I Am Dog!
I Am Dog!

I Am Dog!

Written by Peter Bently & illustrated by Chris Chatterton
Hardcover
$18.99
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3 - 6
Reading age
32
Page count
AD210L
Lexile measure
Sep 5, 2023
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A day in the life of a dog - told from the dog’s point of view! A funny rhyming picture book from Peter Bently and Chris Chatterton. Have you ever wondered just what goes on in a dog’s head? Now you can find out in this funny rhyming story!

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      Author
      Peter Bently

      My dad was an army bandmaster and director of music. Having a dad in the army meant that we moved around a fair bit when I was a child, so I lived in Germany, Singapore and Hong Kong as well as places in England, including in Devon where I live now. I recently worked out that I went to ten different schools, or eleven if you count going to the same school twice (that was in Hong Kong). Imagine having that ‘first day at school’ feeling eleven times! But often there were other children whose parents were in the services too and who had also changed schools a lot, so I didn’t feel too weird. I have always enjoyed words but it took me quite a while to discover that I wanted to be a children’s writer. After university I worked for a short time as a journalist and then for a much longer time editing and sometimes writing books for grown ups. But I always liked writing funny stories and verses. When I was best man at my brother John’s wedding I even wrote my best man’s speech in rhyme. A few years later, my wife read that speech and said I should do more of that kind of thing. After we had our first child, Theo, and then (in 2001) moved from London to Devon, I started taking children’s writing seriously. I joined a creative writing group and in 2004 took a course run by the excellent Arvon Foundation. In 2005 I sent the text of A Lark in the Ark to fourteen publishers. Twelve of them said no thanks, but Egmont accepted it. I still have a copy of their cheque on my wall. (Bio via peterbently.com)

      Illustrator
      Chris Chatterton

      Chris Chatterton is an author, animator, and the illustrator of There’s a Bison Bouncing on the Bed! by Paul Bright and When Santa Came to Stay by Timothy Knapman. Chris Chatterton lives in Newcastle upon Thyme, England.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780593520871
    Publication Date
    September 5, 2023
    Publisher
    Penguin Workshop
    Original Publication Date
    August 5, 2023
    Page Count
    32
    Reading Age
    3 - 6 years
    Lexile® Level
    AD210L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~G
    Est. ATOS® Book Level
    ~1.8

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