Move Over, Rover!

This is a Theodore Seuss Geisel honor award-winning book. While simplistic, there is much depth in this story of a dog who, unlike many others, has shelter during a hard rain storm. This is another example of teaching young children a lesson.
A story of the haves, and the have nots, can show the beauty of sharing and decisions made from a kind heart that cares.

Rover has a nice, warm abode. When a wicked storm arises, he can safely retreat to his dog house. However, those less fortunate need shelter, and Rover must make a decision. He lives alone and plays while happily chewing his bones. As the lightning and thunder rain down on those not as fortunate as Rover, soon a cat needs shelter and warmth. Rover moves over and welcomes the cat. show more Soon cat and dog move to accommodate a racoon, then a squirrel, a blue jay, a snake, and a smelly skunk.

Crammed together, all are accommodated. When the sun comes out and the motley crew scatter, Rover is blessed in knowing he helped those to his warm, comfortable abode. Analogous to the accommodation of many on Noah's ark, all are welcomed to safety.

This is one of the reasons that I read so very many "children's" illustrated books. The lessons set forth in the pages help those who read to learn important life lessons. Never to be underestimated, these are not simple books, rather the teaching tools to be used can impact for a lifetime. show less

A beautifully illustrated book, capturing the transformation of weather from rainy to sunny. Cute rhyme and repetitive rhythm in an imaginative story. The illustrations of Rover are remarkable (so warm and snuggly) he literally bounces off the page, and into the readers heart.

I enjoyed that the colors and strokes of the brush helped in telling the emotions in the story. When there was a storm the colors went dark and the brush strokes were at an angle to show just how hard the storm was coming down. At the end of the story the colors are bright spring time colors to show everything going calm again.
Book was silly and sweet. Rover was a dog who was lonely in his dog house (while the weather was nice). Then a terrible rain storm came and many animals came to squeeze in his dog house and sleep staying dry and warm. A smelly surprise happens to be in the dog house making all the animals, including Rover, flee the dog house. At the end of the story it's nice and sunny again and even though Rover is all alone in show more his dog house, he isn't lonely. show less

Cute book to encourage helping others. Rover wanted to be alone, but when the storm came he was willing to sacrifice his own comfort to help out the other animals. The silly rhyming will keep children entertained and make them want more as they anxiously await what animal will squeeze in the doghouse next. The illustrations do a great job of depicting the story and adding great colors.

It's raining cats and dogs! Good thing Rover is snuggled safe and dry inside his doghouse--until, one by one, a soggy menagerie of creatures shows up looking for a cozy place to sit out the storm. But who's the very unwelcome surprise visitor? Skunk, of course. Suddenly that doghouse isn't quite so crowded after all!

I liked this book for two reasons. The first reason is that I liked all of the rhyming throughout the book. For example some phrases include "skit-skat, cat", and "move over, Rover". The second reason I liked this book was because all of the animals figured a way into Rover's doghouse during a storm. Rover (the dog) wanted to be alone, but somehow a cat, raccoon, bird, squirrel, and snake all fit into his doghouse. The big idea of this book was that you should always help others if you can. There was a big storm and Rover let all of these other animals into his doghouse to stay warm.

"Move Over Rover" is a picture book with beautiful illustrations. Each picture has exquisite detail that is truly eye catching and tells the story well. The Scholastic Readability level of this book is Kindergarten to 3rd Grade. The story contains a lot of repetition and rhyming as more and more animals squeeze into Rover's dog house to take shelter from the storm. I would use this story to teach rhyme and sequencing in my classroom. After reading each page, I would have students identify words that rhymed like "over and "Rover," "skat" and "cat", and "way" and "Jay." I would make sure to emphasize that rhymes occur when the ending sound of two words are the same. With sequencing, I would incorporate pictures/stuffed animals of each show more animal that piles into Rover's dog box. I would have the students place them in the dog box one at a time as they come up in the story. That will provide the students with a tangible manipulative to help them sequence the animals/events in the story. I really like this book and think it is valuable resource in the classroom. show less