingly unpredictable antics is both credible and delightful. Hats off to a winning canine antihero. PrijzenErelijsten
Danielle's pet whippet, Chuck, is terrified of absolutely everything, but Danielle is sure that Chuck is going to save the universe one day. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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