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The Waiting Dog

By Beck, Carolyn Stickney & Beck, Andrea

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"I dream of you every day in my spot by the slot. I sit and wait and salivate" With gruesomely delicious rhymes and wickedly joyful illustrations, this unique tale invites readers to share in a dog's ultimate fantasy as it eagerly anticipates the delivery of the daily mail -- and it isn't the letters this dog is interested in! While not for the faint of heart, this book is a grisly romp that will have kids squealing with delight and adults savoring its ghastly naughtiness as the dog joyfully devours the postman, one scrumptious body part at a time.

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ISBN
978-1-55337-006-2
Publisher
Kids Can Press, Ltd.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on December 1, 2003

Gr 3-5 In rhyming verse, a dog recounts its grisly dream of devouring the postman. The canine's hearty fantasy meal would include "Gums, eardrums, /two droopy eyelids./Pusses and sores, /crusted or plain." It also yearns to "suck a sinus, chomp a cheek." After relishing the mail carrier's "gorgeous gallblad...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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