Title Mouse and His Dog: A Dogtown Book
Author Katherine Applegate; Gennifer Choldenko
Narration Daniel Henning

Stars 3
Age Young Children
Type Fiction Audiobook

Topics
- Dogs
- Robots
- Family
- Belonging

Tone
- Oddly Sad
- Humorous Too

Positives
- it was sweet
- it had a lot of funny moments
- Lots of emphasis on finding your place
- kindness
- Being who you are

Negatives
- the Dog Pound was too sad
- Very emotionally draining for young listners or sensitive kids
- too short of chapters (was annoying to change chapters SO often in audio format)

Overall Thoughts
- Great Concept Poor Execution
- Not Friendly for sensitive kids
- Love the Narration he sounded like a mouse

Cute story but not quite engaging enough for my eight year old. Maybe a bit better for age 6. I appreciate the opportunity to listen and rate this.

This series has been such a disappointment for me [as I have loved the author's previous books]. The first one was so traumatic and this one I never really got into because I was NOT a fan of the narration [it was not my cup of tea** and I'd not recommend it] and the story just never really resonated with me because of that.

i think that if you want to buy the print books for your littles, that would be a better plan than the audiobook. I would recommend you reading them first so you'll be prepared for the inevitable questions they will absolutely have.

** *The endless short chapters. This gets old very quickly.
*The background "noise" is VERY distracting and adds nothing to the overall book/story.
*The long pauses; I was constantly checking to see if the audiobook was still playing
*The narrator's voice [for me] was very unpleasant and by the end, I was very over listening to this book.

Thank you to NetGalley, the authors and illustrator, and Macmillan Audio/Macmillan Young Listeners for providing the audiobook ARC in exchange for an honest review.

My daughter loved this book. Great story and she laughed many times. Definitely recommend for fun family time.

I received a copy of this audiobook from netGalley for a honest review.

I love Dogtown! So when I heard that another story was coming out I couldn't wait to listen to it. Mouse and Buster are totally worth the reading! They both grow and learn in this book and have an amazing adventure together. They even get to see Chance again. I love how Katherine Applegate can get into the mind of animals and make you feel like you've talked to a mouse or dog. A definite must read!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for approving my request to listen to the advance listen copy of Mouse and His Dog: A Dogtown Book.

Daniel Henning did a great job with narration. And the sound effects and the music that accompanied this audio book were splendid! Very fun to listen to.

This audio was about 3 hours and 16 minutes (evidently the physical book is 336 pages). A bit longer than I had anticipated.

Mouse and His Dog seems to be a Childrens Book. If you are a parent, you might need to be prepared to answer a childs question as to what happens to a dog who is on "The List" at the dog shelter. The book really doesn't go into detail, but "The List" comes up several times.

Although I loved the narration and the sound effects, the story (in my opinion) was just ok. (Although the best part was the ending.)

Many thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for approving my request to listen to the advance listen copy in exchange for an honest review.. All comments are my own. Publication date is Sept 17, 2024.

My family and I loved listening to the adventures of Mouse, Buster, and their friends. While we are new to the Dogtown series, we love Katherine Applegate's other series, and plan on going back to read the first Dogtown! The chapters are for the most part short and sweet, and you instantly love the main dogs in this book right away. As a parent, I appreciated how "the list" is mentioned, and that it alludes to the fact that it isn't a good thing, but doesn't go into detail as to what it means (an older reader would be able to figure it out, but my kindergartener did not).

Thank you to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review of Mouse and His Dog, by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko.

Katherine Applegate is a favorite in the household for the kiddos and myself and she doesn’t disappoint with Book 2 in the Dogtown books! We had just recently finished Book 1 so all of the characters were fresh and the story line continued quite well into this book (Book 2). I love that this book allows the reader (listener) to go through some turbulence before reaching the final resolution, as isn’t that just how life is!

I would have given this audiobook a 5 star rating, but the audio has background noise (dogs barking, mouse squeaking, etc) which I found to be extremely distracting to the story. There are also very long pauses between the chapters (and there are over 100 chapters in the book) that create unnecessary length to the audiobook. I would say that the background noise is a bit improved from Book 1, but it is still “noise” that I found to take away from the book.

Overall, I definitely recommend for kiddos in elementary - middle school!

