Dog Man Hardcover – Big Book, 1 September 2016

I got the hard coverEverything is good

I enjoyed the early delivery than the expected date. Price offer was better than shops in the town.

V good

Quick delivery. 6 year old loves it.

Good

There is no doubt that children love these books. My 5yo who is a reasonably good reader loved this first book in the series, reading it from cover to cover (230 pages) in a single sitting. But essentially these books are "junk food" reading: delicious, high risk of binge-reading, but just not very good for you.Obviously with a comic-style book there aren't many words to the page and there are lots of short phrases or single words/sounds rather than full sentences, which goes with the style (the language is very American). I expect they are brilliantly useful for encouraging reluctant readers - it must be a massive boost for a child to see how many pages s/he has read and enjoyed - and if getting your child reading is your top priority, then these will be a great choice.But for a child who is not particularly reluctant, I struggle with the idea of allowing them to read too many. What bothers me is that there are deliberate spelling and grammar mistakes ("supa", "more worser" etc.). I expect this is meant to be part of the fun, but I am not sure it is fun for a reader who doesn't yet know which version is correct. This must just be confusing for readers still learning correct spelling and syntax. Am I taking this too seriously? No, I don't think so, because readers of these books are at such a very important developmental stage. Reading books full of deliberate mistakes is bound to undermine both their learning and their understanding that things like grammar and spelling actually matter and are worth getting right. Such a shame!

I bought this along with Ook and Gluk which my 6 year old loved reading together. So he was excited to start reading Dogman. Hes actually enjoying reading this (reluctant reader) and has been laughing so much that my 5 year old wanted to know what was going on. So now we are all reading dogman before bed and my boys are laughing together instead of wrestling.Anything that gets my children excited about reading gets a thumbs up for me, even if it’s not always grammatically correct. Who cares? They are reading!!Next dogman book is on their lists to Santa!

Dog Man is a comic-style book with a wacky storyline that kids (5-10) seem to love. My son can't get enough of the Dog Man series. The small blocks of handwritten text and colourful pictures make this interesting and engaging for reluctant readers. The jokes are funny and kids will be repeating the catchphrases in no time.

I always struggled to get my 7 year old to read at home, always got distracted or bored and wouldn't try. He likes the captain underpants cartoon so showed him this series of books and let him pick some ( plus a cool bookmark) and he loves it. He comes down in the morning and reads a bit and will often just pick it up throughout the day without me even asking him to do some ready. He really enjoys it, it has cartoon style pages so pictures and not too much writing for him.Finally found something that keeps his attention.

My daughter who is seven has fallen in love with these books! It’s a great way for kids to become independent readers as the balance of text and images is perfect. It’s essentially a good comic with fun (and a bit weird) storylines. When we do reading at bedtime of ‘proper’ books, she then picks this one up to tears in bed herself afterwards which we love to see.