This Book Just Ate My Dog! by Richard Byrne

The story is told using simple expressive language which is easy for a reader to follow and engage with- the assistance of the pictures really reflect and add to the narrative. After help zoomed straight out of sight a note appears, and the reader is called upon in order to shake out the disappeared characters. Bella is casually taking her dog for a walk, when suddenly… the ‘naughty book’ ate her dog! He brother comes to the reduce, but, much to Bella’s surprise, is eaten by the book as well. This fun and imaginative picture book plays on the physicality of the book.

The title is the awful truth, for This Book Just Ate My Dog!. It's Bella in a bright teal-on-teal floral dress and teal jacket with matching watchcap which covers her brown hair, fluttering in the breeze caused by being dragged across that floor, the heels of her pink shoes digging into the floor, as she holds a very taut leash. The cover has a subdued coral background with a chalked-in tile floor. It seems that Bella managed to cross that gutter of the book, but not her dog.And not Ben, Dog Rescue, the Fire Department, or the Police!!īella and Ben are the core characters for the series. It was simply a walk…until her dog disappeared. The kids are going to have such fun with this…that is, if they enjoy the cleverness of it as much as I did!You absolutely MUST study that second-to-last page for, ahem, anomalies, *more laughter*, and then read the very last page. They're simple, clean, and such fun with that busily soft background and sponged-in buildings rising up from the chalked-in sidewalk of hopscotch squares. And she so reminds me of frustrated adults, lol.Thank goodness this is an 'interactive' book, as only you can find them all. People keep disappearing, and Bella decides to take matters into her own hands.

This is too cute for words, especially when Ben… oh, no…disappears in the search for her dog.

It begins with 'Bella taking her dog for a stroll across the page…' But then… oh, no!!…the book ate Bella's dog!! And Byrne makes use of book construction to have some inventive fun. The focus is on Bella and her HUMONGOUS dog. One of the titles in the Bella and Ben children's series and revolving around two young friends.

This Book Just Ate My Dog! by Richard Byrne