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I loved Boo! So cute and sweet. I was sad when it was over.
This was a cute book. I can see it appealing to many of the early grades readers at my library.
I thought that this was a cut and fun book and could see it becoming a favourite for little children who have a dog at home or who just love dogs. It's worth picking up if you get an opportunity :)
'Boo The World's Cutest Dog' is a collection of short stories in graphic novel form about an internet phenomenon I was unaware of. The stories are short and cute and completely appropriate for a young audience.
There are nine stories that feature Boo, and the other two dogs in the house he lives in, Buddy and Bluebeary. In one story, Boo is received as a birthday present, then goes on to take all the attention away from the birthday girl. In another, the dogs' owner isn't feeling well, so the dogs feel like they have to get their own food from high over the kitchen counter. There are actually a few stories that have this similar theme. Boo becomes famous and has to appear for photo-shoots, and gets a movie role. The final story is done as a series of diary entries, and it's more text than illustration. Also included is a cover gallery for the issues here, including the alternate covers, some of which are photos of the real Boo.
They are cute enough stories and the art is fine. I'm not as much into the cutesy dog fad, so I liked the normal dog sort of stories over the dress up, celebrity fantasy ones. It's perfect for little animal lovers. The stories are short and varied for the most part. There were a lot of themes where food was the focus, but I guess that's what a dog thinks about a lot.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Dynamite Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
A series of short stories featuring. . . yep, you guessed it from the title, although I have to say the real Boo is actually cuter than the drawn one!
In the first story Boo’s human is jealous of all the attention doggie gets at her birthday party. In the second Boo is the dumbest of three dogs, but I guess that’s the stereotype for pretty blondes. Most of the stories are easy to read and understand, although “Obedience School” will probably be too hard for the kids who will be interested in this book.
Some gems among mostly groanworthy attempts:
Dogs do high-fours.
“Just sit back, relax, and lick yourself.” Advice for all of us.
Secret agent 008. . . oh wait, the card’s upside down.
“It’s my top secret communicator!. . . please forget I mentioned that.”
This version of Shaggy is just. . . wrong.
Whelp, I now know for sure that Boo is male; it was so hard to tell.
12 pages of alternate covers, in which Boo looks more like that daggit from the original Battlestar Galactica than his real-life self.
Even from a kid point of view, I don’t feel these are as well written as they could be. The pub says it’s “whimsical,” but that’s usually a code word. So, not bad by any means, but I think it could have been better.
To me, Boo is not the world's cutest dog. Its an annoying dog. And the owner is a whiner. I have seen so many better all ages graphic novels, that I find this one boring and bland.
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