This is an adorable story, and Mouse has such a fun, distinctive voice. Katherine Applegate is so talented at bringing to life engaging animal personalities. The chapters are short, and there are a lot of them! And there is so much action and fun. The audio has animal noises that make it more fun, and the ending is so positive and satisfying. Thanks so much to NetGalley for letting me listen to this audiobook.

Mouse and His Dog is a delightful story about how a mouse with a big heart will do just about anything to help his friend Buster the dog find a forever home and be adopted from the dogtown animal shelter. I liked how the story had a happy and uplifting message for children, and to never give up to help a friend in need. The sound effects were fun to listen to and the narrator was a good choice for a children's book. Recommended. 4 stars.
Many thanks to Net Galley and Macmillan Audio | Macmillan Young Listeners for a chance to listen to an ARC version of this audio book. All opinions are my own.

Super cute!! My son and I loved this book!
You immediately fall in love with the characters!

As an adult listening to this book, I thought it was written really well. It was a happy ending with some bumps on the way just like real life in an animal shelter. I love how it teaches children that shelters can be hard on dogs and some dogs get sent back. It’s an endless cycle, and that all dogs deserve a chance!

The audio book was great, loved the narrator as well!!

Mouse and His Dog is an adorable story about the power of friendship. I love all animals so a story about any animal is already a plus for me.

Mouse lives in a dog shelter and is friends with the dogs. He watches some get adopted and find their forever home and others struggle to fit in. Mouse goes on a journey to help his best friend find their forever home.

The story was great and I can’t wait to buy a physical copy to hang on for my kids. The audio copy was narrated well but with such short chapters it seemed there was a pause and an announcement of a new chapter about every minute. It took me out of the story at times. Even though it is narrated well that is enough for me to recommend the physical version over the audio.

If you have little ones at home this is definitely a fun story about friendship to share with them.

Moises’s story is an amazing follow up
To the first story. It can be read as a stand alone but is better together. The short chapters make it a great read aloud. Readers will be hooked right away.

The concept of this book is really cute. A mouse lives in dog shelter that houses real and robot dogs (maybe the reason there are robot dogs is explained in book 1, I didn't understand this part). The mouse makes friends with various dogs and tries to keep them off "the list." The chapters are short, but there are quite a few of them. I thought my 2nd grader would enjoy reading this book, but I think she would have a lot of questions about the vocabulary ('management' is used frequently) if she were reading on her own.

I listened to the audiobook, and I had a hard time getting into it. I'm giving the book the benefit of the doubt with three stars. I started listening to it on a day where I had a lot of interruptions, so I may have missed some things in the beginning chapters. It might also be because I haven't read the first book in the series. Another contributing factor to my ambivelence is that there is a long pause between chapters--so much so that I frequently look to see if the book stopped playing. I thought maybe it was the app used to listen to it, but I think it's the actual audiobook because other books haven't done the same thing. And there are a nearly 100 chapters. So there is a lot of pausing.

All of this to say, I don't actually recommend the audiobook. If you or your child is interested in this book, I would get the paper version.

I had access to an advance reader's copy of “Mouse and His Dog (Dogtown, #2)” by Katherine Applegate from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, and my honest opinion is that I would not use the audiobook.

What a fantastic audio for this book! My 7 year old and I are Dogtown fans, and we really enjoyed this story. The production quality of the audio is top-notch...music, background sounds to accompany the scenes, excellent narration. We would both highly recommend this series and in particular this audio version.

An adorable sequel to Dogtown, with Mouse as the narrator, and a focus on a new dog who needs a home. This was thoroughly enjoyed by my 1st grader and myself. The narrator embodies various characters such as the lovable goofy golden retriever, Buster, and the robotic dog Smokey who keeps emitting a smoke detector alarm on accident. Throughout the book, there are cute sound effects that add to the atmosphere such as dogs barking in the distance or the sound of a mouse squeaking. There are some instrumental parts as transitional music, and the pace moves along well. My younger son who is in Kindergarten lost track of the narrative and it made it difficult to slow down for him in the car when my older son wanted to know what happens next. I think this would work for Kindergarten and Pre-K who have more stamina as a read-aloud, or if they were able to see the illustrations and have a book talk before every few chapters.

The audiobook was beautifully written and the narrator was easy to listen to. The author made careful word choices that were very impactful. Overall, the book was well written and I did really enjoy it.