The Great Gracie Chase: Stop that Dog!
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (799 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0590100416 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 40 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
But do you know what? Gracie was put outside!" And so begins the Great Gracie Chase, as this otherwise obedient little pup goes from miffed to mischievous, leading everyone from the paperboy to the delivery woman to the painters themselves on a town-wide caper, in search of the one thing she wants most--a little peace and quiet. But the real winner in Chase is rascally illustrator Mark Teague, who infuses wit and bounce into subject matter that's decidedly more mundane than in some of his other work (How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, The Lost and Found). As a proven master of the cute but not
"The Great Gracie Chase" according to Patricia E. Kosylo. My daughter is only 2 and loves this book! It is a great story with wonderful pictures. We have a hard time putting it down!. "Screwball Comedy" according to M. Allen Greenbaum. This book really begins on page 6. That's where a usually quiet-loving, obedient dog starts a rampage through town, as well as where illustrator Teague moves from static interiors to imaginative, cotton candy exteriors. In these views, objects and people are rounded and seemingly filled with Styrofoam, and the perspective is curved and distorted. It's the two dimensional equivalent of Disneyland's "Toon Town," except that the late 19Screwball Comedy M. Allen Greenbaum This book really begins on page 6. That's where a usually quiet-loving, obedient dog starts a rampage through town, as well as where illustrator Teague moves from static interiors to imaginative, cotton candy exteriors. In these views, objects and people are rounded and seemingly filled with Styrofoam, and the perspective is curved and distorted. It's the two dimensional equivalent of Disneyland's "Toon Town," except that the late 1940's/early 50's style is even more evident, more like the Disney kids' noir film, "Who Shot Roger Rabbit," on which "Toon Town" is based.This story contains no . 0's/early 50's style is even more evident, more like the Disney kids' noir film, "Who Shot Roger Rabbit," on which "Toon Town" is based.This story contains no . The Day Gracie Got Away Gracie is a good little dog who likes a nice quiet house. She never caused a bit of trouble until the day the painters came. The painters drove up in their noisy truck, yelling back and forth to each other, dragging furniture and clanging ladders and Gracie began to bark. She barked and barked, but the painters wouldn't leave. Instead, they put her outside, so that she wouldn't disturb THEM. Gracie saw the open gate and decided to take a little walk all by herself. She had just set off down the street, when she heard someone shout, "Where's Gracie?" and that's when the Great Gracie Chase be
She can't figure out why, so she keeps running, causing the whole town to join in the chase. Full-color illustrations.. Gracie has always been a good dog, but when some noisy painters arrive, she barks at them for raising a racket and is put outside. When Gracie decides to go for a walk, the painters, the neighbors, and the garbage man all run after her