Circle Dogs

Circle Dogs it written by Kevin Henkes and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino.

Picture Book

1st - 2nd Grade

1 out of 5

Circle Dogs is about two circles dogs in a square house and their lives.

I did not like this book. I do not think that it had any strong characters or plot. The plot was not funny or sad or cute. It was just a story about what these dogs do. I also thought that some of the pages were repetitive. For example, two pages said, "Now they sleep and sleep and sleep and sleep. Now they sleep and sleep and sleep some more." There was no excitement and it was boring. I did not think that the illustrations were good. They were unrealistic and dull. I was surprised that I did not like this book because Kevin Henkes is a great author and I like many of his other books.

This book would not have much purpose in the classroom. The only lesson you may be able to use it along with is when teaching shapes, specifically circles and squares because it talks about the circle dogs in the square houses.