“Gift this book to any new puppy owner you know!”–Lynn M. Hayner, Author at dogster
“Chen and Nevada write in an easy and enjoyable style…If you are a dog lover, this storybook is for you. Help your children become the best dog companion they can be.” -Philip Van Heusen, Reader’s Favorite
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Julie’s Review:
Thanks to the author and Lone Star Lit Tours for providing this book for our review.
I’ll start this review with saying we are a family with pets, and so I read this with my 8 year old son. We have not gotten a new puppy yet, we still have one elderly dog, but within the past year we recently adopted a kitten (my son picked her out). We do plan to eventually get a puppy.
One of my favorite things about The Puppy Adventures of Porter and Midge: Out and About is the amazing amount of information about socializing and raising a puppy. This information can be adapted to raising a kitten and even for raising a child. There are so many wonderful reminders about the puppy getting too excited, or too scared, and needing reassurance, reminders, coaching, and praise. So does my 8 year old. In fact, all my furry and non-furry children behave better when they are worn out.
I also love the aspects of working together to a goal the kids both have. They both want their new puppies to participate in the Fourth of July parade and the kids help each other with training their dogs and each other to have the skills to manage such an event.
The illustrations are fun and engaging – the dogs look gorgeous and I want to pet them. The dogs are actually drawn in more detail than the people, which I find interesting. But we know the focus of the book.
The text in the book is long, it is definitely aimed at kids old enough to participate in training the family puppy. Some pages are quite busy with all the great facts and training ideas the kids are doing.
I also loved how the end of the book has a huge checklist for ideas to socialize your new puppy. Lots of people, animals, locations, smells, sights, etc. for you to expose a young dog to facilitate their training. I would say middle grade is definitely appropriate for this illustrated book, as is upper elementary.
The Puppy Adventures of Porter and Midge: Out and About is definitely a great book to have on your family bookshelf if you’re animal lovers and pet owner.
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Ha! What you said about it being a good guide for training puppies & kids made me laugh– but I get it! Thanks for a great review.
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Hehe kids are a lot like pets 😉
Thank you so much for the review! Pls reach out if you have any additional questions about the book!
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Thank you!!