Otis the Very Large Dog

March 15, 2017
Preschool-G In this easy reader, Hank's bike is damaged, and he has to pay for a new one, so he decides to pet sit. He misspells his name on the sign he paints, advertising his services, by writing an o instead of an a Honk so drivers honk instead of stopping. Then his friend Ben asks Hank to pet sit his huge dog, Otis. When Otis refuses to eat, Hank and his neighbor Jane discover Otis has a bad tooth. They know Otis hates the vet, so they plan to pull out the tooth themselves, until Hank's mom intervenes. This has diverse secondary characters and uses word repetition to reinforce comprehension. The plot and accompanying illustrations don't always match or make sense. Funny and sweet, but sometimes misses the mark.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)

January 1, 2018
When Hank's bicycle breaks, it's up to him to earn the money to get a new one. This series of responsibility-touting transitional readers follows Hank as he pet-sits for some wacky critters, each job getting him closer to his goal. Large full-color illustrations will help new readers decode the slight yet approachable texts.

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