Two Dog Biscuits

What kind of troll gives a Beverly Cleary children's book one star, right? Don't worry, I'll tell you exactly why...while spoiling the entire plot of this very short picture book:

Twins, a boy and a girl, are given two milkbone dog biscuits.
They leave them various places around the house until they decide to give them to dogs.
They then go around town seeing all sorts of dogs with their biscuits in their pockets and VETO EACH ONE for reasons like the size of the dog or the fact that the dog barked.
They go home and feed both bones to their cat.
Their parents didn't think a cat would eat them, but it did.

Lesson everyone is supposed to learn: Sometimes parents don't know everything.

Lesson I learned: These twins are monsters. Who teases dogs show more like that? And what parent would let their kids tease dogs like that?

Clearly Beverly Cleary 2012, Book 5. show less

Since Jimmy and Janet are four years old, they can draw pictures and sing “Skip to My Lou” and pump themselves up high on the swings and swat flies.

Jimmy and Janet are twins, so they share the same birthday. They both go to bed at the same time and get up at the same time. They always have each other to play with, an arrangement their mother thinks is perfect.

One day the twins go next door to visit Mrs. Robbins. She gives each of them a dog biscuit. But Jimmy and Janet do not have a dog.

What will they do with their dog biscuits?

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Preschoolers will find much to appreciate in this delightful picture book that focuses on the everyday things that fill a child’s life. As the children search for just the right dog to receive show more their dog biscuits, the young reader can easily relate to the way the children in the story interact with the world.

Colorful, relatable illustrations accompany the story, showing the young reader family life that may be similar to his or her own. Through the story, the child identifies a problem and works to find a solution. And the solution to the problem of what to do with the dog biscuits may surprise the young reader.

Highly recommended. show less

Two Dog Biscuits is is a story of twins who do everything together. Together the twins recieve a dog biscuit. They leave the dog biscuit all around the house. Their mother is fed up with the dog biscuit and takes the twins outside to give to a dog. The family searches what seems like the entire town searching for a worthy dog to take the dog biscuit. The twins finally find a cat who is the unlikely candidate for their dog biscuits. The twins mom is surprised as she told the twins that the cat would not like the doggy treat. This is a clever story as it teaches us to never assume, in other words don't judge a book by its cover.

Janet and Jimmy are twins who like to do everything together at the same time. When they go visit their neighbor, she gives them each a dog biscuit. They keep the biscuit until their mother says they should give the biscuits to a dog. They go on a walk to find the perfect dog to give their biscuit to. Every dog they see they think of a reason not to give it to the dog. They see a cat and decide to give their biscuits to the kitty. She ate all the biscuits up and purred at Jimmy and Janet when she was finished them. This could be read in class for A.R.P points. The lesson I got out of this book was, give something you don't need or want to someone or something that needs it.

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