In the third hilarious installment of The Adventures of Stanley, our questing hero and his pals embark on an adventure that makes sea-dogs of them all.
April 1, 2008
PreS-Gr 2-The pup who was featured in "Stanley's Party" (2003) and "Stanley's Wild Ride" (2006, both Kids Can) is back. Here, readers follow Alice, Nutsy, Gassy Jack, and Stanleya gang of ever-hungry dogs. Wandering from a picnic hosted by their stingy owners, the quartet end up aboard a red rowboat that rushes them to "the end of Outside." They finally find the expected "fence" (the side of a huge ship) and are treated to steak and sausages by the rescuing sailors. Bailey's humor, sometimes subtle and other times overt, comes through on every page, never failing to ignore the gags available with doggy drool and canine impulsivity. Slavin's splendid acrylic paintings on gessoed paper teem with detail and texture that give a 3-D effect, as in the foggy scene with the lower torso of a rescuer dropping down from the enormous ship toward the rowboat rocking in waves that threaten wee Nutsy's life. Three "arfs" (that's cheers in dog talk) for this sensory-rich adventure."Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA"
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July 1, 2008
When begging at a family picnic doesn't work, hungry Stanley and his doggy friends set off in search of food. Lured by the enticing smell of ham, they scamper aboard a small boat and are quickly swept out to sea. Will their search end in dinner or disaster? Textured acrylics on gessoed paper capture in comic detail the canines' brush with catastrophe.
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