Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School: Letters from Obedience School

Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School: Letters from Obedience SchoolA beguiling dog laments his fate at obedience school through a series of hilarious letters home by the best selling illustrator of HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOOD NIGHT? When Ike Larue is "imprisoned" at the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy, he tries everything to get sent home weepy letters to his owner, even illness. In reality, Brotweiler is more like camp than prison, but still, Ike's not cut out for life w o Mrs. Larue & his creature comforts. Finally,

A beguiling dog laments his fate at obedience school through a series of hilarious letters home--by the best-selling illustrator of HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOOD NIGHT?
When Ike Larue is "imprisoned" at the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy, he tries everything to get sent home--weepy letters to his owner, even illness. In reality, Brotweiler is more like camp than prison, but still, Ike's not cut out for life w/o Mrs. Larue & his creature comforts. Finally, he runs away only to find himself back in Snort City--just in time to save Mrs. Larue's life.Teague is at the top of his fetching form in this madcap comedy where the real world of Brotweiler & the one Ike imagines are brilliantly depicted thru split-screen visuals, the former in color & the latter in b&w.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 09/01/2003
ISBN: 9780439206631
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 12.20h x 9.28w x 0.43d
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Golden Sower Award - Honor Book
Award: Christopher Awards - Winner
Award: Monarch Award - Nominee
Award: Charlotte Award - Winner
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Winner
Award: Buckaroo Book Award - Second Place
Award: Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award - Nominee
Award: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Winner
Award: Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Winner
Award: Bookseller's Choice - Winner

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/22/2002 pg. 177
Kirkus Review - Children 08/01/2002 pg. 1145
BookPage 09/01/2002 pg. 24
School Library Journal 09/01/2002 pg. 207
Booksense '76 Childrens Wtr 02 11/01/2002 pg. 1
Booklist 11/01/2002 pg. 494
New York Times 12/22/2002 pg. 19
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2003 pg. 799
Booklist 04/01/2003 pg. 1401
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2002 pg. 56 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Best of Book Sense/First 5 Yrs 04/01/2004 pg. 1
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2003 pg. 56 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 63613 / Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School
Reading Level: 3.6 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5