Champion Dog Prince Tom
by Jean Fritz, Tom Clute
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Very cute book. A little blond cocker spaniel that was the runt of the litter goes on to greatness. Illustrations are very detailed. Quick fun read.
I liked how the puppy is first described:
“The blond dog didn't stand around carefully for even one minute. He put his nose to the ground where there were all sorts of exciting new smells waiting for him. He followed the smells and he followed his nose as fast as he could go, exploring the new world of the back yard. Then he came back to Ann and he talked to her. Up and down in his throat he told her about the smells and all about himself and maybe, if anyone had been able to understand him, he even told about some of the wonderful plans he had for himself when he grew up. He tried to wag show more his little stub of a tail but he was too excited to wag just his tail. He wagged and the whole back half of the little blond puppy went from side to side.”
Just a nice story I would recommend. Also nice to see a picture of the real dog with his trophies on the back cover. show less
I liked how the puppy is first described:
“The blond dog didn't stand around carefully for even one minute. He put his nose to the ground where there were all sorts of exciting new smells waiting for him. He followed the smells and he followed his nose as fast as he could go, exploring the new world of the back yard. Then he came back to Ann and he talked to her. Up and down in his throat he told her about the smells and all about himself and maybe, if anyone had been able to understand him, he even told about some of the wonderful plans he had for himself when he grew up. He tried to wag show more his little stub of a tail but he was too excited to wag just his tail. He wagged and the whole back half of the little blond puppy went from side to side.”
Just a nice story I would recommend. Also nice to see a picture of the real dog with his trophies on the back cover. show less
Very cute book. A little blond cocker spaniel that was the runt of the litter goes on to greatness. Illustrations are very detailed. Quick fun read.
I liked how the puppy is first described:
“The blond dog didn't stand around carefully for even one minute. He put his nose to the ground where there were all sorts of exciting new smells waiting for him. He followed the smells and he followed his nose as fast as he could go, exploring the new world of the back yard. Then he came back to Ann and he talked to her. Up and down in his throat he told her about the smells and all about himself and maybe, if anyone had been able to understand him, he even told about some of the wonderful plans he had for himself when he grew up. He tried to wag show more his little stub of a tail but he was too excited to wag just his tail. He wagged and the whole back half of the little blond puppy went from side to side.”
Just a nice story I would recommend. Also nice to see a picture of the real dog with his trophies on the back cover. show less
I liked how the puppy is first described:
“The blond dog didn't stand around carefully for even one minute. He put his nose to the ground where there were all sorts of exciting new smells waiting for him. He followed the smells and he followed his nose as fast as he could go, exploring the new world of the back yard. Then he came back to Ann and he talked to her. Up and down in his throat he told her about the smells and all about himself and maybe, if anyone had been able to understand him, he even told about some of the wonderful plans he had for himself when he grew up. He tried to wag show more his little stub of a tail but he was too excited to wag just his tail. He wagged and the whole back half of the little blond puppy went from side to side.”
Just a nice story I would recommend. Also nice to see a picture of the real dog with his trophies on the back cover. show less
What a fun reread this was, a book from my childhood that was just as good some fifty years later.
Based upon a true story, this is the tale of a cocker spaniel that was born a runt, and overlooked because of his size. However he went on to win championships in both obedience events and field (hunting) trials. A pure joy to read.
Based upon a true story, this is the tale of a cocker spaniel that was born a runt, and overlooked because of his size. However he went on to win championships in both obedience events and field (hunting) trials. A pure joy to read.
Loved this book as a boy.
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Jean Fritz was born in Hankow, China on November 16, 1915. She received a bachelor's degree in English from Wheaton College in 1937. She wrote picture books and historical fiction before focusing on historical nonfiction. Her first book, Bunny Hopewell's First Spring, was published in 1954. Her other books included And Then What Happened, Paul show more Revere?; Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?; Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?; Shh! We're Writing the Constitution; Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold; Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?; Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock?; The Double Life of Pocahontas; and George Washington's Mother. Homesick: My Own Story, a collection of linked narratives, traces her life from her girlhood in China to her longed-for yet uneasy passage to America. It won a National Book Award and was named a Newbery Honor Book. She received the Regina Medal by the Catholic Library Association, the National Humanities Medal, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award and the Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature for her body of work. She died on May 14, 2017 at the age of 101. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1958
- People/Characters
- Tom Clute; Prince Tom III
- Important places
- Adrian, Michigan, USA
- Important events
- National Field Trial Championships (1956)
- Dedication
- To Prince Tom
- First words
- Black Cindy lay in the corner on her blanket and looked proudly at her new litter of eight little cocker spaniels.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He ruffled the fur on the top of Prince's Head. "You little rascal."
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