Reviews for No Dogs Allowed!

The average rating for No Dogs Allowed! based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-11-17 00:00:00 David Parsons No Dogs allowed is a great story about a young girl and entire family taking a trip to the beach with the family dog. The story is told through the voice of the young girl. While she talks about the trip to the beach she gives unique details about every family member. The girl is faced with a dilemma when she finds out her pet dog isn't allowed on the beach. The family comes up with different ways to play with the dog while they are at the beach. This story is great to read to students because it shows children how to write stories with a sense of voice. The author Sonia Manzano uses imagery and descriptive to writing to capture readers attention. As a teacher I would use this story to reinforce the importance of descriptive writing and also building upon characters. Characters are developed by using describing words that allow you to imagine the character in your head. I would remind students that without looking at the story they can form a vision of a character. After reading the story I will ask students to think how they think the character looks, their personality and the emotions they experience in the story. I would remind students they have to pay attention to the details in the story to help develop the character in their brain. I will reread specific pages in the story for students to see examples of words describing the character. Once we have talked about describing a character I will do a follow up activity to emphasize the strategy students learned in class. Students will practice writing descriptively to help improve their c by making it more interesting and engaging to read.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-02-02 00:00:00 Jacob A Weary "No Dogs Allowed" is an adorable belly laugh of a story about Iris and her family's amazing trip to the lake. You meet Iris, her older sister Shorty "the fortune teller," her Mami "the busy," Papi "the clever," and all the other colorful people that are members of this wonderful family - and that includes friends adopted into it! Doom is predicted by Shorty before they even set out. She is sure their family dog, Exigente, will ruin the trip to the lake. The prophecy nearly comes true if it weren't for the joy, fortitude, and love of this tightly bonded family. All the colorful characters pull together through every adversity to make it a hilariously joyful and memorable day. Sonia Manzano (of Sesame Street fame) has given us an opportunity to glimpse a few of the special gifts of her Puerto Rican heritage including joyful perseverance in the face of adversity and the iron clad bonds of family and friends. Despite all the zany personalities, everyone accepts each other with humor and love. Elderly members are respected and treasured for their wisdom and experience. Life's difficulties are turned into opportunities with love and cheerful hopefulness. Jon Muth's colorful zany illustrations portray the characters in this story perfectly. The illustrations become a kind of picture search to find all the silly details contained in the narrative that runs on with authentic exuberance! I highly recommend this book. My children request this story every time we find the need for a good long laugh. We wrap ourselves up in the warm blanket of joy and love that radiates from this story and giggle until our sides ache!