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My Dog, Trip Library Binding

by Deborah Kogan Ray (Author)
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A young girl describes her experiences caring for her orphaned puppy Trip
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  1. Reading age
    6 - 9 years
  2. Print length
    48 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    2 - 3
  5. Publisher
    Holiday House
  6. ISBN-10
    0823406628
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0823406623
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Like Judith Hendershot's In Coal Country, Ray's long picture book deals sensitively with miners and their families; this time the narration is in a thick West Virginia hill-country dialect. Allie's father finds an orphaned dog that Allie names "Trip for his trippin'-up feet." When the dog disappears, she is inconsolable. She says, "When I tell Gramma what the trouble be, she say, 'Frettin' won't do no good, darlin'. You got to try to take your mind off Trip.' But I can't. I get to cryin' for missin' him so much." After some false starts, Allie finally finds Trip at a nearby home where another little girl has made Trip her own. Allie sympathizes and offers to let the girl visit Trip. She returns home saying, "I hold so tight to Trip. I don't never want to let him go." The emotional story is nicely supported by Ray's evocative black-and-white pencil drawings. Ages 7-11.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-4 Allie's father, a miner in the West Virginia mountainsbrings home a tiny, frail pup whose mama was killed by a car. Allie keeps him alive by feeding him drops of milk on her fingers and bundling him into her bed for warmth. She names the pup Trip ``for his trippin'-up feet,'' and the two become inseparable until one day the dog disappears. Allie's anguish over her missing pet teaches her compassion for the little girl who finds him. Her mountain dialect narration adds warmth and reality to a story that comes alive with Ray's now-familiar expressive pencil drawings which evidence family closeness and mountain mining town flavor. There is strength in this spare tale; readers are left with a warm feeling of an experience shared. Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, Ohio
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product details

  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Library Binding ‏ : ‎ 48 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0823406628
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0823406623
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 9 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 2 - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
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Deborah Kogan Ray

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Deborah Kogan Ray is a painter and printmaker, who became an illustrator when she discovered she could take words, and make them into images. She became a writer when she discovered she could take images and turn them into words. A self -described "research junky", she now specializes in writing and illustrating biographies about "people who should be much better known". She has written and illustrated 19 books and illustrated 54 in her career. Her books have received many awards, including the Coretta Scott King, Parents Choice and Bank Street Honors, 'Notables' from the American Library Association, NCSS/CBC for social studies, National Science Teachers of America, the International Reading Association, and state reading associations. Her books have been featured on Book-TV, and Reading Rainbow. Two recent biographies Wanda Gag: The Girl Who Lived to Draw (2008), and Dinosaur Mountain: Digging Into the Jurassic Age (2010) were picked by on-line reviewers for the "Cybil" award in non-fiction. Her latest book is Paiute Princess: The Story of Sarah Winnemucca published in 2012.

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James Charnock
4.0 out of 5 stars Who Doesn't Love a Puppy!
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2015
A young back-in-the-mountains (hillbilly) girl named Allie gets a puppy whose mother is killed in an accident. In fact, before her hidden litter of pups is found, all have died from starvation but one and he is near-death skinny. Allie force-feeds him (Allie tells you how) and he recovers to become the wonder of her life. But, as puppies are wont to do, she gets into a lot of trouble, which is how she gets her unusual name (Allie tells you why). Somehow, Trip (that's his name) goes missing and that is a big part of this story. How can a pup who loves his young master get lost? A very moving story. You (maybe) or your teacher (more likely) may be put-off by the non-standard English spoken by these hillbillies, but you'll still understand what's going on...for sure.

Suitable as a read-aloud chapter book for grades 2 through 6 and up; independent reading: grade 2.2 or 3.0.
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