Carl books are just so darn charming, The illustrations are beautiful and they tell the story so well without having to use words, And I love that in this one it confirms that Carl can read English This simple book, told with almost no words, is a nice look at a girl and her dog at the girl's first day of daycare.
Young readers will appreciate this story, as did I, The entire carl the dog series is wonderful, Told with minimal language, most stories are set around Carl the Rottweiler taking care of a little girl named Madeleine, Sometimes there are more kids but mostly just her, These are great books, if as a parent, you can get past the fact that the parent goes off for a long stretch of time, expecting the dog to watch over the child.
Certainly, these stories are set in a different age, They are wonderfully illustrated and kids just love these stories and the dog that e dry one wishes they had, These 'Carl' books were a staple for good night reading when my boys were growing up, . . and although I am not much of a 'dog lover', I do love Carl!! As always, the Carl books are amazing! Carl the rottweiler takes charge when things take an unexpected turn at the day care center he is visiting.
When reading the title, I assumed it would be a walkthrough of a childs first day at daycare, Surprisingly, the story was not about the child but her huge dog visiting her daycare and the teacher getting locked out of the classroom.
As the reading begins, I also find that the book is wordless minus the first and last pages, At first, this wordlessness seemed strange, However, the illustrations were bold, loud, and colorful enough to tell both stories: the teachers view and the childrens view, This was done through what seemed a split screen of the pages, which I had not realized until the second read, This one was so funny, with the daycare teacher climbing up the side of the building, looking in the skylight, hooking a rope and a car up to the door to try to open it, and finally holding up a sign telling Carl to open the door.
We all just howled at this! Another of the day care borrowed books,
When Madeline and Carl Madeline's Rottweiler caretaker visit a daycare center, teacher Mrs, Manning gets locked out of the building, As Mrs. Manning devises various methods to unlock the door, Carl keeps the young children on schedule with their daily activities, Very little dialogue and vivid pictures make this book delightful for preschoolers, Love the Carl books. Best book for reading to children with wonderful art, They will love Carl forever,
See my review on Carl's Birthday, I love these books. Carl is at it again, The illustrations are so detailed and fun, It definitely makes the story interesting for toddlers and parent, My daughter and I giggled at each illustration showing Carl and Madeleine working their magic at a daycare, And then we laughed right out loud at the unexpected final turn of the plot, Everyone loves a dog who reads and follows a schedule, especially if it's Carl, This is my favorite Carl book, Probably because this day care seems a lot like a classroom, The teacher accidentally gets locked out, While she is trying unsuccessfully to get back in, Carl consults the schedule and leads the kids in using musical instruments, playing with cardboard box cars, doing art, cleaning up and finally taking a nap.
After many attempts, the teacher comes up with a successful way to get back in the day care right before Carl's owner returns.
Not as good as the otherthat we have, but still cute, Of course my Carl likes that the dog in the book has the same name, Elliot loves Carl books hes read the one where Carl is at the park and the one where hes on vacation, so we were excited for a new one.
This was fun, but not as memorable as the previous two,
library book, Read atmonths The daycare teacher is locked out, but Carl leads the day! These books always make us smile, but this one cracked us all up at once with laughter.
Great storytelling without words. Look for the daycare instructor to try demolishing her locked door in order to regain entry, . . I was a little too old for the Carl books when I was growing up I think I was about ten when the first one was published.
My younger cousins were just the right age for them, though, and I remember reading the books with them when they were little.
Now a few of the Carl books have been passed along to my son, This one makes daycare look like a wild and crazy freeforall, so I'll be keeping it in mind to introduce the concept to my son in a few years when he heads off to preschool.
ETA: S never really got into the few Carl books we have, but L is a total dog lover so of course she thinks this book is good.
The illustrations are great: very detailed and fun, We liked watching the teacher trying to break back into her daycare on each page, and it certainly looks like a fun day for the children.
Where is the number for CPS This entire series of books needs parental guidance, Seriously. This is a very cute book and series,
I would like it more if it did not feature a type of dog that is notorious for eating children, The lack of words in this book allows for more interaction between the reader and the child,
Alexandra Day is the pseudonym for Sandra Louise Woodward Darling, She is the author of Good Dog, Carl and the rest of the beloved Carl books, including Carl Goes Shopping, Carls Christmas, Carls Birthday and Carls Snowy Afternoon.
Darling was born inin Cincinnati, Ohio, to a large and close knit family, Painting was a popular family recreation, and almost every family excursion included one or easels and a variety of sketch pads, chalks, paints, and pencils.
For four years, the family lived on a hundred acre farm in Kentucky, Here young Sandra grew especially fond of riding and training horses, and became a dog owner for the first time, Living in the country also provided plenty of time for reading, a life long passion, Sandra Alexandra Day is the pseudonym for Sandra Louise Woodward Darling, She is the author of Good Dog, Carl and the rest of the beloved Carl books, including Carl Goes Shopping, Carls Christmas, Carls Birthday and Carls Snowy Afternoon.
Darling was born inin Cincinnati, Ohio, to a large and close knit family, Painting was a popular family recreation, and almost every family excursion included one or easels and a variety of sketch pads, chalks, paints, and pencils.
For four years, the family lived on a hundred acre farm in Kentucky, Here young Sandra grew especially fond of riding and training horses, and became a dog owner for the first time, Living in the country also provided plenty of time for reading, a life long passion, Sandra illustrated her first book in: The Teddy Bears' Picnic, a popular children's song by Jimmy Kennedy, That same year, she was
visiting Zurich, Switzerland, when she came across a volume of old German picture sheets, one of which featured a poodle playing with a baby who was supposed to be taking a nap.
This image proved the inspiration for Good Dog, Carl, The Darlings' own dog, a Rottweiler named Toby, was the model for the Carl Goes to Daycare's main character, Since then, two other Darling Rottweilers have posed as Carl in the seven sequels: the late Arambarri, who was named for one of the Darlings' favorite jai alai players and Zabala, who currently moonlights as an Our Best Friend therapy dog, visiting hospitals to cheer patients.
About her work Sandra says: "I think that one of the reasons my illustrations have appealed to people is that they can sense my sincerity.
I know that marvels exist which are just outside our ordinary experience, but that at any moment we may turn a corner and encounter one of them.
Children also believe this, and because they and I have this conviction in common, we, as creator and audience, make good partners.
" Sandra lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband, Harold, sitelink sitelink.
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