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32 pp.
| Farrar
| August, 2008
|
TradeISBN 978-0-374-31810-9$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Hannah Broadway.
After some kids discover that their new teacher, Riff, is a dog, they commit to learning through imitation: barking, scratching, panting, etc. The students' dialogue-balloon asides add humor, but after a while the story becomes a one-note joke that goes nowhere. However, the art--full of angular shapes in bold, flat colors--never grows tiresome.